Christos Anesti!

Readings for the Easter Vigil (Year B) Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21 [Israel’s deliverance at the Red Sea] Isaiah 55:1-11 [Salvation offered freely to all] Proverbs 8:1-8; 19-21; 9:4b-6 [Learn wisdom and live] Ezekiel 36:24-28 [A new heart and a new spirit] Zephaniah 3:14-20 [The gathering of God’s people] Romans 6:3-11Psalm 114Mark 16:1-8 Our readings tonight remind […]

Good Friday & Beeswax candles

Readings for Good Friday Genesis 22:1-18 Psalm 22 Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 John 19:1-37 This sermon was preached on Good Friday at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on March 29, 2024. We use beeswax candles at out Peace Altar, the altar that we set up two years ago when we began praying for the people of Ukraine. […]

Why do we Say “Hosanna”?

This lesson was shared during Joy Mass at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Palm Sunday (March 24, 2024). Today is Palm Sunday, the first Sunday of Holy Week, a week celebrated by Christians since the early 4th century to commemorate the final week of Jesus’s life as he entered Jerusalem, where he was […]

Angel or Thunder?

Readings for the Fifth Sunday in Lent This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday March 17, 2024. May I speak in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. It is a humble and daunting task indeed to pray that I might preach in the name of God, to […]

Snake-on-a-Stick Sunday

Readings for the Fourth Sunday in Lent This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday March 10, 2024. “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.” There’s a Facebook meme that comes around during […]