Walking Around Shining Like the Sun

Readings for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 24 Exodus 33:12-23 Psalm 99 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Matthew 22:15-22 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on Sunday October 22, 2017. In a few weeks, many of us will greet a variety of familiar and perhaps frightening […]

God’s Relentless Invitation to Friendship

Readings for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 23 Exodus 32:1-14 Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23 Philippians 4:1-9 Matthew 22:1-14 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on Sunday October 15, 2017. The readings this morning can be interpreted as conveying a wrathful and violent God hell bent […]

The Empathy of St. Francis

Readings for the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi Jeremiah 22:13–16 Galatians 6:14–18 Matthew 11:25–30 Psalm 148:7–14 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on October 8, 2017. There was a discussion in a First Grade religion class focused on St. Francis of […]

The Meaning of the Hebrew Letter Aleph

Readings for the Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 9 Year A – Track 2) Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32 Psalm 25:1-8 Philippians 2:1-13 Matthew 21:23-32 This sermon was preached at the Chapel of St. Francis at San Francisco Towers on October 1, 2017. “God guides the humble in doing right and teaches his way to the lowly.” This […]

St. Michael, All Angels and Imagination

Readings for the Feast Day of St. Michael and All Angels Genesis 28:10-17 Psalm 103:19-22 John 1:43-51 “The true sign of intelligence,” according to Albert Einstein, “is not knowledge but imagination.” The presence of angels in the Scriptures invites us to develop this intelligence by exercising our imagination, pushing us to see beyond the boundaries […]

Grace That Saves a Kvetch Like Me

Readings for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 20 – Year A) Exodus 16:2-15 Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45 Philippians 1:21-30 Matthew 20:1-16 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on September 24, 2017. By now, you know how much I like to glean wisdom […]

Taking Action Like Nachshon

Readings for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 19 Exodus 14:19-31 Psalm 114 Romans 14:1-12 Matthew 18:21-35 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on Sunday September 17, 2017. Three weeks ago we began our series of readings from the book of Exodus or from what […]

Prayer and Service to the Poor

Readings for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 17 Exodus 3:1-15 Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45c Romans 12:9-21 Matthew 16:21-28 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on Sunday September 3, 2017. My mantra for ministry for about the last decade has been “prayer and […]

Our Redeemer, Rock and Rainbow

Readings for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 16 Exodus 1:8-2:10 Psalm 124 Romans 12:1-8 Matthew 16:13-20 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on Sunday August 27, 2017. Today our lectionary launches us on a nine-week long series of readings from the […]

Hine Ma Tov (Behold, How Good!)

Readings for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) Proper 15 Genesis 45:1-15 Psalm 133 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on Sunday August 20, 2017. Hine ma tov umanayim shevet achim gam yachad. Behold! How good it is when […]