Readings for the Second Sunday of Easter (Year B) Acts 4:32-35 1 John 1:1-2:2 John 20:19-31 Psalm 133 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on April 7, 2024. As we continue our celebration of the Resurrection throughout the fifty days of Eastertide, our lectionary offers us readings from the first Epistle of […]
Read More Walking in the LightReadings for the Wedding of Valerie Jean Budig Markin and David Arthur Tschoepe Song of Solomon 2:10 – 13; 8:6 – 7 Psalm 67 Tobit 8:5b – 8 1 Corinthians 13:1 – 13 John 15:9 – 12 This sermon was preached at the Wedding of David and Valerie on Saturday January 20, 2024 at Christ Episcopal […]
Read More David, Valerie, and the Vena amorisReadings for the Feast of the Christ Mass Isaiah 52:7-10 Hebrews 1:1-4,(5-12) John 1:1-14 Psalm 98 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka for the Christmas Day service on Sunday December 25, 2023. Merry Christmas! In the ninth century, the brilliant Celtic theologian John Scotus Eriugena (815–877) wrote a homily on the Gospel we just […]
Read More St. John, Celtic Spirituality, and the Heart SenseThis article was written for the January 2024 Chronicle newsletter for Christ Church Eureka. 2023 is a significant year for me as I celebrate my 40th birthday, my 5-year anniversary at Christ Church Eureka, and begin my 10th year as an Episcopal priest. I was ordained to the priesthood in early January on the Eve of the […]
Read More Metta Force Be With YouThis article was written for the October 2022 Chronicle newsletter for Christ Church Eureka. This March will be the 240th anniversary of the election of the first Episcopal bishop Samuel Seabury, the namesake of one of my Yorkies. The first Anglican worship service held on American soil took place in California in 1579, but Seabury wasn’t […]
Read More Seabury and the Patriotic Practice of StewardshipReadings for the Wedding of James Winfield Hendry and Flora Lyn Klay: Song of Solomon 2:10 – 13; 8:6 – 7 Romans 8:28, 38 – 39 John 15:9 – 12 This sermon was preached at the Wedding of Jim and Lyn on Saturday January 18, 2020 at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA Abide in my love. I […]
Read More Lift Us to the Joy Divine!Readings for the Wedding of Raymond Kevin O’Connor Jr. and Wÿnanda Heyward Bulkley Armas: Song of Solomon 2:10-13; 8:6-7 Colossians 3:12-17 Matthew 5:13-16 This sermon was preached at the Wedding of Kevin and Wÿnanda on Saturday September 1, 2018 at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, CA I speak in the Name of God the Creator, […]
Read More Salt the Earth with the Fire of LoveReadings for the Wedding of David William Harty and Martha Buckle Shear: Tobit 8:5b-8 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Matthew 5:1 – 10 This sermon was preached at the Wedding of David Harty and Martha Shear on June 21, 2014 at Ru’s Farm at Healdsburg Country Gardens in Healdsburg CA. Over the last few months, I have […]
Read More Beatitudes: Attitudes that Help Us Be (Still)An Invitation to Blame God An Exegesis of Psalm 13 1. Introduction Jewish author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel once wrote, “I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I’ve been closer to him for that reason.” In Psalm 13, we encounter a similar approach to the divine. […]
Read More
