The Force Awakens
[Preached at Good Samaritan Episcopal Church in San Diego, CA on Christmas Eve, 2017] The Force Awakens A long time ago in a civilization far, far away, a hero named…
Category: Sermons
Truth Shall Spring Up from The Earth
[Sermon preached at Good Samaritan Episcopal Church on 8/13/2017 in San Diego, CA] My usual sermon preparation work begins two weeks before a sermon, when I look at the readings.…
Run for the Border
[This sermon was preached at All Saints Church in Pasadena, CA on my final Sunday there on January 3, 2016 before I leave to assume my duties as Rector of…
Give it up for God
[This sermon was preached on Oct. 11, 2015, at All Saints Church in Pasadena, CA] To listen to the sermon on giving up the nonessential in our lives for God,…
Drinking Our Fill of the Spirit [Text and Video]
“What Jesus means is that to truly have life, we must drink deeply of the life of the Spirit. This means entering fully into the Passion of Life, the struggle for liberation and salvation. Otherwise, this becomes a highly stylized ritual with no real meaning—people drinking from golden goblets in palaces, secure in their privilege.”
To follow you must lead; to lead you must follow (sermon video)
[Preached at All Saints Church, Pasadena, CA, May 17, 2015) Readings: Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 John 17: 6-19 Click here to watch this sermon.
The Empire of Truth (sermon video)
[Preached at All Saints Church, Pasadena, CA on Good Friday, 2015] Reading: John 18:28-19:8 Click here to watch this sermon, one of five preached by our clergy staff on Good…
The Earthiness of the Risen Christ (sermon video)
Preached at All Saints Church, Pasadena, CA on 4/19/2015 (Third Easter) Readings: 1 John 3:1-7 and Luke 24:36-48 Click here to watch a video of this sermon.
To Live Is to Change
[Preached in Spanish at All Saints Church, February 15, 2015] There are two types of people in this world: those who embrace change, and those who do not. Guess which…
Girl, Interrupted (by God)
God uses the ordinary to achieve the extraordinary. The idea is not for us to become great, but for us to become like Mary: To sing the song she sings: “My soul magnifies the greatness of God.”
Opening Doors to Heaven
Click here to see the video of the sermon I preached at All Saints Church on August 24, 2014. Texts: Isaiah 51:1-6 Matthew 16:13-20
Whose God Is It Anyway?
Click here to see the video of the sermon I preached at All Saints Church in Pasadena, CA on July 20, 2014. Readings: Wisdom of Solomon 12:13, 16-19 Romans 8:12-25…
Liberation for the little ones
My brothers and sisters in Christ, The story we just heard about Abraham and Isaac is one of the most troubling stories in the Bible. The passage from the Book…
The Ear of Malchus; or, the Unknown Known
Video of meditation preached on Good Friday, 2014 at All Saints Church, Pasadena
Gospel on the Ground 