Readings for the Feast Day of William W. Mayo and Charles Menninger Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 38:1-8 Psalm 91 Acts 5:12-16 Luke 8:40-56 This reflection was shared at the monthly gathering in Eureka CA of Associates and Oblates of the Community of the Transfiguration on March 6, 2018. Last night, I did some brief research on Dr. […]

Readings for the Third Sunday in Lent (Year B) Exodus 20:1-17 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22 This sermon was preached at Sts. Martha and Mary Episcopal Church in Trinidad CA and at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on March 4, 2018.     Ironically, it is one of the most hateful villains in […]

O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ your Son; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, […]

Readings for the First Sunday in Lent (Year B) Genesis 9:8-17 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:9-15 Psalm 25:1-9 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on February 18, 2018  “He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts.” … It is probably because […]

Upon his conversion to Anglicanism, T. S. Eliot wrote a long poem about trees and gardens and growth titled “Ash Wednesday” in which he repeats this short yet slightly enigmatic prayer: “Teach us to care and not to care / Teach us to sit still.” In the Gospel reading for Ash Wednesday, Jesus invites us […]

Readings for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany (Year B) 2 Kings 2:1-12 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 Mark 9:2-9 Psalm 50:1-6 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on February 11, 2018. About 1700 years ago, a Roman emperor imprisoned a kind-hearted priest for secretly conducting weddings for young Christian couples. The emperor […]

Readings for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Year B) Isaiah 40:21-31 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 Mark 1:29-39 Psalm 147:1-12, 21c This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA and at Sts. Martha & Mary parochial mission in Trinidad CA on February 4, 2018. In our Gospel reading today, Jesus continues […]

  Readings for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany (Year B) Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Psalm 111 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Mark 1:21-28 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on January 28, 2018.   Expectations were great for the Jewish Messiah. The Messiah was expected to raise an army that would defeat all of Israel’s […]

Readings for the Third Sunday after Epiphany (Year B) Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Psalm 62:6-14 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Mark 1:14-20 This sermon was preached at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Crockett CA on January 21, 2018.  For God alone my soul in silence waits; truly, my hope is in him. The great evangelist, the Rev. Billy Graham tells […]

Readings for the First Sunday after Christmas Isaiah 61:10-62:3 Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7 John 1:1-18 Psalm 147 or 147:13-21 These prayers were shared at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael on Sunday December 31, 2017 On this last day of 2017, which is also my next-to-last Sunday here with you, I want to […]