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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“Eureka” By Edgar Allan Poe

Readings for the Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 25 – Track 2 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday October 29, 2023. Our Scripture readings today focus on the heart. The Book of Leviticus commands God’s people not to harbor any hate in their hearts, especially not for […]

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Behold, the Image of God

Readings for the Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 24 – Track 2 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday October 22, 2023. Twenty years ago, I was given this cross when I first visited the Holy Land. The cross is made from the trees of the land, the […]

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“Don’t Worry, Be Happy”

Readings for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 23 – Track 2 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday October 15, 2023. Here’s a little sermon that I wrote I’m going to try to preach it without note Don’t worry be happy Don’t worry be happy In this life, […]

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The Joy of the Owl God

Readings for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 21 – Track 2 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday October 1, 2023. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be in alignment with the same wisdom that was in Christ Jesus who did […]

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The Process of Forgiveness

Readings for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 19 – Track 2 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday September 17, 2023. Last Sunday, our Scripture readings invited us to choose life. Today our readings remind us that choosing life means choosing forgiveness. Rabbi Joseph Gelberman, who lost his […]

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