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 […]

Seabury and the Patriotic Practice of Stewardship

This 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 […]

Lift Us to the Joy Divine!

Readings 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 […]

Salt the Earth with the Fire of Love

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, […]

Beatitudes: Attitudes that Help Us Be (Still)

Readings 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 […]