The God of Small Things

Readings for the Third Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 6) Ezekiel 17:22-24 Psalm 92:1-4,11-14 2 Corinthians 5:6-10,[11-13],14-17 Mark 4:26-34 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on June 13, 2021. I love the Scripture readings for this Sunday. They’re all advertisements for Sacred Saunter. They’re invitations to saunter in the forest, aren’t they? Ezekiel’s […]

Resting in the Garden of Our Belovedness

Readings for the Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 5) Genesis 3:8-15 Psalm 130 2 Corinthians 4:13 – 5:1 Mark 3:20-35 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on June 6, 2021. “The beginning of the fight against hatred, the basic Christian answer to hatred,” according to Trappist monk Thomas Merton, “is not the […]