Readings for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 15 – Year C – Track 2) Jeremiah 23:23-29 Psalm 82 Hebrews 11:29-12:2 Luke 12:49-56 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on August 17, 2025. In our Gospel this morning, Jesus speaks provocatively, asking, “Do you think that I have come to bring peace […]
Read More PAX ROMANA vs. God’s ShalomReadings for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 14 – Year C – Track 2) Genesis 15: 1-6 Psalm 33:12-22 Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 Luke 12:32-40 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on August 10, 2025. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be pleasing in your sight, […]
Read More Surrounded by a Shield of Divine LightThis homily was preached at the Burial Service for Howard Wyatt Gardner (June 28, 1930 – January 8, 2025) on July 19, 2025 by Fr. Daniel London at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA. Readings for the Burial Service Lamentations 3:22-26; 31-33 Psalm 27 Romans 8:14-19, 34-35, 37-39 John 11:21-27 The steadfast love of the […]
Read More Joy! Shipmate – Joy!: Homily for Howard Wyatt GardnerReadings for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 10 – Year C – Track 2) Deuteronomy 30:9-14 Psalm 25:1-9 Colossians 1:1-14 Luke 10:25-37 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on July 13, 2025. Last month, while visiting family in Ithaca NY, I decided to go on a mini pilgrimage to a Trappist […]
Read More A Channel of love: on the Road to the Trappist AbbeyReadings for the Third Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 8 – Year C – Track 2) 1 Kings 19:15-16,19-21 Psalm 16 Galatians 5:1,13-25 Luke 9:51-62 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on June 29, 2025. Last weekend I was in Denver CO, participating in a conference that focused on the writings and teachings […]
Read More The Wilderness and the SilenceReadings for Pentecost Sunday (Year C) Genesis 11:1-9 Acts 2:1-21 John 14:8-17, 25-27 Psalm 104:25-35, 37 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on June 8, 2025. Today we feel the wind beneath our wingsToday the hidden fountain flows and playsToday the church draws breath at last and singsAs every flame becomes a […]
Read More You Are Not a Brick, But a Newborn Bard of the Holy GhostReadings for the Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year C) Acts 11:1-18 Revelation 21:1-6 John 13:31-35 Psalm 148 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on May 18, 2025. This last week, I led a retreat on Spiritual Friendship for clergy at the Bishop’s Ranch in Healdsburg. We read aloud my distillation of the […]
Read More Transforming Wounds into GloryReadings for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (Year C) – Good Shepherd Sunday & Mother’s Day Acts 9:36-43 Revelation 7:9-17 John 10:22-30 Psalm 23 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on May 11, 2025. Happy Mother’s Day and Happy Good Shepherd Sunday! It’s not all that uncommon for these two holidays to […]
Read More The Lamb Who Makes Shepherd out of SHeepReadings for the Third Sunday of Easter (Year C) Acts 9:1-6, (7-20) Revelation 5:11-14 John 21:1-19 Psalm 30 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on May 4, 2025. A colleague of mine who taught graduate courses in theology said that Christian Spirituality is essentially a question; and that question is, “Do you […]
Read More Breakfast with JesusReadings for Easter Sunday (Year C) Acts 10:34-43 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 Luke 24:1-12 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on April 20, 2025. Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen, indeed! Alleluia! Happy Easter, everyone! Today we celebrate the mystery and miracle at the heart of our Christian […]
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