Readings for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 17) Song of Solomon 2:8-13Psalm 45:1-2, 7-10James 1:17-27Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday September 1, 2024. “There is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that […]

Reading for the Wedding of Chance Lee Tindall and Natalie Kay Moore 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 These remarks were shared at the Wedding of Chance and Natalie on Saturday January 20, 2024 at the Julia Morgan Redwood Grove at Benbow Inn Love is patient, love is kind. According to psychologist and marriage guru John Gottman, the number […]

Readings for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 15) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday August 18, 2024. “Be filled with the Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, […]

Readings for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 14) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday August 11, 2024. “Putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another.” Ephesians 4:25 “Truly, Truly, I tell […]

Readings from the Message for the Closing Ceremony of Camp 1 John 3:1 – 3 Matthew 6:25 – 34 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at Camp Living Waters at Cookson Ranch in Blue Lake CA on Friday July 26, 2024. Camp Theme: “Everyday Superheroes” This week, we’ve learned about four inspiring real-life superheroes: Presiding Bishop […]

Readings for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 10) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday July 14, 2024. “God destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace […]

I was thrilled to attend General Convention in Louisville KY, where my favorite modern mystic Thomas Merton had a vision of everyone “shining like the sun” on the now-famous street corner: Fourth St. and Muhammad Ali Blvd. I was not expecting this vision to become such a “touchstone” for our entire convention, which is exactly […]

On Day 6 (the final day) of General Convention 81, we gathered for our Closing Eucharist in which we celebrated poet and civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson, author of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a hymn that has been known as the Black national anthem. Presiding Bishop Elect Sean Rowe preached on Ephesians 6:10-18 […]

On Day 5 of GC81, we passed important Creation Care resolutions, including one proposed by the NorCal deputation to provide funding to help support The Episcopal Church’s (TEC’s) journey to net carbon neutrality by 2030 (D050), reinforcing a commitment made at GC 80 (A087 – 2022). We passed a resolution that encourages TEC to work […]