Readings for Good Friday Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Psalm 22 Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 John 18:1-19:42 This sermon was preached on Good Friday at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on April 2, 2021. An abbreviated version was published in the Times-Standard on April 3 as “A path toward new life and liberation” When Fr. George Leonard Shultz […]

Readings for Maundy Thursday Exodus 12:1-14 Psalm 116:1, 10-17 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-17,  31b-35 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on April 1, 2021 It’s not very often that Maundy Thursday falls on April Fool’s day as it does this year. In fact, the next time Maundy Thursday falls on the […]

Readings for the Third Sunday in Lent (Year B) Exodus 20:1-17 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22 Psalm 19 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on March 7, 2021 According to the Jewish calendar, today is my father’s yahrzeit, which is the anniversary of his death. Although he died on March 19th according […]

Readings for the Second Sunday in Lent (Year B) Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Romans 4:13-25 Mark 8:31-38 Psalm 22:22-30 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on February 28, 2021 On January 27th, 1956, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr sat at his kitchen table late at night, anxiously sipping coffee while feeling […]

Readings for Ash Wednesday Isaiah 58:1-12 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 Psalm 103 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on February 17, 2021. On this first day of Lent, Jesus describes how we fulfill the great commandment, the three-pronged summation of the Law and the Prophets: “Love God, love your neighbor, and […]

Readings for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany (Year B) Deuteronomy 18:15-20 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Mark 1:21-28 Psalm 111 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on January 31, 2021 O Christ, the healer, we have come to pray for health, to plead for friends. How can we fail to be restored, when […]

Readings for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany 1 Samuel 3:1-10(11-20)Psalm 139:1-5, 12-171 Corinthians 6:12-20John 1:43-51 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday January 17, 2021. Last Sunday, I began my sermon with a quote from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only love can do that. Hate […]

This reflection was written to be shared with the Humboldt Interfaith Fellowship on January 12, 2021, the seventh anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood in the Episcopal Church (January 11, 2014) Yesterday (January 11th) was the seventh anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood in the Episcopal Church. I love to find hope and […]

Readings for the First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord Genesis 1:1-5Psalm 29Acts 19:1-7Mark 1:4-11 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday January 10, 2021. God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Darkness cannot drive […]

A reflection on St. John the Apostle inspired by the oil painting of Fr. George Leonard Shultz (1896 – 1971). This same reflection was published in the Times-Standard on January 9, 2021: “His Light Combats the Darkness” For Episcopalians, December 25th marks the beginning of the Christmas season which concludes on January 6th, the Feast of Epiphany. On […]