THe Holy Cross and St. FRancis

Readings for the Feast Day of the Holy Cross Isaiah 45:21-25 Galatians 6:14-18 John 12:31-36a Psalm 98:1-4 This reflection was shared at Sacred Saunter Outdoor Eucharist on Saturday September 13, 2025 at Sequoia Park during the Season of Creation Today we celebrate the Eve of the Feast of the Holy Cross, which is the Tree […]

the Disciple who Took Christ Seriously

Readings for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18 – Year C – Track 2) Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Psalm 1 Philemon 1-21 Luke 14:25-33 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on September 7, 2025. Today we celebrate, for the first time in Christ Church Eureka history, the first Sunday of the Season of […]

Embracing Philoxenia and Overcoming Xenophobia (with Baucis and Philemon)

Readings for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 17 – Year C – Track 2) Proverbs 25:6-7 Psalm 112 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 Luke 14:1, 7-14 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on August 31, 2025. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing so some have entertained angels (Hebrews […]

“Let Him Kiss me with the Kisses of his Mouth” – The Feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Readings for the Feast Day of St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) Song of Songs 1:1–8 Psalm 139:1–9 Mark 10:23-31 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church at the Chapel of Our Merciful Saviour in Eureka CA on August 20, 2025. While the era of the Church Fathers generally spans from the first century to the seventh […]

PAX ROMANA vs. God’s Shalom

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 […]

Surrounded by a Shield of Divine Light

Readings 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, […]

“Hallowed Be Thy Name”: On the Road Back Home from the Trappist Abbey

Readings for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 12 – Year C – Track 2) Genesis 18:20-32 Psalm 138 Colossians 2:6-19 Luke 11:1-13 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on July 27, 2025. I preached a couple Sundays ago about something that happened to me on my way to a Trappist monastery […]

Joy! Shipmate – Joy!: Homily for Howard Wyatt Gardner

This 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 […]

A Channel of love: on the Road to the Trappist Abbey

Readings 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 […]

Dancing in the Eternal Interflow of Friendship

Readings for Trinity Sunday (Year C) Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Romans 5:1-5 John 16:12-15 Canticle 13 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on June 15, 2025. “I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new. Shall I not call God the Beautiful, who daily showeth himself so […]