A Sermon about Doggies

Readings for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 18) Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23Psalm 125James 2:1-10, [11-13], 14-17Mark 7:24-37 This sermon was preached at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Crescent City CA on Sunday September 8, 2024. Good morning! It’s a joy to be with you today. My name is Father Daniel […]

Filled with the Fullness of God

Readings for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 12) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday July 28, 2024. This morning’s reading from the Gospel of John features a crowd of Jesus-followers of all ages gathering by the water, sitting down on the soft earth […]

Day 4 of GC81 (June 26, 2024)

Day 4 of General Convention 81: Along with electing and confirming a new presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church (Sean Rowe), we also affirmed the goal of full communion with the United Methodist Church (A049); accepted an agreement of full communion with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bavaria (A037); commended closer relations with the Presbyterian […]

Sauntering on a Hill with Evelyn Underhill

Readings for the Feast Day of Evelyn Underhill This reflection was shared at Sacred Saunter Outdoor Eucharist on Saturday June 15, 2024 at Waluplh – Lighthouse Ranch in Loleta CA Evelyn Underhill was an Anglo-Catholic poet, novelist, spirituality scholar, and retreat leader who lived in London during the early 20th century. She is best known […]

Kahlil Gibran, Jesus, and the Human Family

Readings for the Third Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 5) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday June 9, 2024. One of my favorite poets is the Lebanese Christian Kahlil Gibran, author of the spiritual classic titled The Prophet. Gibran said, “The universe is my country […]

Getting Things in Order during Ordinary Time

Readings for the Second Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 4) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday June 2, 2024. After the 40 days of Lent, the 50 days of Eastertide and the thrill of Pentecost and Trinity Sunday, we have now entered the long green […]

St. John The Good Shepherd

Readings for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (Year B) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Good Shepherd Sunday April 21, 2024. On this Good Shepherd Sunday, we continue reading through the First Epistle of St. John, who is the traditional author of those beloved and bucolic words attributed to Jesus, “I […]

Walking in the Light

Readings for the Second Sunday of Easter (Year B) 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 St. John, which exhorts us to turn away from […]

Baptismal Covenant Epiphanies (From Karl Barth and beyond)

Readings for the First Sunday after the Epiphany 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 Second Sunday of Advent, when the camel-haired beast […]

Affirming “Brother Ass”

Readings for the First Sunday after Christmas Day This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday December 31, 2023. 800 years ago, a 41-year-old deacon travelled to the Italian town of Greccio, where he pondered the mystery of Christmas expressed in the words of the Gospel we just heard read. Although his younger years […]