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 […]

The New Commandment of the New Covenant

Readings for Maundy Thursday Exodus 12:1-14 Psalm 116:1, 10-17 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-17, 31b-35 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on March 29, 2018. Whenever God makes covenants with his people, he provides clear instructions for fulfilling our part of the agreement. We call these instructions commandments or sometimes […]

March for Our Lives

March 24, 2018 ~ March for Our Lives Rally ~ Arcata, CA ~ Opening Ritual We are local spiritual leaders, representing some of the world’s great religious traditions. Today we are not here to teach or preach, but to listen and learn. To all the students gathered here today, and the million students marching […]

Invitation to Holy Week (Sermon on the New Covenant)

Apart from last Sunday’s serpentine detour, the readings from the Hebrew Scriptures this Lenten season have focused on holy contracts between God and humanity, which we call covenants. We get the word “covenant” from the Latin convenire, which means “agreement”; and these covenants are essentially Letters of Agreement in which God agrees to deliver […]

A St. Patrick-inspired Sermon on the (Female) Trinity for ECW

Readings for Wednesday in the Fourth Week of Lent Isaiah 49:8-15 Psalm 145:8-19 John 5:19-29 This sermon was preached at the Chapel of Our Merciful Saviour in Eureka CA at a deanery-wide gathering of the Episcopal Church Women on Wednesday March 14, 2018. This Saturday is the feast day of Ireland’s most beloved […]

A Reflection for Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Lent

Readings for Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Lent Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12 Psalm 46:1-8 John 5:1-18 Luke 8:40-56 This reflection was shared with the Pastoral Care Team / Team of Healers of Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on March 13, 2018. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a […]