Be at Peace with One another

Readings for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 21) Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22Psalm 124James 5:13-20Mark 9:38-50 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday September 29, 2024. In this morning’s Gospel, Jesus is teaching his disciples and us how to be at peace with one another, […]

The Greatest Ministry at Christ Church

Readings for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 20) Proverbs 31:10-31Psalm 1James 3:13-4:3, 7-8aMark 9:30-37 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday September 22, 2024. May the words of my mouth and the music of all our hearts be pleasing to you, O Lord, our […]

The Best is Yet To Be

Readings for the Wedding of Micah Preston Brown and Hannah Jean Hogan Tobit 8:5b – 8 1 Corinthians 13:1 – 13 Matthew 7:21, 24 – 29 This sermon was preached at the Wedding of Micah and Hannah on Saturday September 21, 2024 at Heavenly Rooted Estate in McKinleyville CA These powerful readings from the sacred Scriptures […]

History & Context of the Criss in the Holy Land

These remarks were written for “Let’s Talk About Palestine and Israel: A Community Conversation” at the Arcata Community Center as part of a panel with Rabbi Naomi Steinberg and Imam Abubakr Elgarguri. They are primarily responses to two questions: Whose Holy Land? and What Would Peace Look Like? Opening Remarks Thank you, Imam. Thank you, […]

The Music of Our Hearts

Readings for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 19) Proverbs 1:20-33Psalm 19James 3:1-12Mark 8:27-38 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday September 15, 2024. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, our […]

A Sermon about Doggies

Readings for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 18) Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23Psalm 125James 2:1-10, [11-13], 14-17Mark 7:24-37 This sermon was preached at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Crescent City CA on Sunday September 8, 2024. Good morning! It’s a joy to be with you today. My name is Father Daniel […]

The First and ChIef Flower

Readings for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 17) Song of Solomon 2:8-13Psalm 45:1-2, 7-10James 1:17-27Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday September 1, 2024. “There is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that […]

Love is Kind

Reading for the Wedding of Chance Lee Tindall and Natalie Kay Moore 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 These remarks were shared at the Wedding of Chance and Natalie on Saturday January 20, 2024 at the Julia Morgan Redwood Grove at Benbow Inn Love is patient, love is kind. According to psychologist and marriage guru John Gottman, the number […]

Singing with Sophia

Readings for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 15) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday August 18, 2024. “Be filled with the Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, […]

VERITAS

Readings for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 14) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday August 11, 2024. “Putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another.” Ephesians 4:25 “Truly, Truly, I tell […]