Readings for the Feast of the Christ Mass Isaiah 52:7-10 Hebrews 1:1-4,(5-12) John 1:1-14 Psalm 98 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka for the Christmas Day service on Sunday December 25, 2025. Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas on this first day of how many days of Christmas? Twelve! The reason we have twelve days of […]
Read More Sensuous AsceticismReadings for the Feast of the Christ Mass Isaiah 62:6-12 Titus 3:4-7 Luke 2:1-20 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka for the Christmas Eve service on Saturday December 24, 2025. Moments before walking the prayer labyrinth a few days ago here at our monthly labyrinth walk, I picked up a quote from a basket […]
Read More Awaken the Inner ChildThese 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 […]
Read More CHristmas is the Birthday of God-EnfleshedPrivate 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 […]
Read More Private Devotions of Bishop Lancelot Andrewes: The Second Day (Monday)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 […]
Read More A Sign for Honi, Ahaz, and UsThis article was written for the December 2025 Chronicle newsletter for Christ Church Eureka. This Advent, I’m reading a book by an Anglican theologian named Donald Allchin who enjoyed a spiritual friendship with the Trappist monk Thomas Merton, whose feast day happens to be this month (Dec 10)![1] Donald Allchin was an Anglican priest and author who […]
Read More “Do But Make Room for Him this Advent and Christmas”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 […]
Read More Matthew’s Mini-ApocalypseReadings 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 […]
Read More Be Still and Know…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 […]
Read More The Perseverance of Samuel SeaburyReadings 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, […]
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