Readings for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18 – Year C – Track 1) Jeremiah 18:1-11Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17Philemon 1-21Luke 14:25-33 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on September 4, 2022. I think many priests are secretly glad when this Gospel falls on Labor Day weekend, when many parishioners are on vacation, […]

Readings for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 17 – Year C – Track 1) Jeremiah 2:4-13Psalm 81:1, 10-16Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16Luke 14:1, 7-14 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on August 28, 2022. This sermon was also published in the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California “Beloved Community Resource Newsletter” September 2022. “The […]

A brief introduction to The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia for the Anglican Cycle of Prayer In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Polynesia, which is a church consisting of three cultural streams (tikanga): Māori (the indigenous peoples of New Zealand), Pākehā (New Zealanders […]

Readings for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 16 – Year C – Track 1) Jeremiah 1:4-10Psalm 71:1-6Hebrews 12:18-29Luke 13:10-17 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on August 21, 2022. “Advice from a Tree” written by Ilan Shamir (whose name literally means “protector of trees”) Dear Friend,– Stand Tall and Proud– Sink […]

A brief introduction to The Church in the Province of the West Indies for the Anglican Cycle of Prayer In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Church in the Province of the West Indies which is comprised of eight dioceses spread out across Aruba, Jamaica, Barbados, Bahama, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Guyana, the […]

Readings for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 13 – Year C – Track 1) Hosea 11:1-11 Psalm 107:1-9, 43 Colossians 3:1-11 Luke 12:13 – 21 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on July 31, 2022. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good and his mercy endures for ever. He […]

Readings from the Message for the Second Day of Camp Genesis 1:1-10 Psalm 8 John 3:16 – 17 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at Camp Living Waters at Cookson Ranch in Blue Lake CA on Tuesday July 26, 2021. Camp Theme: “‘Space Camp’: To Godfinity and Beyond.” I want to tell you a story […]

A brief introduction to The Church in Wales for the Anglican Cycle of Prayer In his poem titled “In Church,” Welsh poet and priest R. S. Thomas writes, Often I try To analyze the quality Of its silences. Is this where God hides From my searching? I have stopped to listen, After the few people have […]

A reflection on St. James the Great inspired by the oil painting of Fr. George Leonard Shultz (1896 – 1971). This same reflection was published in the Times-Standard on Saturday July 23, 2022 as “Meet St. James, a Rebel who Found a Cause” Since we installed Fr. Shag’s portraits of the Twelve Apostles last summer, Christ Church Eureka […]

Readings for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 11 – Year C – Track 1) Amos 8:1-12 Psalm 52 Colossians 1:15-28 Luke 10:38-42 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on July 17, 2022. Three years ago (in 2019), I preached on this morning’s Scripture readings at our parochial mission church in Trinidad […]