Laetare Sunday Sermon

We are now halfway through the season of Lent. For 20 days we have been observing this liturgical season of penance and preparation for Holy Week and Easter. We began this journey on Ash Wednesday, which was also Valentine’s Day and tragically the day of a mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland […]

A (Birthday) Reflection for the Feast of William W. Mayo and Charles F. Menninger

Readings for the Feast Day of William W. Mayo and Charles Menninger Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 38:1-8 Psalm 91 Acts 5:12-16 Luke 8:40-56 This reflection was shared at the monthly gathering in Eureka CA of Associates and Oblates of the Community of the Transfiguration on March 6, 2018. Last night, I did some brief research on Dr. […]

Combating the Green Eyed Monster with Gratitude (Sermon on the Mosaic Covenant)

Readings for the Third Sunday in Lent (Year B) Exodus 20:1-17 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22 This sermon was preached at Sts. Martha and Mary Episcopal Church in Trinidad CA and at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on March 4, 2018. Ironically, it is one of the most hateful villains in […]

The Wideness of God’s Mercy (Sermon on the Abrahamic Covenant)

O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ your Son; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, […]

Taming Our Wild Beasts (Sermon on St. Mark and the Noahic Covenant)

Readings for the First Sunday in Lent (Year B) Genesis 9:8-17 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:9-15 Psalm 25:1-9 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on February 18, 2018 “He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts.” … It is probably because […]

Teach Us to Sit Still (Ash Wednesday Sermon)

Readings for Ash Wednesday This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on February 14, 2018. Upon his conversion to Anglicanism, T. S. Eliot wrote a long poem about trees and gardens and growth titled “Ash Wednesday” in which he repeats this short yet slightly enigmatic prayer: “Teach us to care and not to […]

Seeing the Transfiguration in All of Us

Readings for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany (Year B) 2 Kings 2:1-12 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 Mark 9:2-9 Psalm 50:1-6 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on February 11, 2018. About 1700 years ago, a Roman emperor imprisoned a kind-hearted priest for secretly conducting weddings for young Christian couples. The emperor […]

Finding Our Place of Prayerful Silence and Solitude (Ereymon Topon)

Readings for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Year B) Isaiah 40:21-31 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 Mark 1:29-39 Psalm 147:1-12, 21c This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA and at Sts. Martha & Mary parochial mission in Trinidad CA on February 4, 2018. In our Gospel reading today, Jesus continues […]

Finding Our Authority in God’s Healing Love

Readings for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany (Year B) Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Psalm 111 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Mark 1:21-28 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on January 28, 2018. Expectations were great for the Jewish Messiah. The Messiah was expected to raise an army that would defeat all of Israel’s […]

Evangelizing in God’s First Language

Readings for the Third Sunday after Epiphany (Year B) Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Psalm 62:6-14 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Mark 1:14-20 This sermon was preached at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Crockett CA on January 21, 2018. For God alone my soul in silence waits; truly, my hope is in him. The great evangelist, the Rev. Billy Graham tells […]