Readings for the Feast of the Ascension Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 47 Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 24:44-53 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on May 13, 2018. Today we are celebrating the Feast of the Ascension, a feast that commemorates a truth we claim and proclaim every Sunday when we say, “I believe…in Jesus […]

Readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year B) Acts 10:44-48 Psalm 98 1 John 5:1-6 John 15:9-17 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA and Sts. Martha & Mary parochial mission on May 6, 2018. The Rev. Kathryn Dunning of the First United Methodist Church here in Eureka presented to me […]

Readings for the Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year B) Acts 8:26-40 Psalm 22:24-30 1 John 7:21 John 15:1-8 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on April 29, 2018. Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, […]

Readings for Good Shepherd Sunday (the Fourth Sunday of Easter – Year B) Acts 4:5-12 1 John 3:16-24 John 10:11-18 Psalm 23 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday April 22, 2018.  In 1940, Anglican author and apologist C.S. Lewis wrote a book titled The Problem of Pain, which addresses the question […]

Readings for the Third Sunday of Easter (Year B) Acts 3:12-19 Psalm 4 1 John 3:1-7 Luke 24:36b-48 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA and at Sts. Martha & Mary parochial mission in Trinidad on April 15, 2018. Three days after our upcoming Celebration of New Ministry […]

Readings for the Second Sunday of Easter (Year B) Acts 4:32-35 Psalm 133 1 John 1:1-2:2 John 20:19-31 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on April 8, 2018.  One of the first things I learned about Episcopalians is that they don’t ask people to leave their brains […]

Readings for Easter Day (Year B) Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 John 20:1-18 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on April 1, 2018. This year, since our great Feast of the Resurrection falls on April Fool’s day, I feel invited to begin my sermon […]

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, there is a tradition of reading the Paschal homily of St. John Chrysostom on the first Eucharist of the Easter season. John Chrysostom was the Archbishop of Constantinople back in the 4th and 5th centuries; and he earned the name “Chrysostom” which means “golden-mouthed” because of his eloquence in preaching. […]

A Good Friday Homily preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka  “I came into the world,” Jesus said, “to testify to the truth.” And Pilate asked him, “What is truth?” For centuries, Christians have attempted to answer this question, specifically, “What is the truth to which Jesus came into this world to testify? What is the […]

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 March 29, 2018.  Whenever God makes covenants with his people, he provides clear instructions for fulfilling our part of the agreement. We call these instructions commandments or sometimes […]