God is with us in the Mess

Readings for the Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year A) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on December 18, 2022. Worship bulletin here: Fourth Sunday of Advent As we hear once again the beloved Christmas stories about the birth of the Christ child, it’s easy for us to miss the messiness of the […]

Stirring it Up

Readings for the Third Sunday of Advent (Year A) – Gaudete Sunday & Stir-Up Sunday This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on December 11, 2022. Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus […]

Jesus’s Multi-faith Family Tree

Readings for the Second Sunday of Advent (Year A) Isaiah 11:1-10 Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 Romans 15:4-13 Matthew 3:1-12 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on December 4, 2022. I often think of this morning’s reading from Isaiah when I walk through the woods and see a new shoot emerging from an old […]

Protected: Homily for Harriet Gladys Mattheis

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Advent and Brahma Muhurta

Readings for the First Sunday of Advent (Year A) Isaiah 2:1-5 Psalm 122 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:36-44 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on November 27, 2022. Teach me, Lord, that I may teach the precious things thou dost impart; and wing my words, that they may reach the hidden depths of […]

Protected: Homily for Margaret ‘Peggy’ Eloise Molloy – “A Perfect Perichoretic Pirouette”

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The Gift that Keeps on Giving: The Bread of Gratitude

Readings for Thanksgiving (Year C) Deuteronomy 26:1-11Psalm 100Philippians 4:4-9John 6:25-35 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on November 23, 2022. All who hunger sing together, Jesus Christ is living bread. Come from loneliness and longing. Here, in peace, we have been fed. Blest are those who from this table live their days […]

LIstening to The Echo of the Saints

Readings for the Feast of All Saints (Year C) Daniel 7:1-3,15-18Psalm 149Ephesians 1:11-23Luke 6:20-31 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on November 6, 2022. “O teach me, Lord, that I may teach the precious things thou dost impart; and wing my words, that they may reach the hidden depths of many a […]

Seabury and the Patriotic Practice of Stewardship

This article was written for the October 2022 Chronicle newsletter for Christ Church Eureka. This March will be the 240th anniversary of the election of the first Episcopal bishop Samuel Seabury, the namesake of one of my Yorkies. The first Anglican worship service held on American soil took place in California in 1579, but Seabury wasn’t […]

Opening Prayer at Westmont in SF 50th Anniversary

Almighty and everlasting God, you have brought us in safety to this new beautiful day; and you have brought us all to this gathering here in this stimulating and eclectic city named after that radical Italian saint, St. Francis, who called us to preach the Gospel always and use words only when absolutely necessary. Today […]