Be at Peace with One another

Readings for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 21) Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22Psalm 124James 5:13-20Mark 9:38-50 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday September 29, 2024. In this morning’s Gospel, Jesus is teaching his disciples and us how to be at peace with one another, […]

The Greatest Ministry at Christ Church

Readings for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 20) Proverbs 31:10-31Psalm 1James 3:13-4:3, 7-8aMark 9:30-37 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday September 22, 2024. May the words of my mouth and the music of all our hearts be pleasing to you, O Lord, our […]

History & Context of the Criss in the Holy Land

These remarks were written for “Let’s Talk About Palestine and Israel: A Community Conversation” at the Arcata Community Center as part of a panel with Rabbi Naomi Steinberg and Imam Abubakr Elgarguri. They are primarily responses to two questions: Whose Holy Land? and What Would Peace Look Like? Opening Remarks Thank you, Imam. Thank you, […]

The Music of Our Hearts

Readings for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 19) Proverbs 1:20-33Psalm 19James 3:1-12Mark 8:27-38 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday September 15, 2024. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, our […]

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 […]