Take Action Like Nachshon, the First Baptizand

Readings for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 19 – Track 1 – Year A) Exodus 14:19-31Exodus 15:1b-11,20-21 (Song of Moses & Miriam)Romans 14:1-12Matthew 18:21-35 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on September 13, 2026. We continue our reading today through the book of Exodus, the story of the movement of God’s […]

The First Eucharist

Readings for the Third Sunday of Easter (Year A) Acts 2:14a,36-41 1 Peter 1:17-23 Luke 24:13-35 Psalm 116:1-3, 10-17 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on April 19, 2026. This last week, I had the honor of speaking as a guest lecturer in a seminary Bible class and then a World Religions […]

“Come, Dervishes: Here is the Water of Life”

Sermon begins at 35:55 Readings for the Easter Vigil (Year A) Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21 [Israel’s deliverance at the Red Sea] Proverbs 8:1-8, 19-21; 9:4b-6 [Learn wisdom and live]Isaiah 55:1-11 [Salvation offered freely to all] Romans 6:3-11Psalm 114Matthew 28:1-10 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA at the Great Vigil of Easter on April […]

Our Baptism, Belovedness and Behavior

Readings for the First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord Isaiah 42:1-9 Acts 10:34-43 Matthew 3:13-17 Psalm 29 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on January 11, 2026. Today is the feast day of the Baptism of Our Lord (when we baptize Theodore Alex Zheng); it is also the […]

The Water and the Blood

Readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year B) Acts 10:44-48 1 John 5:1-6 John 15:9-17 Psalm 98 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday May 5, 2024. “This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the […]

Christos Anesti!

Readings for the Easter Vigil (Year B) Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21 [Israel’s deliverance at the Red Sea] Isaiah 55:1-11 [Salvation offered freely to all] Proverbs 8:1-8; 19-21; 9:4b-6 [Learn wisdom and live] Ezekiel 36:24-28 [A new heart and a new spirit] Zephaniah 3:14-20 [The gathering of God’s people] Romans 6:3-11Psalm 114Mark 16:1-8 Our readings tonight remind […]

Baptismal Covenant Epiphanies (From Karl Barth and beyond)

Readings for the First Sunday after the Epiphany Genesis 1:1-5 Acts 19:1-7 Mark 1:4-11 Psalm 29 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday January 7, 2024. Today we celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord, when we read again portions from the Gospel of Mark that we heard back on the […]