Annunciation Eve

A reflection for Compline Prayer on Annunciation Eve (March 24, 2020) Click here for Compline Prayer bulletin Tonight is the Eve of the Feast of the Annunciation, a feast that commemorates the archangel Gabriel’s announcement to Mary that she will conceive and give birth to a son. This feast always falls on March 25th, […]

Seeing the Divine Light Shine Everywhere

Readings for the Fourth Sunday in Lent (Year A) 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41 Psalm 23 This sermon / eulogy was preached at the Transfiguration House for Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday March 22, 2020. I had a sermon prepared for this morning in which I incorporated some of the main ideas […]

Darkness as Companion

Readings for Morning on Friday in the Third Week of Lent Psalm 88 Mark 6:47 – 56 This reflection was shared by Fr. Daniel at the Transfiguration House on Friday March 20, 2020. The Psalm we read this morning is considered the darkest psalm in the Psalter, mostly because of how it ends. There […]

Quenching Our Deepest Thirst with St. Photini

Readings for the Third Sunday in Lent Genesis 12:1-4a Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 John 3:1-17 Psalm 121 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday March 15, 2020. Almighty God, keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to […]

“Lord, do you not care?”

Gospel for Morning Prayer on Friday in the Second Week of Lent: Mark 4:35-41 This reflection was shared by Fr. Daniel at Christ Episcopal Church on Friday March 13, 2020. What an appropriate and encouraging Gospel reading for us this morning as many of us feel tossed to and fro by a storm of fears […]

Listening to the Wind with Nicodemus

Readings for the Second Sunday in Lent Genesis 12:1-4a Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 John 3:1-17 Psalm 121 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday March 8, 2020. “The wind blows where it chooses; listen to the sound of the wind; you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So […]

Pleasure, Possessions, & Pride

Readings for the First Sunday in Lent Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Psalm 32 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday March 1, 2020. Our Christian tradition teaches us to be wary of our relationship to pleasure and possessions and pride. Although these are not evil in and of themselves […]

Sermon on the Mount: Three Key Spiritual Disciplines

Readings for Ash Wednesday Isaiah 58:1-12 Psalm 103:8-14 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday February 26, 2020. The Gospel reading for Ash Wednesday is a portion of the Sermon on the Mount, a sermon that I preached on just a few Sundays ago and described as […]

Sermon on the Mount: Attitudes that Help Us Be Salt and Light

Readings for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Isaiah 58:1-12 Psalm 112:1-10 1 Corinthians 2:1-12, [13-16] Matthew 5:13-20 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday February 9, 2020. This Sunday and next Sunday we will be hearing portions of what is considered by many to be the most significant and influential sermons or […]

Better is One Day: Christ Church Eureka Rector’s Report on 2019

Readings for the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord (Candlemas) Malachi 3:1-4 Hebrews 2:14-18 Luke 2:22-40 Psalm 84 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on February 2, 2020 (Groundhog’s Day / 02 02 2020) “Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a […]