Readings for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 19 Exodus 14:19-31 Psalm 114 Romans 14:1-12 Matthew 18:21-35 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on Sunday September 17, 2017.  Three weeks ago we began our series of readings from the book of Exodus or from what […]

Readings for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 17 Exodus 3:1-15 Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45c Romans 12:9-21 Matthew 16:21-28 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on Sunday September 3, 2017.    My mantra for ministry for about the last decade has been “prayer and […]

    Readings for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 16 Exodus 1:8-2:10 Psalm 124 Romans 12:1-8 Matthew 16:13-20 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on Sunday August 27, 2017.  Today our lectionary launches us on a nine-week long series of readings from the […]

Readings for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 15 Genesis 45:1-15 Psalm 133 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on Sunday August 20, 2017.    Hine ma tov umanayim shevet achim gam yachad. Behold! How good it is when […]

Readings for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 12 Year A) Genesis 29:15-28 Psalm 128 Romans 8:26-39 Matthew 13:31-33,44-52 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on July 30, 2017, after the Memorial Service for parishioner Sydney K (July 27).  In the Gospels, there […]

Readings for the Feast Day of St. Mary Magdalene (transferred) Judith 9:1,11-14 2 Corinthians 5:14-18 John 20:11-18 Psalm 42:1-7 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer on Sunday July 23, 2017.  For years, I have been drawn to the spirituality of female mystics like the German Hildegard of Bingen, the English […]

Readings for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 10 – Year A) Genesis 25:19-34 Psalm 119:105-112 Romans 8:1-11 Matthew 13:1-9; 18-23 This sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Daniel London at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church in Whitemarsh PA on July 16, 2017. Listen to sermon here: Deepening Our Roots in the Soil of the Psalms In […]

Readings for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 8 Genesis 22:1-14 Psalm 13 Romans 6:12-23 Matthew 10:40-42 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on Sunday July 2, 2017.  Does anyone happen to recall the first message proclaimed to the neighborhood on our beautiful new message […]

Readings for the Second Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 6 Genesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7) Psalm 116:1, 10-17 Romans 5:1-8 Matthew 9:35-10:8(9-23) This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on June 18, 2017. The Trinity is not so much a concept that we can explain as much as […]

Readings for Trinity Sunday Genesis 1:1-2:4a 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Matthew 28:16-20 Psalm 8 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on Sunday June 11, 2017.  Back in November, I had an experience that made me think, “This is exactly where I am called to be and what I […]