Readings for the Second Sunday of Advent Malachi 3:1-4 Philippians 1:3-11 Luke 3:1-6 Canticle 16 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday December 9, 2018.  Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace…that we may greet with joy the coming […]

Readings for the First Sunday of Advent Jeremiah 33:14-16 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Luke 21:25-36 Psalm 25:1-9 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday December 2, 2018.  O day of God, draw nigh as at creation’s birth, let there be light again, and set thy judgments in the earth. At the Community of the […]

Readings for the Last Sunday after Pentecost: Feast of Christ the King Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 Psalm 93 Revelation 1:4b-8 John 18:33-37 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday November 25, 2018.  Today is the feast day of Christ the King, the culmination and conclusion of the liturgical year. Next Sunday we begin a […]

Readings for the Twenty Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 27 Year B) 1 Kings 17:8-16 Psalm 146 Hebrews 9:24-28 Mark 12:38-44 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday November 11, 2018.  It is good to be with you all on this veteran’s day weekend. This is an opportunity for me to catch my […]

Readings for the Twenty Third Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 25 Year B) Jeremiah 31:7-9 Psalm 126 Hebrews 7:23-28 Mark 10:46-52 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday October 28, 2018.  According to the 8th century English historian the Venerable Bede, the Church of England and the subsequent Anglican communion (of which we as […]

Readings for the Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 24 Year B) Isaiah 53:4-12 Psalm 91:9-16 Hebrews 5:1-10 Mark 10:35-45 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday October 21, 2018.  Christ did not glorify himself in becoming a high priest, but was appointed by the one who said to him, “You are a […]

Readings for the Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 23 Year B) Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 Psalm 90:12-17 Hebrews 4:12-16 Mark 10:17-31 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday October 14, 2018.  Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good works; […]

Readings for the Feast Day of Vida Dutton Scudder Isaiah 42:5-9 Psalm 25:1-14 Romans 12:1-2, 14-21 John 6:37-51 This sermon was preached in Lewis Hall at Christ Church Eureka in a gathering of the Episcopal Church Women on Wednesday October 10, 2018.  Vida Dutton Scudder (1861 – 1954) was a social welfare activist in the social gospel movement […]

There was a discussion in a First Grade religion class focused on St. Francis of Assisi. After school, a First Grader came home very excited about what he had learned and blurted out to his mother, “Guess what, Mommy? Today, I learned that St. Francis was a sissy!” Now one practical way to ensure that […]

Readings for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 2 – Proper 21) Numbers 11:4-6,10-16,24-29 Psalm 19:7-14 James 5:13-20 Mark 9:38-50 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday September 30, 2018. A few years ago, while leading a kid’s church service in Sausalito, I invited the children to […]