Another Sermon on Trees

Readings for the Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany – Year C 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 planted by water, sending out its roots and bearing […]

“Peace and Plenteousness within these Walls”: Rector’s Report on 2024

Readings for the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday February 2, 2025. Today we celebrate one of the most ancient feasts of the Church, the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, also known as Candlemas, which is always celebrated 40 days after Christmas. […]

Pray for our Prophets

Readings for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany – Year C 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 vulnerable, and the scared. Many praised this preacher for their grace […]

Jesus’s Commentary on Marriage and Friendship

Readings for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany – Year C 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 Lyn Klay (which was yesterday) and the first wedding […]

We Are All Just Walking Each Other Home

Readings for the Feast of the Epiphany This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday January 5, 2025. Our Scriptures so often fill me with wonder and bewilderment; and I must say that, apart from Jesus himself, very few characters in the Scriptures fill me with more wonder than the mysterious visitors referred […]

Wise Men Still Seek Him: Magi as Descendants of Daniel

This article was written for the January 2025 Chronicle newsletter for Christ Church Eureka. Wise Men Still Seek Him: The Magi as Descendants of My Namesake A couple years ago, parishioner Marty Vega gave me a sweatshirt that her late husband, Daniel, used to wear during this time of year, near Epiphany, when we celebrate the visit […]

Abide in Abba (honoring John Cobb and St. John)

Readings for the First Sunday after Christmas 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 Cobb Jr., who died a couple months shy of his 100th […]

Putting it all Together in our hearts

Readings for the Feast of the Christ Mass This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka for the Christmas Eve service on Saturday December 24, 2024. “Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart.” Mary treasured the words of the angels, the words of the shepherds, and she treasured the Word made flesh, […]

Mary, Myrick, and the Magnificat

Readings for the Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year C) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday December 22, 2024. During my recent trip back East, I had the opportunity to sing Christmas Carols with Harvard students as well as visit my favorite Anglo-Catholic parish, St. Mary the Virgin at Times Square […]

Dies Irae

Readings for the Second Sunday of Advent (Year C) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday December 8, 2024. This week, I was reading and reflecting on today’s Gospel, especially Luke’s words from the prophet Isaiah who says, “Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill made low” (Luke […]