The Heavenly Peace of Silent Night

Readings for the Feast of the Christ Mass This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka for the Christmas Eve service on Saturday December 24, 2023. Merry Christmas! Some authors have argued that the spiritual character and contribution of each Christian denomination can be represented well with a great feast day of the church, claiming that […]

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Rewilding Prayer

Readings for the Second Sunday of Advent (Year B) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday December 10, 2023. Today, on this second Sunday of Advent, we continue reading from the Gospel of Mark, but this time we begin appropriately at the beginning, rather than at the apocalyptic end, as we […]

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Advent: A Season for Ad Orientem

This article was written for the December 2023 Chronicle newsletter for Christ Church Eureka. On my last day in Aotearoa New Zealand, I preached at the historic St. Stephen’s Chapel in Auckland, beside a wooden altar upon which the first constitution of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa was signed. I preached on the gift of […]

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The Reign of Compassion

Readings for the Twenty Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 29 – Track 2 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday November 26, 2023. Happy Feast Day of Christ the King! This feast, which we might consider our patronal feast day as Christ Church, celebrates the culmination of the entire […]

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The Joy of the Master

Readings for the Twenty Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 28 – Track 2 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday November 19, 2023. There’s a saying attributed to the Sufi tradition, “Abundance can be had simply by consciously receiving what has already been given.” This wisdom invites us to […]

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You Are Enough

Readings for the Twenty Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 27 – Track 2 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday November 12, 2023. I do not like this parable, this parable of the ten bridesmaids. More specifically, I don’t like when I try to interpret it the way most […]

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