Readings for the Third Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 7 – Year A) – Father’s Day Genesis 21:8-21 Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17 Romans 6:1b-11 Matthew 10:24-39 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday June 21, 2020. Worship Program here. Happy Father’s Day! It’s good to be back after a prayer retreat on this Father’s […]

  This homily was offered at the Transfiguration House on Tuesday June 9, 2020, the Feast Day of St. Columba. O God, by the preaching of your blessed servant Columba you caused the light of the Gospel to shine in Scotland: Grant, we pray, that, having his life and labors in remembrance, we may show our […]

This article was published in the TIMES-STANDARD on Sunday June 7, 2020.  “Standing with my Fellow Episcopal Church Leaders in Upholding the Truth of Our Core Symbols” By the Rev. Daniel DeForest London, Ph.D.   “If you are neutral in times of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” – Desmond Tutu As […]

Readings for Pentecost Whitsunday (Year A) Numbers 11:24-30 Acts 2:1-21 John 20:19-23 Psalm 104:25-35, 37 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday May 31, 2020. Worship Program here.  I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will praise my God while I have my being.  May these words of mine please […]

Readings for the Seventh Sunday of Easter (Year A) Acts 1:6-14 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 John 17:1-11 Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday May 24, 2020. Worship Program here.  “Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you… Cast all your […]

Readings for the Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year A) Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 Acts 7:55-60 1 Peter 2:2-10 John 14:1-14 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday May 10, 2020.  Worship program here. (Sermon begins at 19:13). Last Sunday was Good Shepherd Sunday, when we read a portion of the Good Shepherd discourse […]

  This children’s sermon was offered for Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Saturday May 9, 2020.  As we have been worshipping online, I like to set up this gorgeous Christ Church Eureka banner in the House, but it tends to block our doorway a bit and actually functions as a kind of door. Christ Church […]

  Readings for Good Shepherd Sunday (the Fourth Sunday of Easter – Year A) Acts 2:42-47 1 Peter 2:19-25 John 10:1-10 Psalm 23 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday May 3, 2020.  Worship program here. As distance continues to make my heart grow fonder of you and our in-person gatherings, I’ve […]

This article was published in the Times-Standard on Sunday April 19, 2020 along with a series of articles addressing an Easter ad with anti-Jewish content. ‘Renounce the sin of scapegoating’ By the Rev. Daniel DeForest London, Ph.D. During times of crisis, we can easily fall prey to the human compulsion to scapegoat and blame innocent victims. […]

Readings for the Feast of the Resurrection (Year A) Jeremiah 31:1-6 Acts 10:34-43 Matthew 28:1-10 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday April 12, 2020. (Sermon begins at 18:25 in video above). Worship program here. I love the tradition of beginning the Easter Sunday sermon with a joke when […]