Readings for the Last Sunday after Epiphany (Year A): Exodus 24:12-18 Psalm 99 2 Peter 1:16-21 Matthew 17:1-9 This sermon was preached at the St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church in Novato CA on February 26, 2017. Tomorrow is the feast day of the seventeenth century Anglican priest George Herbert who is arguably the most skillful religious poet […]

This reflection was shared at the Marin County Deanery meeting in the Diocese of California on Wednesday February 22, 2017 at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA. On my first morning at the Oceti Sakowin camp, I participated in the Lakota Sioux Water Ceremony, which was led primarily by the Lakota […]

  Readings for the Seventh Sunday after Epiphany (Year A): Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18 Psalm 119:33-40 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23 Matthew 5:38-48 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on February 19, 2017. When Jesus was in his mid to late twenties, there was a major political demonstration that likely had a […]

  Readings for the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany (Year A): Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Psalm 119:1-8 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Matthew 5:21-37 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on February 12, 2017. There is a wonderful collection of wisdom sayings from Jewish rabbis who lived from 200 BC to 200 AD. The collection […]

Readings for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Year A): Isaiah 58:1-12 Psalm 112:1-9 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 Matthew 5:13-20 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on February 5, 2017. Although over the last several years, I have preached at many congregations throughout this diocese and beyond, I had never preached […]

Readings for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany (Year A) Micah 6:1-8 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Matthew 5:1-12 Psalm 15 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on January 29, 2017.  (This sermon on Redeemer and Micah’s Threefold Mission served as the Clergy Report for the Redeemer San […]

Readings for the Third Sunday after Epiphany (Year A): Isaiah 9:1-4 Psalm 27:1, 5-13 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Matthew 4:12-23 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on January 22, 2017. In last Sunday’s Gospel from John, we read about Peter being introduced to Jesus by his brother Andrew, who tells […]

Readings for the Second Sunday after Epiphany (Year A): Isaiah 49:1-7 Psalm 40:1-12 John 1:29-42 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on January 15, 2017. This last Wednesday was the third anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood. Some of you met me when I was a Postulant, which […]

Readings for the Feast Day of Epiphany: Isaiah 60:1-6 Psalm 72 Matthew 2:1-12 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on January 8, 2017. Today we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany, a feast that honors the surprising ways that God shows up in our lives insofar as we have […]

Readings for Christmas Day: Isaiah 52:7-10 Psalm 98 John 1:1-14 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on December 25, 2016. Merry Christmas! Not only is today the first day of the twelve days of Christmas, it is also as the first day of Hanukkah. And tomorrow is the first […]