the Reign of the Divine voice of Love and Gratitude

Readings for Thanksgiving Day Joel 2:21-27Psalm 1261 Timothy 2:1-7Matthew 6:25-33 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Thanksgiving Eve on November 27, 2024. Today’s Gospel passage is my favorite biblical passage of all; and I’m grateful that the liturgical “powers that be” have assigned this passage for the Feast of […]

Renewing our Vows with Ruth

Readings for the Twenty Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 27) Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17Psalm 127Hebrews 9:24-28Mark 12:38-44 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday November 10, 2024. May the words of my mouth and music of all our hearts be pleasing to you, O Lord, our […]

Gustavo Gutiérrez and the Book of Job

Readings for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 25) Job 42:1-6, 10-17Psalm 34:1-8, (19-22)Hebrews 7:23-28Mark 10:46-52 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday October 27, 2024. May the words of my mouth and music of all our hearts be pleasing to you, O Lord, our […]

“Married to Amazement”

Readings for the Wedding of Joanna Lyn Walling and David Michael Odorisio “Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another. We do not discover the secret of our lives merely by study and calculation in our own isolated meditations. The meaning of […]