Behold, the Image of God

Readings for the Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 24 – Track 2 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday October 22, 2023. Twenty years ago, I was given this cross when I first visited the Holy Land. The cross is made from the trees of the land, the […]

“Don’t Worry, Be Happy”

Readings for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 23 – Track 2 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday October 15, 2023. Here’s a little sermon that I wrote I’m going to try to preach it without note Don’t worry be happy Don’t worry be happy In this life, […]

Practicing Kenosis in the Face of War (with leonard Cohen)

Readings for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 22 – Track 2 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday October 8, 2023. This morning’s sermon is about the reality of war, a call to humility, and the power of poetry or perhaps more simply it’s a call to a […]

The Joy of the Owl God

Readings for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 21 – Track 2 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday October 1, 2023. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be in alignment with the same wisdom that was in Christ Jesus who did […]