Giving Thanks with the Samaritan, St. Francis, and the Bodhisattva

Readings for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 23 – Year C – Track 2) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on October 12, 2025. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, in the congregation (Psalm 111:1) May I speak the unchained […]

The Zen of St. Francis

The Zen of St. Francis: An Episco-Bu-Jew’s Reflections on the Poverello This presentation was given at Ensō Village, Zen-inspired Retirement Community in Healdsburg CA as part of the Speaker Series on Wednesday October 8, 2025. It’s a joy and honor to be here and I’d like to thank my friend Kogen for inviting me. You […]

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 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, […]

the Disciple who Took Christ Seriously

Readings for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18 – Year C – Track 2) This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on September 7, 2025. Today we celebrate, for the first time in Christ Church Eureka history, the first Sunday of the Season of Creation, a new liturgical season established in 1989 […]

The Force of Humble Love

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 […]