Readings for the Feast Day of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Isaiah 55:6–11 Psalm 65 Revelation 21:1–6 John 3:31–35 This reflection was shared at Sacred Saunter Outdoor Eucharist on Saturday April 13, 2019 at Sequoia Park in Eureka.    The Collect for Teilhard de Chardin Eternal God, the whole cosmos sings of your glory, from the […]

Readings for the Fifth Sunday in Lent (Year C) Isaiah 43:16-21 Psalm 126 Philippians 3:4b-14 John 12:1-8 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on April 7, 2019. A couple weeks ago, I participated in a Clergy Quiet Day at the Mercy Center in Auburn CA, led by the Rev. Megan Anderson, who […]

Readings for the Fourth Sunday in Lent (Laetare Sunday – Year C) Joshua 5:9-12 Psalm 32 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on March 31, 2019. In 1970, a young graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University named John-Michael visited an Episcopal cathedral in Pittsburgh two weeks […]

Readings for Saturday in the Third Week of Lent Hosea 6:1-16 Psalm 51:15-20 Luke 18:9-14 This reflection was shared at Sacred Saunter Outdoor Eucharist on Saturday March 30, 2019 at Sequoia Park in Eureka.  Collect of the Day O God, you know us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that […]

Readings for the Second Sunday in Lent Genesis 15:1-12,17-18 Philippians 3:17-4:1 Luke 13:31-35 Psalm 27 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on March 17, 2019. This Lenten season has been extra special for me because Ash Wednesday fell on my birthday and because the feast of St. Patrick falls on a Sunday, […]

Readings for the Feast Day of St. Patrick Ezekiel 36:33–38 Matthew 28:16–20 Psalm 97:1–2,7–12 This reflection was shared at Sacred Saunter Outdoor Eucharist on Saturday March 16, 2019 at Sequoia Park in Eureka.  Today, our Scripture readings are the readings for the feast day of Ireland’s most beloved saint, Patrick, who actually was not Irish, […]

Readings for the Feast Day of St. Patrick Ezekiel 36:33–38 1 Thessalonians 2:2b–12 Matthew 28:16–20 Psalm 97:1–2,7–12 This sermon was preached in Lewis Hall at Christ Church Eureka in a gathering of the Episcopal Church Women on Wednesday March 13, 2019. Before England was called England, when it was just an island “at the outermost edge of the […]

Readings for the First Sunday in Lent Genesis 15:1-12,17-18 Psalm 27 Philippians 3:17-4:1 Luke 13:31-35 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on March 10, 2019. This Lent, we have already had many opportunities to slow down and listen to what the Celtic Christians call “the heartbeat of God” beating in all of […]

Readings for Saturday after Ash Wednesday Deuteronomy 26:16–19 Matthew 5:43–48 Psalm 119:1–8 This reflection was shared at Sacred Saunter Outdoor Eucharist on Saturday March 9, 2019 at Sequoia Park in Eureka.  “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call not the righteous but […]

Readings for Ash Wednesday Isaiah 58:1-12 Psalm 103 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 This homily was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019. It was Johannine scholar and Salesian priest Frank Moloney who first called my attention to the incongruity built into the Ash Wednesday service, in which […]