The Greatest Ministry at Christ Church

Readings for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 20) Proverbs 31:10-31Psalm 1James 3:13-4:3, 7-8aMark 9:30-37 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday September 22, 2024. May the words of my mouth and the music of all our hearts be pleasing to you, O Lord, our […]

The Music of Our Hearts

Readings for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 19) Proverbs 1:20-33Psalm 19James 3:1-12Mark 8:27-38 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday September 15, 2024. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, our […]

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 3 of GC81 (June 25, 2024)

Today (Day 3 of General Convention 81), I met the dean of Canterbury Cathedral, the president and dean of Church Divinity School of the Pacific, the 4th century bishop of Myra, a member of the Anamchara Fellowship, and the former dean of Trinity Cathedral Phoenix. Regarding legislation, we passed resolutions that: – approved the expansion […]

Day 2 of GC81 (June 24, 2024)

On the second day of General Convention, we deputies discussed the budget in a joint session with the house of bishops in the morning. In the afternoon, we passed a resolution designating the Sunday closest to October 10th as Mental Health Awareness Sunday, with the objective of encouraging open dialogue about mental illness and encouraging […]

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 […]

The Water and the Blood

Readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year B) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday May 5, 2024. “This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one that testifies, […]

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 […]

Death, Be Not Proud

Readings for Easter Sunday (Year B) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Easter Sunday March 31, 2024. Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia! Christos anesti! Alithos anesti! Christus surréxit! Surréxit vere! Alleluia! Easter Sunday is the day that gives meaning to all other days. Without Easter, there […]