Salt and Fire

Readings for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 2 – Proper 21) Numbers 11:4-6,10-16,24-29 Psalm 19:7-14 James 5:13-20 Mark 9:38-50 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday September 30, 2018. A few years ago, while leading a kid’s church service in Sausalito, I invited the children to […]

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Ephphatha – Be Opened!

  Readings for the 16th Sunday after Pentecost (Year B Track 2) Isaiah 35:4-7a Psalm 146 James 2:1-17 Mark 7:24-37 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on September 9, 2018. “For waters shall break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; the burning sand shall become a pool, and the […]

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Transfigured by Glory

Readings for the Feast Day of the Transfiguration (Instructional Eucharist) Exodus 34:29-35 2 Peter 1:13-21 Luke 9:28-36 Psalm 99 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday August 5, 2018. … Our prayer book requires a response to the scriptures in a sermon. The preacher comments on the readings and helps us […]

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Sisters and Saints Martha and Mary

Readings for the Feast Day of Sts. Mary, Martha, and Lazarus Ruth 2:5-12 Psalm 36:5-10 Romans 12:9-13 John 11:1-7, 17-44 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at Sts. Martha and Mary parochial mission in Trinidad CA on Sunday July 29, 2018. “Your family is God’s gift to you as you are to them.” These […]

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Holy Mischief

Readings from the Message for the Third Day of Camp Isaiah 1: 13-17 Psalm 70 Matthew 5:1-2, 6, 9-12 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at Camp Living Waters at Cookson Ranch in Blue Lake CA on Wednesday July 25, 2018. “You’re blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. You are in good […]

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