Readings for the Third Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 5) 1 Samuel 8:4-11, 16-20Psalm 1382 Corinthians 4:13-5:1Mark 3:20-35 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 […]
Read More Kahlil Gibran, Jesus, and the Human FamilyReadings for the Second Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 4) 1 Samuel 3:1-10(11-20) Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 Mark 2:23-3:6 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday June 2, 2024. After the 40 days of Lent, the 50 days of Eastertide and the thrill of […]
Read More Getting Things in Order during Ordinary TimeReadings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year B) Acts 10:44-48 1 John 5:1-6 John 15:9-17 Psalm 98 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 […]
Read More The Water and the BloodReadings for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (Year B) Acts 4:5-12 1 John 3:16-24 John 10:11-18 Psalm 23 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Good Shepherd Sunday April 21, 2024. On this Good Shepherd Sunday, we continue reading through the First Epistle of St. John, who is the traditional author of […]
Read More St. John The Good ShepherdReadings for Easter Sunday (Year B) Acts 10:34-43 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Mark 16:1-8 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 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 […]
Read More Death, Be Not ProudReadings for Good Friday Genesis 22:1-18 Psalm 22 Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 John 19:1-37 This sermon was preached on Good Friday at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on March 29, 2024. We use beeswax candles at out Peace Altar, the altar that we set up two years ago when we began praying for the people of Ukraine. […]
Read More Good Friday & Beeswax candlesReadings for the Fourth Sunday in Lent Numbers 21:4-9 Ephesians 2:1-10 John 3:14-21 Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday March 10, 2024. “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal […]
Read More Snake-on-a-Stick SundayReadings for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany Deuteronomy 18:15-20 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Mark 1:21-28 Psalm 111 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday January 28, 2024. Six years ago today, I preached on these same readings on my first Sunday here, readings that proclaim the holy and awesome and life-giving power […]
Read More The Name That Charms Our FearsReadings for the Wedding of Valerie Jean Budig Markin and David Arthur Tschoepe Song of Solomon 2:10 – 13; 8:6 – 7 Psalm 67 Tobit 8:5b – 8 1 Corinthians 13:1 – 13 John 15:9 – 12 This sermon was preached at the Wedding of David and Valerie on Saturday January 20, 2024 at Christ Episcopal […]
Read More David, Valerie, and the Vena amorisThis article was written for the January 2024 Chronicle newsletter for Christ Church Eureka. This January, I begin my seventh year at Christ Church (Jan 28), and I also celebrate the 10-year anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood (Jan 11). Since I was ordained on the Eve of the Feast Day of St. Aelred of Rievaulx […]
Read More New Year Reflections On the Saint of Rievaulx
