Children of the Resurrection

Readings for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 27 – Year C – Track 2) 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, a band that our deceased beloved parishioner Rex White particularly […]

Vision of the Prophets, Eyes of the Poets

Readings for the Feast of All Saints’ Day This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on November 2, 2025. Today is the third and final day of the Fall Triduum: the three days of All Hallows’ Eve, All Hallows’ Day, and All Souls’ Day, which together function as a “powerful mirror-image of the […]

No Man is an Island

Readings for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 25 – Year C – Track 2) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on October 26, 2025. The message of this morning’s short parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector seems fairly simple and straightforward on the surface: be wary of self-aggrandizing piety […]

St. Teresa of Avila, St. Francis of Assisi, and Our Ereymon Topon

Readings for the Feast of St. Teresa of Avila This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church at the Chapel of Our Merciful Saviour in Eureka CA on October 15, 2025. Today we honor St. Teresa of Avila, a Spanish Carmelite nun of the 16th century who was a reformer who founded the Discalced Carmelites and a mystic […]

“Behold, God’s Love for you”: Vida Dutton Scudder and the Showbread

Readings for the Feast Day of Vida Dutton Scudder This reflection was shared at the monthly gathering of Associates and Oblates of the Community of the Transfiguration on October 10, 2025 According to the Jewish Talmud, the Jewish high priests would keep 12 loaves of bread in the Holy of Holies of the Temple. It was called […]

Listening to trees with Jesus and St. francis

Sermon begins at 23:55 Readings for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 22 – Year C – Track 2) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on October 5, 2025. On this final Sunday of Creation season, Jesus uses imagery from creation to explain the mighty power of a little faith. When the […]

the Rich Man & Lazarus according to Bonaventure and Francis

Readings for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 21 – Year C – Track 2) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on September 28, 2025. As we continue to move through the Season of Creation, I feel invited to continue my sermon series on the patron saint of Creation, the little poor […]

Sauntering with Lancelot Andrewes

Readings for the Feast of Lancelot Andrewes This reflection was shared at Sacred Saunter Outdoor Eucharist on Saturday September 27, 2025 at Sequoia Park during the Season of Creation Not to be confused with the legendary knight of Camelot, Lancelot Andrewes was a 17th century Anglican bishop and one of the founding fathers of Anglican Christianity. […]

THe Holy Cross and St. FRancis

Readings for the Feast Day of the Holy Cross 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 of Life that saves us. Throughout church history, […]

Embracing Philoxenia and Overcoming Xenophobia (with Baucis and Philemon)

Readings for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 17 – Year C – Track 2) 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 13:2) This morning, I want to share an ancient story […]