A Sermon about Doggies

Readings for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 18) Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23Psalm 125James 2:1-10, [11-13], 14-17Mark 7:24-37 This sermon was preached at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Crescent City CA on Sunday September 8, 2024. Good morning! It’s a joy to be with you today. My name is Father Daniel […]

The First and ChIef Flower

Readings for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 17) Song of Solomon 2:8-13Psalm 45:1-2, 7-10James 1:17-27Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday September 1, 2024. “There is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that […]

Homily for the Wedding of Natalie and CHance

This homily was preached at the Wedding of Natalie and Chance at the Julia Morgan Redwood Grove on Saturday August 24, 2024 by Fr. Daniel London at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA. Reading: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Love is patient, love is kind. According to psychologist and marriage guru John Gottman, the number one predictor […]

Singing with Sophia

Readings for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 15) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday August 18, 2024. “Be filled with the Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, […]

VERITAS

Readings for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 14) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday August 11, 2024. “Putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another.” Ephesians 4:25 “Truly, Truly, I tell […]

Filled with the Fullness of God

Readings for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 12) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday July 28, 2024. This morning’s reading from the Gospel of John features a crowd of Jesus-followers of all ages gathering by the water, sitting down on the soft earth […]

How to Become a Real-Life Superhero

Readings from the Message for the Closing Ceremony of Camp 1 John 3:1 – 3 Matthew 6:25 – 34 This sermon was preached by Fr. Daniel London at Camp Living Waters at Cookson Ranch in Blue Lake CA on Friday July 26, 2024. Camp Theme: “Everyday Superheroes” This week, we’ve learned about four inspiring real-life superheroes: Presiding Bishop […]

Dancing Like David

Readings for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 10) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday July 14, 2024. “God destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace […]

GC81 BRIEF Reflection

I was thrilled to attend General Convention in Louisville KY, where my favorite modern mystic Thomas Merton had a vision of everyone “shining like the sun” on the now-famous street corner: Fourth St. and Muhammad Ali Blvd. I was not expecting this vision to become such a “touchstone” for our entire convention, which is exactly […]

Day 6 of GC81 (June 28, 2024)

On Day 6 (the final day) of General Convention 81, we gathered for our Closing Eucharist in which we celebrated poet and civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson, author of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a hymn that has been known as the Black national anthem. Presiding Bishop Elect Sean Rowe preached on Ephesians 6:10-18 […]