Readings for the Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany – Year C Jeremiah 17:5-10 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Luke 6:17-26 Psalm 1 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday February 16, 2025. According to Jeremiah and the first Psalm, whose who trust in the Lord and those who delight in the Torah are like a tree […]
Read More Another Sermon on TreesReadings for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany – Year C Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a Luke 4:14-21 Psalm 19 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday January 26, 2025. So, a preacher delivered a sermon that was rooted in Scripture, emphasizing God’s love and care for the poor, the oppressed, the […]
Read More Pray for our ProphetsReadings for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany – Year C Isaiah 62:1-5 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 John 2:1-11 Psalm 36:5-10 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday January 19, 2025. I love that our readings today are all about weddings since today we are sandwiched between the fifth wedding anniversary of Jim Hendry and […]
Read More Jesus’s Commentary on Marriage and FriendshipReadings for the First Sunday after the Epiphany – The Baptism of Our Lord (Year C) Isaiah 43:1-7 Acts 8:14-17 Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Psalm 29 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday January 12, 2025. Eleven years ago, I was ordained to the priesthood at the Cathedral of St. John in the […]
Read More Friendship through the FireReadings for the First Sunday after Christmas Isaiah 61:10-62:3 Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7 John 1:1-18 Psalm 147 or 147:13-21 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday December 29, 2024. Three days ago, on December 26th, the Eve of the Feast Day of St. John the Theologian, we lost another theologian named John: John Boswell […]
Read More Abide in Abba (honoring John Cobb and St. John)Readings for Thanksgiving Day Joel 2:21-27Psalm 1261 Timothy 2:1-7Matthew 6:25-33 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Thanksgiving Eve on November 27, 2024. Today’s Gospel passage is my favorite biblical passage of all; and I’m grateful that the liturgical “powers that be” have assigned this passage for the Feast of […]
Read More the Reign of the Divine voice of Love and GratitudeReadings for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 25) Job 42:1-6, 10-17Psalm 34:1-8, (19-22)Hebrews 7:23-28Mark 10:46-52 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday October 27, 2024. May the words of my mouth and music of all our hearts be pleasing to you, O Lord, our […]
Read More Gustavo Gutiérrez and the Book of JobReadings for the Wedding of Joanna Lyn Walling and David Michael Odorisio “from what are you running, my brother?” poem by Jonathan Montaldo “Love and Need” by Thomas Merton “Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another. We do not discover the […]
Read More “Married to Amazement”Readings for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 22) Job 38:1-7, (34-41)Psalm 104:1-9, 25, 37bHebrews 5:1-10Mark 10:35-45 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday October 6, 2024. Happy St. Francis weekend! The saint’s feast day was Friday October 4th, but we Episcopalians like to celebrate […]
Read More The Force of Humble LoveReadings for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 21) Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22Psalm 124James 5:13-20Mark 9:38-50 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday September 29, 2024. In this morning’s Gospel, Jesus is teaching his disciples and us how to be at peace with one another, […]
Read More Be at Peace with One another
