CHristmas is the Birthday of God-Enfleshed

These remarks were shared at Betty Kwan Chinn’s Community Christmas Dinner at the Eureka Municipal Auditorium on Tuesday December 23, 2025, when over 500 hungry people were served a prime rib dinner. My name is Father Daniel London and I’m the rector at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka, a church named after the birthday boy […]

Private Devotions of Bishop Lancelot Andrewes: The Second Day (Monday)

Private Devotions of Lancelot Andrewes for the Second Day (Monday) 1. Meditation My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning I will direct my prayer to You as I look up to the heavens.[1] Blessed are You, O Lord, Who did create the firmament of heaven, the heavens and the […]

A Sign for Honi, Ahaz, and Us

Readings for the Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year A) Isaiah 7:10-16 Romans 1:1-7 Matthew 1:18-25 Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on December 21, 2025. On this Winter Solstice, this shortest day of the year, as our Jewish friends light the final candle of the hanukkiah, and as the […]

Matthew’s Mini-Apocalypse

Readings for the First Sunday of Advent (Year A) Isaiah 2:1-5 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:36-44 Psalm 122 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on November 30, 2025. On this first Sunday of Advent, we generally wish each other a happy new year as we begin a new liturgical year together. So, happy […]

Be Still and Know…

Readings for the Feast of Christ the King, the Last Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 29 – Year C – Track 2) Jeremiah 23:1-6 Psalm 46 Colossians 1:11-20 Luke 23:33-43 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on November 23, 2025. I’d like to begin by teaching you a simple chant, inspired by today’s […]

The Perseverance of Samuel Seabury

Readings for the Feast Day of the Consecration of Samuel Seabury 1 Samuel 8:1-22 Psalm 110:1-4 Acts 1:15-26 Matthew 9:35–38 This reflection was shared at the monthly gathering of Associates and Oblates of the Community of the Transfiguration on November 14, 2025 Today is not the Feast of Samuel Seabury. Today is the Feast of the Consecration […]

Children of the Resurrection

Readings for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 27 – Year C – Track 2) Job 19:23-27a Psalm 17:1-9 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 Luke 20:27-38 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on November 9, 2025. There’s a song titled “Children of the Revolution” by a 70s glam rock band named T Rex, […]

Vision of the Prophets, Eyes of the Poets

Readings for the Feast of All Saints’ Day Daniel 7:1-3,15-18 Psalm 149 Ephesians 1:11-23 Luke 6:20-31 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on November 2, 2025. Today is the third and final day of the Fall Triduum: the three days of All Hallows’ Eve, All Hallows’ Day, and All Souls’ Day, which […]

No Man is an Island

Readings for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 25 – Year C – Track 2) Sirach 35:12-17 Psalm 84:1-6 2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18 Luke 18:9-14 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on October 26, 2025. The message of this morning’s short parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector seems fairly simple and […]

Giving Thanks with the Samaritan, St. Francis, and the Bodhisattva

Readings for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 23 – Year C – Track 2) 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c Psalm 111 2 Timothy 2:8-15 Luke 17:11-19 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on October 12, 2025. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the […]