No Man is an Island

Readings for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 25 – Year C – Track 2) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on October 26, 2025. The message of this morning’s short parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector seems fairly simple and straightforward on the surface: be wary of self-aggrandizing piety […]

St. Teresa of Avila, St. Francis of Assisi, and Our Ereymon Topon

Readings for the Feast of St. Teresa of Avila This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church at the Chapel of Our Merciful Saviour in Eureka CA on October 15, 2025. Today we honor St. Teresa of Avila, a Spanish Carmelite nun of the 16th century who was a reformer who founded the Discalced Carmelites and a mystic […]

Giving Thanks with the Samaritan, St. Francis, and the Bodhisattva

Readings for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 23 – Year C – Track 2) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on October 12, 2025. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, in the congregation (Psalm 111:1) May I speak the unchained […]

“Behold, God’s Love for you”: Vida Dutton Scudder and the Showbread

Readings for the Feast Day of Vida Dutton Scudder This reflection was shared at the monthly gathering of Associates and Oblates of the Community of the Transfiguration on October 10, 2025 According to the Jewish Talmud, the Jewish high priests would keep 12 loaves of bread in the Holy of Holies of the Temple. It was called […]

The Zen of St. Francis

The Zen of St. Francis: An Episco-Bu-Jew’s Reflections on the Poverello This presentation was given at Ensō Village, Zen-inspired Retirement Community in Healdsburg CA as part of the Speaker Series on Wednesday October 8, 2025. It’s a joy and honor to be here and I’d like to thank my friend Kogen for inviting me. You […]

Listening to trees with Jesus and St. francis

Sermon begins at 23:55 Readings for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 22 – Year C – Track 2) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on October 5, 2025. On this final Sunday of Creation season, Jesus uses imagery from creation to explain the mighty power of a little faith. When the […]