Being Flooded By God’s Love (with Bishop Festo Kivengere)

Readings for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 10 – Year C – Track 1) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on July 10, 2022. This summer, we have been on a global odyssey through the Anglican Communion as we have been learning about the many provinces for which we pray each […]

The Church of the Province of Uganda

A brief introduction to The Church of the Province of Uganda for the Anglican Cycle of Prayer In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Church of the Province of Uganda, which includes over ten million Anglican Christians. In fact, today one out of every nine Anglicans is a Ugandan.[1] According to the former […]

Salvation as Clear As Mud

Readings for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 9 – Year C – Track 1) 2 Kings 5:1-14 Psalm 30 Galatians 6:(1-6)7-16 Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on July 3, 2022. Last week I had the privilege of leading an online retreat on the Gospel of John with […]

Sauntering with Mother Eva Lee Matthews

Readings for the Feast Day of Mother Eva Lee Matthews Micah 6:6–8 Psalm 96 Matthew 26:6–13 This reflection was shared at Sacred Saunter Outdoor Eucharist on Saturday July 2, 2022 at Sequoia Park in Eureka. Eva Lee Matthews was born on February 9, 1862, in Glendale, Ohio, just outside of Cincinnati. She was the daughter […]

The Anglican Church of Tanzania

A brief introduction to The Anglican Church of Tanzania for the Anglican Cycle of Prayer In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Anglican Church of Tanzania, which is the product of two missionary societies from England: the Church Missionary Society (CMS), which is Evangelical in piety, and the Universities Mission to Central Africa […]

Living into The Fullness of Freedom

Readings for the Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 7 – Year C – Track 1) 1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a Psalm 42 and 43 Galatians 3:23-29 Luke 8:26-39 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Juneteenth, June 19, 2022. The last day trip that I took with my father was to Galveston […]

The Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan

A brief introduction to The Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan for the Anglican Cycle of Prayer According to North African theologian Tertullian (d. 160), “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church,” a statement that rings especially true for the Northern African Christians of the Sudan. In the Anglican […]

The Anglican Church of South America

A brief introduction to the Anglican Church of South America for the Anglican Cycle of Prayer In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Anglican Church of South America, formerly known as the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone or La Iglesia Anglicana del Cono Sur, which includes Argentina, Northern Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Bolivia, […]

The Fire on the Fringes (of the Anglican tradition)

Readings for Pentecost Sunday (Year C) Acts 2:1-21 Romans 8:14-17 John 14:8-17, (25-27) Psalm 104:25-35, 37 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Pentecost Sunday June 5, 2022. Pentecost invites us to appreciate the diverse manifestations of the Holy Spirit and the colorful ways that the Gospel becomes incarnate and expressed in […]

The Anglican Church of Southern Africa

A brief introduction to the Anglican Church of Southern Africa for the Anglican Cycle of Prayer In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, which has its seat in Cape Town South Africa, but its territory extends beyond South Africa to include Eswatini,[1] Lesotho,[2] Namibia, and Saint Helena.[3] […]