The Mind-blowing Mulberry Tree

Readings for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 22 – Year C – Track 1) Lamentations 1:1-6Psalm 1372 Timothy 1:1-14Luke 17:5-10 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on October 2, 2022. “If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”[1] These are the words of a gifted yet troubled man who […]

Community without Chasm (“Rock the Chasma”)

Readings for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 21 – Year C – Track 1) Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15Psalm 91:1-6, 14-161 Timothy 6:6-19Luke 16:19-31 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on September 25, 2022 Jesus said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God” (Luke 6:20) and “Woe […]

How the Light Gets In

Readings for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 20 – Year C – Track 1) Jeremiah 8:18-9:1Psalm 79:1-91 Timothy 2:1-7Luke 16:1-13 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on September 18, 2022 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why is the health of my poor people not being […]

The Legacy of the Woman and the Shepherd

Readings for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 19 – Year C – Track 1) Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28Psalm 141 Timothy 1:12-17Luke 15:1-10 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on September 11, 2022 Welcome home on this first Homecoming Sunday since September 2019. It’s good to see you all. Today’s Gospel reading is […]

Priestly Formation for All

Readings for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18 – Year C – Track 1) Jeremiah 18:1-11Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17Philemon 1-21Luke 14:25-33 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on September 4, 2022. I think many priests are secretly glad when this Gospel falls on Labor Day weekend, when many parishioners are on vacation, […]

The Guest House and the Banquet

Readings for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 17 – Year C – Track 1) Jeremiah 2:4-13Psalm 81:1, 10-16Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16Luke 14:1, 7-14 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on August 28, 2022. This sermon was also published in the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California “Beloved Community Resource Newsletter” September 2022. “The […]

The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia

A brief introduction to The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia for the Anglican Cycle of Prayer In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Polynesia, which is a church consisting of three cultural streams (tikanga): Māori (the indigenous peoples of New Zealand), Pākehā (New Zealanders […]

The “Controlled Burn” of Love

Readings for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 16 – Year C – Track 1) Jeremiah 1:4-10Psalm 71:1-6Hebrews 12:18-29Luke 13:10-17 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on August 21, 2022. “Advice from a Tree” written by Ilan Shamir (whose name literally means “protector of trees”) Dear Friend,– Stand Tall and Proud– Sink […]

The Church in the Province of the West Indies

A brief introduction to The Church in the Province of the West Indies for the Anglican Cycle of Prayer In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Church in the Province of the West Indies which is comprised of eight dioceses spread out across Aruba, Jamaica, Barbados, Bahama, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Guyana, the […]

On God’s Side

Readings for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 13 – Year C – Track 1) Hosea 11:1-11 Psalm 107:1-9, 43 Colossians 3:1-11 Luke 12:13 – 21 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on July 31, 2022. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good and his mercy endures for ever. He […]