This article was written for the December 2023 Chronicle newsletter for Christ Church Eureka. On my last day in Aotearoa New Zealand, I preached at the historic St. Stephen’s Chapel in Auckland, beside a wooden altar upon which the first constitution of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa was signed. I preached on the gift of […]

Readings for the Twenty Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 29 – Track 2 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday November 26, 2023. Happy Feast Day of Christ the King! This feast, which we might consider our patronal feast day as Christ Church, celebrates the culmination of the entire […]

Readings for the Twenty Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 28 – Track 2 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday November 19, 2023. There’s a saying attributed to the Sufi tradition, “Abundance can be had simply by consciously receiving what has already been given.” This wisdom invites us to […]

Readings for the Twenty Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 27 – Track 2 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday November 12, 2023. I do not like this parable, this parable of the ten bridesmaids. More specifically, I don’t like when I try to interpret it the way most […]

Readings for the Twenty Third Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 26 – Track 2 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday November 5, 2023. “You’ll never enjoy the world aright, until you wake up every day as if you were in Heaven, until you look upon the skies with celestial […]

Readings for the Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 25 – Track 2 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday October 29, 2023. Our Scripture readings today focus on the heart. The Book of Leviticus commands God’s people not to harbor any hate in their hearts, especially not for […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]