Advent with Black Elk

In past years, I have blogged during the Advent season. Back in 2009, I blogged through my reading of The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A Kempis. Last year, I spent Advent reading and reflecting on William Temple. This year, I feel invited to spend Advent with the wisdom of a holy medicine man of […]

Read, Mark, Learn, and Inwardly Digest

Readings for the Twenty Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 28 – Year C): Isaiah 65:17-25 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Luke 21:5-19 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on November 13, 2016. Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear […]

S.A.I.N.T.

Listen to sermon here: SAINT Subversive Agents… Readings for All Saints Day (Year C): Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18 Luke 6:20-31 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on November 6, 2016. Today we celebrate the feasts of All Saints and All Souls, feasts that invite us to remember the venerable saints […]

The Chutzpah of Habakkuk

Listen to sermon here: The Chutzpah of Habakkuk Readings for the Twenty Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 26 – Year C): Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 Psalm 119:137-144 Luke 19:1-10 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on October 30, 2016. For the last seven years, I’ve been investigating what the Bible […]

The Spirit’s Outpouring in a Variety of Prayers

Listen to sermon here: The Spirit’s Outpouring Readings for the Twenty Third Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 25 – Year C): Joel 2:23-32 Psalm 65 Luke 18:9-14 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on October 23, 2016. Thirteen years ago, I visited the Holy Land with a group of […]

An Invitation to Feisty Prayer

Readings for the Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 24 – Year C): Genesis 32:22-31 Luke 18:1-8 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on October 16, 2016. There is a provocative story in the Jewish Talmud about an argument between Rabbi Eliezer and a group of other […]

The Loving Laughter of the God of Surprises

Readings for the Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 23 – Year C): 2 Kings 5:1-15 Luke 17:11-19 This sermon was preached at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in San Rafael CA on October 9, 2016. Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good […]

The Ethics of the Unjust Steward

Listen to sermon here: Ethics of the Unjust Steward Readings for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 20 – Year C): Jeremiah 8:18 – 9:1 Psalm 79:1-9 1 Timothy 2:1-7 Luke 16:1-13 This sermon was preached at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in San Rafael CA on September 18, 2016. For the last three years, I have been […]

Being Formed by the Divine Creative Process

Listen to sermon here: Being Formed by the Divine Creative Process Readings for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18 – Year C) Jeremiah 18:1-11 Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17 Philemon 1-21 Luke 14:25-33 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Sausalito CA on September 4, 2016. For the last few years, my wife has been making […]

Holding Together Both the Fire and the Cloud

Readings for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 15 – Year C) Jeremiah 23:23-29 Psalm 82 Hebrews 11:29 – 12:2 Luke 12:49-56 This sermon was preached at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in San Rafael CA on August 14, 2016. As I have pointed out in the past, this wonderful parish boasts one particular characteristic that I […]