Experiencing the “Unknown” God

Readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year A) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday May 14, 2023. O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we may obtain your promises, which exceed […]

Emulating the Trees with Frances Perkins

Readings for the Feast Day of Frances Perkins This reflection was shared at Sacred Saunter Outdoor Eucharist on Saturday May 13, 2023 at Sequoia Park in Eureka. Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve a President of the United States as a member of the cabinet. Born in Boston on April 10, 1880, and […]

the Way to Many Mansions

Readings for the Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year A) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday May 7, 2023. This weekend, our Anglican siblings across the pond celebrated an elaborate Eucharist as they crowned their new king, Charles III, at Westminster Abbey, an ancient building that was filled with people singing […]

The Risen Christus Rex: Homily for John Rex White

Readings for John Rex White’s Celebration of Life. This homily was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on May 6, 2023. During my last visit with Rex, we walked together among the redwood trees in Redway, along a path that he called his “Sacred Saunter.” We stopped by the Eel River, where he would often […]

Finding Pasture

Readings for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (Year A) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Good Shepherd Sunday April 30, 2023. The dominant image found within the earliest Christian art of the ancient catacombs in Rome, Sicily, and Naples is not the image of the cross or crucifix which later dominated […]