A Double Dose of “Do Not Be Afraid”

Readings for the Feast of the Resurrection (Year A) Jeremiah 31:1-6 Acts 10:34-43 Matthew 28:1-10 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday April 12, 2020. (Sermon begins at 18:25 in video above). Worship program here. I love the tradition of beginning the Easter Sunday sermon with a joke when […]

Good Friday 2020

Readings for Good Friday Solemn Liturgy. Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 John 18:1-19:42 Psalm 22 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday April 10, 2020. (Sermon begins at 28:05 in video above). Worship program here. In the words of Joni Mitchell, “Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know […]

Rolling the Stone Away from the Tomb with St. Richard of Chichester

Smelling the Aroma of Grief Laced with Joy

Readings for the Fifth Sunday in Lent (Year A) – Laetare Sunday (transferred) Ezekiel 37:1-14 Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45 Psalm 130 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday March 29, 2020. (Sermon begins at 20:30 in video above). It is good to be worshipping back in this glorious, sacred space after “sitting […]

Annunciation Eve

A reflection for Compline Prayer on Annunciation Eve (March 24, 2020) Click here for Compline Prayer bulletin Tonight is the Eve of the Feast of the Annunciation, a feast that commemorates the archangel Gabriel’s announcement to Mary that she will conceive and give birth to a son. This feast always falls on March 25th, […]

Seeing the Divine Light Shine Everywhere

Readings for the Fourth Sunday in Lent (Year A) 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41 Psalm 23 This sermon / eulogy was preached at the Transfiguration House for Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday March 22, 2020. Watch video of sermon/eulogy here I had a sermon prepared for this morning in which I incorporated […]

Darkness as Companion

Readings for Morning Prayer on Friday in the Third Week of Lent (Year A) Psalm 88 Mark 6:47 – 56 This reflection was shared by Fr. Daniel at the Transfiguration House on Friday March 20, 2020. The Psalm we read this morning is considered the darkest psalm in the Psalter, mostly because of how it […]

Quenching Our Deepest Thirst with St. Photini

Readings for the Third Sunday in Lent (Year A) Genesis 12:1-4a Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 John 3:1-17 Psalm 121 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday March 15, 2020. Almighty God, keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may […]

“Lord, do you not care?”

Gospel for Morning Prayer on Friday in the Second Week of Lent: Mark 4:35-41 This reflection was shared by Fr. Daniel at Christ Episcopal Church on Friday March 13, 2020. What an appropriate and encouraging Gospel reading for us this morning as many of us feel tossed to and fro by a storm of fears […]

Listening to the Wind with Nicodemus

Readings for the Second Sunday in Lent (Year A) Genesis 12:1-4a Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 John 3:1-17 Psalm 121 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday March 8, 2020. “The wind blows where it chooses; listen to the sound of the wind; you do not know where it comes from or where it […]