Lights for Liberty Vigil 2019

These remarks were shared at the Lights for Liberty Vigil at Rohner Park in Fortuna CA, organized by Centro del Pueblo on Friday July 12, 2019. My name is Daniel London and I’m an Episcopal priest from Eureka. I would like to share a poem that I read to my congregation around this time of […]

Hospitality with a Slice of Humble Pie

Readings for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 9 Year C) 2 Kings 5:1-14 Psalm 30 Galatians 6:(1-6)7-16 Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on July 7, 2019. A key theme that I see running through our Scripture readings this morning is one of the […]

Listening to God’s Still Small Voice

Readings for the Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 7 Year C) 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 by Fr. Daniel London at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on June 13, 2019. Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and […]

Protected: Homily for Dr. William Farrer Taylor

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The Divine Circle Dance

Readings for Trinity Sunday Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Psalm 8 Romans 5:1-5 John 16:12-15 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Trinity Sunday June 16, 2019. I speak in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. This week, the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California is […]

A Columban Pentecost

Readings for Pentecost (Whitsunday) Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104:25-35, 37 Romans 8:14-17 John 14:8-17, (25-27) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Pentecost Sunday June 9, 2019. Click here for videos on Iona and St. Columba Gracious God, help us to let go of what needs to be released and to hold […]

Blessed are those whose dreams have been shattered…

Readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year C) Acts 16:9-15 Psalm 67 Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5 John 14:23-29 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday May 26, 2019. Have you ever had a desire or dream or vision about something that felt really good and healthy and godly to you […]

The Arc of the Spiritual Universe

Readings for the Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year C) Acts 11:1-18 Revelation 21:1-6 John 13:31-35 Psalm 148 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday May 19, 2019. On my last day in Scotland, I visited the country’s beautiful capital city of Edinburgh. In this one day, I took a bus tour […]

The Highest Tribute: Reflection on Justice Thurgood Marshall

This reflection was shared at the True North Town Hall meeting Changing the Face of Transitional Housing: Moving Toward Solutions at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Saturday May 18, 2019. The Town Hall was covered by the North Coast Journal and the Times-Standard. (Photos by Shaun Walker and Freddie Brewster) Welcome to our True North […]

Giving Birth to New Life: Good Shepherd, Motherhood, and St. Brigid

Readings for Good Shepherd Sunday (the Fourth Sunday of Easter) Year C Acts 9:36-43 Revelation 7:9-17 John 10:22-30 Psalm 23 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Easter Sunday May 12, 2019. Happy Mother’s Day! And Happy Good Shepherd Sunday! I’m very pleased to be back from a sojourn in Scotland on […]