Readings for Connie Butler’s Celebration of Life This homily was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on July 16, 2022. Worship Bulletin Jesus said to Martha, “I am the resurrection and the life…everyone who believes in me will never die” (John 11:25-26) We gather this morning to do three things: to give thanks for the […]

Readings for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 10 – Year C – Track 1) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on July 10, 2022. This summer, we have been on a global odyssey through the Anglican Communion as we have been learning about the many provinces for which we pray each […]

A brief introduction to The Church of the Province of Uganda for the Anglican Cycle of Prayer In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Church of the Province of Uganda, which includes over ten million Anglican Christians. In fact, today one out of every nine Anglicans is a Ugandan.[1] According to the former […]

Readings for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 9 – Year C – Track 1) 2 Kings 5:1-14 Psalm 30 Galatians 6:(1-6)7-16 Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on July 3, 2022. Last week I had the privilege of leading an online retreat on the Gospel of John with […]

Readings for the Feast Day of Mother Eva Lee Matthews Micah 6:6–8 Psalm 96 Matthew 26:6–13 This reflection was shared at Sacred Saunter Outdoor Eucharist on Saturday July 2, 2022 at Sequoia Park in Eureka.  Eva Lee Matthews was born on February 9, 1862, in Glendale, Ohio, just outside of Cincinnati. She was the daughter […]

A brief introduction to The Anglican Church of Tanzania for the Anglican Cycle of Prayer In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Anglican Church of Tanzania, which is the product of two missionary societies from England: the Church Missionary Society (CMS), which is Evangelical in piety, and the Universities Mission to Central Africa […]

Readings for the Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 7 – Year C – Track 1) 1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a Psalm 42 and 43 Galatians 3:23-29 Luke 8:26-39 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Juneteenth, June 19, 2022. The last day trip that I took with my father was to Galveston […]

A brief introduction to The Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan for the Anglican Cycle of Prayer According to North African theologian Tertullian (d. 160), “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church,” a statement that rings especially true for the Northern African Christians of the Sudan. In the Anglican […]

A brief introduction to the Anglican Church of South America for the Anglican Cycle of Prayer In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Anglican Church of South America, formerly known as the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone or La Iglesia Anglicana del Cono Sur, which includes Argentina, Northern Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Bolivia, […]

Readings for Pentecost Sunday (Year C) Acts 2:1-21 Romans 8:14-17 John 14:8-17, (25-27) Psalm 104:25-35, 37 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Pentecost Sunday June 5, 2022. Pentecost invites us to appreciate the diverse manifestations of the Holy Spirit and the colorful ways that the Gospel becomes incarnate and expressed in […]