Readings for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18 – Year B – Track 2) Isaiah 35:4-7a Psalm 146 James 2:1-10, [11-13], 14-17 Mark 7:24-37 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on September 5, 2021. Since 2013, I’ve been teaching Christian Ethics at the Episcopal School for Deacons in Berkeley; and this […]

This article was written for the September 2021 Chronicle newsletter for Christ Church Eureka “Our God is a consuming fire” Hebrews 12:29 We read this verse at our last Sacred Saunter service in August when we celebrated the feast of St. Augustine of Hippo: “Our God is a consuming fire” (Hebrews 12:29). These words have […]

Readings for the Feast Day of St. Augustine of Hippo This reflection (mostly culled from A Great Cloud of Witnesses: A Calendar of Commemorations) was shared at Sacred Saunter Outdoor Eucharist on Saturday August 28, 2021 at Sequoia Park in Eureka CA. Augustine, perhaps the greatest theologian in the history of Western Christianity, was born in […]

Readings for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 16 – Year B – Track 2) Joshua 24:1-2a,14-18 Psalm 34:15-22 Ephesians 6:10-20 John 6:56-69 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on August 22, 2021. Yesterday, several of us celebrated the feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux by sauntering through the redwoods at Sequoia […]

Readings for the Feast Day of St. Bernard of Clairvaux This reflection was shared at Sacred Saunter Outdoor Eucharist on Saturday August 21, 2021 at Sequoia Park in Eureka CA. Bernard was the son of a knight and landowner who lived near Dijon, France. He was born in 1090 and given a secular education, but in […]

Readings for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 15 – Year B – Track 2) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on August 15, 2021. Earlier this summer, Ashley and I visited a special exhibit at the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco. The exhibit was titled “Last Supper in Pompeii: […]

Readings for the Feast Day of Jonathan Myrick Daniels This reflection was shared at Sacred Saunter Outdoor Eucharist on Saturday August 14, 2021 at Sequoia Park in Eureka CA. Yesterday, my clergy coach the Rev. Dr. Mark Anschutz said, “Ministry is not for sissies.” And these words are appropriate for us today as we reflect upon […]

Readings for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 14) – Track 2 1 Kings 19:4-8 Psalm 34:1-8 Ephesians 4:25-5:2 John 6:35, 41-51 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on August 8, 2021. I’d like to begin my sermon this morning with a joke that my Jewish father used to liked. It’s about a […]

Readings for the Feast Day of Transfiguration Exodus 34:29-35 Psalm 99:5-9 Luke 9:28-36 This reflection was shared at Sacred Saunter Outdoor Eucharist on Saturday August 7, 2021 at Sequoia Park in Eureka CA. Today we are celebrating the Feast of the Transfiguration, when Jesus appeared wonderfully transfigured to chosen witnesses (Peter, James, and John), flanked […]

Readings for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 13) – Track 2 Exodus 16:2-4,9-15 Psalm 78:23-29 Ephesians 4:1-16 John 6:24-35 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on August 1, 2021. Like several of you, I receive daily meditations in my email inbox from Franciscan priest and author Richard Rohr. And on Wednesday […]