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 […]

Pleasure, Possessions, & Pride

Readings for the First Sunday in Lent (Year A) Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Psalm 32 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday March 1, 2020. Our Christian tradition teaches us to be wary of our relationship to pleasure and possessions and pride. Although these are not evil in and […]

Sermon on the Mount: Three Key Spiritual Disciplines

Readings for Ash Wednesday Isaiah 58:1-12 Psalm 103:8-14 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday February 26, 2020. The Gospel reading for Ash Wednesday is a portion of the Sermon on the Mount, a sermon that I preached on just a few Sundays ago and described as […]

Sermon on the Mount: Attitudes that Help Us Be Salt and Light

Readings for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Year A) Isaiah 58:1-12 Psalm 112:1-10 1 Corinthians 2:1-12, [13-16] Matthew 5:13-20 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday February 9, 2020. This Sunday and next Sunday we will be hearing portions of what is considered by many to be the most significant and influential […]

Better is One Day: Christ Church Eureka Rector’s Report on 2019

Readings for the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord (Candlemas) Malachi 3:1-4 Hebrews 2:14-18 Luke 2:22-40 Psalm 84 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on February 2, 2020 (Groundhog’s Day / 02 02 2020) “Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a […]

Celebrating Past Clergy of Christ Church Eureka

Readings for the Third Sunday after Epiphany (Year A) Isaiah 9:1-4 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Matthew 4:12-23 Psalm 27:1, 5-13 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday January 26, 2020. Today, we are celebrating the past clergy of this 150-year-old church. If you take a look at the last pages of your bulletin, […]

Behold the Lamb of God

Readings for the Second Sunday after Epiphany (Year A) Isaiah 49:1-7 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 John 1:29-42 Psalm 40:1-12 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday January 19, 2020. Listen to sermon here. This last Saturday was the six-year anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood, which took place at St. John’s Pro- […]

The Most Important Gift of the Magi

Readings for the Feast of the Epiphany (Year A) Isaiah 60:1-6 Psalm 72:1-7,10-14 Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday January 5, 2020. Today is the twelfth day of Christmas and we are celebrating this day not with twelve drummers drumming but rather with King’s Cake, crowns, the […]