Pentecost Sermon

Readings for Pentecost Sunday (Year A) Acts 2:1-21 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 John 20:19-23 Psalm 104:25-35, 37 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer on Sunday June 4, 2017. Today is the fiftieth day after Easter Sunday and the Greek word for “fiftieth day” is pentecoste hemera, which we abbreviate as “Pentecost.” […]

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St. Mark and Wild Beasts

Readings for the Feast of St. Mark Isaiah 52:7-10 Ephesians 4:7-8,11-16 Mark 16:15-20 Psalm 2 or 2:7-10 This reflection was given by Fr. Daniel London for the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on April 25, 2017. Probably because my name is Daniel, I have always loved lions: those in the Bible, […]

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Touching the Feet of Christ

Readings for Maundy Thursday Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-17, 31b-35 Psalm 116:1, 10-17 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on April 13, 2017. Eight years ago, during Holy Week, I had the privilege of visiting the largest church […]

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Aromatizing our Prayers

Readings for the Fifth Sunday in Lent (Year A) Ezekiel 37:1-14 Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45 Psalm 130 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on April 2, 2017. This Lent, I have been trying to experience the Fourth Gospel through the five senses […]

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