Readings for the Feast of the Holy Name This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on the Feast of the Holy Name on Sunday January 1, 2023.  Happy New Year! And Happy Feast of the Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ! It is not that often that the Feast of the Holy Name falls […]

Readings for the Feast of the Christ Mass This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka for the Christmas Day service on Sunday December 25, 2022.  Our Gospel reading today includes the most central and crucial phrase in all of Christianity, according to Archbishop William Temple: “The Word became flesh.” In Christ, God chose to use […]

Readings for the Feast of the Christ Mass This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka for the Christmas Eve service on Saturday December 24, 2022. Worship Bulletin Here. We hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell; O come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel! Last Sunday I preached on the messiness of […]

Readings for the Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year A) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on December 18, 2022. Worship bulletin here: Fourth Sunday of Advent As we hear once again the beloved Christmas stories about the birth of the Christ child, it’s easy for us to miss the messiness of the […]

Readings for the Third Sunday of Advent (Year A) – Gaudete Sunday & Stir-Up Sunday This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on December 11, 2022. Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus […]

Readings for the Second Sunday of Advent (Year A) Isaiah 11:1-10 Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 Romans 15:4-13 Matthew 3:1-12 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on December 4, 2022. I often think of this morning’s reading from Isaiah when I walk through the woods and see a new shoot emerging from an old […]

Readings for the First Sunday of Advent (Year A) Isaiah 2:1-5 Psalm 122 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:36-44 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on November 27, 2022. Teach me, Lord, that I may teach the precious things thou dost impart; and wing my words, that they may reach the hidden depths of […]

Readings for Thanksgiving (Year C) Deuteronomy 26:1-11Psalm 100Philippians 4:4-9John 6:25-35 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on November 23, 2022. All who hunger sing together, Jesus Christ is living bread. Come from loneliness and longing. Here, in peace, we have been fed. Blest are those who from this table live their days […]