The Colorful Diversity of the Spirit (Pentecost Sermon)

There is an internet meme that has been dividing our country this last week and the meme is the recording of one word, which I will play for you. Who hears the word “Laurel”? And who hears the word “Yanny”? Listeners on the internet are split almost 50/50. Technically, the word is “Laurel” but those […]

Ascension and Gratitude

Readings for the Feast of the Ascension Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 47 Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 24:44-53 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on May 13, 2018. Today we are celebrating the Feast of the Ascension, a feast that commemorates a truth we claim and proclaim every Sunday when we say, “I believe…in Jesus […]

John Wesley’s Three Simple Rules

Readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year B) Acts 10:44-48 Psalm 98 1 John 5:1-6 John 15:9-17 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA and Sts. Martha & Mary parochial mission on May 6, 2018. The Rev. Kathryn Dunning of the First United Methodist Church here in Eureka presented to me […]

Abide

Readings for the Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year B) Acts 8:26-40 Psalm 22:24-30 1 John 7:21 John 15:1-8 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on April 29, 2018. Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, […]

The Good Shepherd’s Pastoral Theodicy

Readings for Good Shepherd Sunday (the Fourth Sunday of Easter – Year B) Acts 4:5-12 1 John 3:16-24 John 10:11-18 Psalm 23 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday April 22, 2018. In 1940, Anglican author and apologist C.S. Lewis wrote a book titled The Problem of Pain, which addresses the question […]

Divine Method in the Madness of Forgiveness

Readings for the Third Sunday of Easter (Year B) Acts 3:12-19 Psalm 4 1 John 3:1-7 Luke 24:36b-48 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA and at Sts. Martha & Mary parochial mission in Trinidad on April 15, 2018. Three days after our upcoming Celebration of New Ministry […]

Opening Our Doors to Doubt

Readings for the Second Sunday of Easter (Year B) Acts 4:32-35 Psalm 133 1 John 1:1-2:2 John 20:19-31 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on April 8, 2018. One of the first things I learned about Episcopalians is that they don’t ask people to leave their brains […]

Touching the Risen Christ, the Door to Heaven (Easter Sunday Sermon)

Readings for Easter Day (Year B) Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 John 20:1-18 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on April 1, 2018. This year, since our great Feast of the Resurrection falls on April Fool’s day, I feel invited to begin my sermon […]

Easter Vigil Sermon by St. John Chrysostom

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, there is a tradition of reading the Paschal homily of St. John Chrysostom on the first Eucharist of the Easter season. John Chrysostom was the Archbishop of Constantinople back in the 4th and 5th centuries; and he earned the name “Chrysostom” which means “golden-mouthed” because of his eloquence in preaching. […]

The Cross and the Holy Spirit of Compassion

A Good Friday Homily preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka “I came into the world,” Jesus said, “to testify to the truth.” And Pilate asked him, “What is truth?” For centuries, Christians have attempted to answer this question, specifically, “What is the truth to which Jesus came into this world to testify? What is the […]