“I am the Door”

This children’s sermon was offered for Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Saturday May 9, 2020. As we have been worshipping online, I like to set up this gorgeous Christ Church Eureka banner in the House, but it tends to block our doorway a bit and actually functions as a kind of door. Christ Church […]

Listening to the Voice of the Good Shepherd

Readings for Good Shepherd Sunday (the Fourth Sunday of Easter – Year A) Acts 2:42-47 1 Peter 2:19-25 John 10:1-10 Psalm 23 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday May 3, 2020. Worship program here. As distance continues to make my heart grow fonder of you and our in-person gatherings, I’ve […]

“Renounce the Sin of Scapegoating”

This article was published in the Times-Standard on Sunday April 19, 2020 along with a series of articles addressing an Easter ad with anti-Jewish content. ‘Renounce the sin of scapegoating’ By the Rev. Daniel DeForest London, Ph.D. During times of crisis, we can easily fall prey to the human compulsion to scapegoat and blame innocent victims. […]

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 […]