This reflection was written for the Honoré Growers Guild at Honoré Farm and Mill in December 2017. When I elevate the bread at the altar, I pray a prayer that my Jewish grandfather taught me: Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu melech ha olam, hamotzi lechem min ha-aretz, which means “Blessed are you, Lord God, Ruler of the Universe, […]

Readings for the Twenty Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 28 – Year A) Judges 4:1-7 Psalm 123 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Matthew 25:14-30 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on November 19, 2017.  Collect for the Twenty Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Blessed Lord, who caused […]

Readings for the Feast of All Saints (Year A) Revelation 7:9-17 Psalm 34:1-10, 22 1 John 3:1-3 Matthew 5:1-12 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on November 5, 2017.   “Lord, give us inquiring and discerning hearts, the courage to will and […]

Readings for the Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 25 – Year A) Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Matthew 22:34-46 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on Sunday October 29, 2017.  Eight weeks ago, we began our journey through the book of Exodus, which […]

Readings for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 24 Exodus 33:12-23 Psalm 99 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Matthew 22:15-22 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on Sunday October 22, 2017.  In a few weeks, many of us will greet a variety of familiar and perhaps frightening […]

Readings for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 23 Exodus 32:1-14 Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23 Philippians 4:1-9 Matthew 22:1-14 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on Sunday October 15, 2017.  The readings this morning can be interpreted as conveying a wrathful and violent God hell bent […]

Readings for the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi Jeremiah 22:13–16 Galatians 6:14–18 Matthew 11:25–30 Psalm 148:7–14 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on October 8, 2017. There was a discussion in a First Grade religion class focused on St. Francis of […]

Readings for the Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 9 Year A – Track 2) Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32 Psalm 25:1-8 Philippians 2:1-13 Matthew 21:23-32 This sermon was preached at the Chapel of St. Francis at San Francisco Towers on October 1, 2017. “God guides the humble in doing right and teaches his way to the lowly.” This […]

Readings for the Feast Day of St. Michael and All Angels Genesis 28:10-17 Psalm 103:19-22 John 1:43-51 “The true sign of intelligence,” according to Albert Einstein, “is not knowledge but imagination.” The presence of angels in the Scriptures invites us to develop this intelligence by exercising our imagination, pushing us to see beyond the boundaries […]

Readings for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 20 – Year A) Exodus 16:2-15 Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45 Philippians 1:21-30 Matthew 20:1-16 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on September 24, 2017. By now, you know how much I like to glean wisdom […]