The Shepherd Who is With Us in the Valley

Readings for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (Year A) Acts 2:42-47 1 Peter 2:19-25 John 10:1-10 Psalm 23 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on April 26, 2026. Yesterday, I attended a stimulating presentation on addiction at the Town Church by a philosophy professor from Los Angeles named Dr. Kent Dunnington, author […]

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 […]

An Invitation to Blame God An Exegesis of Psalm 13 1. Introduction Jewish author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel once wrote, “I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I’ve been closer to him for that reason.” In Psalm 13, we encounter a similar approach to the divine. […]