Community without Chasm (“Rock the Chasma”)

Readings for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 21 – Year C – Track 1) Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15Psalm 91:1-6, 14-161 Timothy 6:6-19Luke 16:19-31 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on September 25, 2022 Jesus said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God” (Luke 6:20) and “Woe […]

How the Light Gets In

Readings for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 20 – Year C – Track 1) Jeremiah 8:18-9:1Psalm 79:1-91 Timothy 2:1-7Luke 16:1-13 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on September 18, 2022 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why is the health of my poor people not being […]

The Legacy of the Woman and the Shepherd

Readings for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 19 – Year C – Track 1) Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28Psalm 141 Timothy 1:12-17Luke 15:1-10 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on September 11, 2022 Welcome home on this first Homecoming Sunday since September 2019. It’s good to see you all. Today’s Gospel reading is […]

Priestly Formation for All

Readings for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18 – Year C – Track 1) Jeremiah 18:1-11Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17Philemon 1-21Luke 14:25-33 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on September 4, 2022. I think many priests are secretly glad when this Gospel falls on Labor Day weekend, when many parishioners are on vacation, […]

The Guest House and the Banquet

Readings for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 17 – Year C – Track 1) Jeremiah 2:4-13Psalm 81:1, 10-16Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16Luke 14:1, 7-14 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on August 28, 2022. This sermon was also published in the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California “Beloved Community Resource Newsletter” September 2022. “The […]