Homilies

These are my preaching pages. I decided it would be good to actually put some of my homilies on the web, for any who are interested in them. Unfortunately, I have not found a way to reproduce Hebrew or Greek letters in HTML, and so some of these homilies only have transliterated forms, which are not as desirable. Please note that within these homilies, in any word transliterated from Hebrew with a "ch", the "ch" is always pronounced with a back consonant such as Scottish "Loch", never a hard "ch" as in "child".

The church in Trinidad is an Episcopal congregation which uses the building of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, on the corner of Hector and Underwood Streets, in Trinidad, California. It began as a preaching station under the umbrella of Christ Church in Eureka, but has been newly named Sts. Martha and Mary, and was dedicated as a mission church on September 24, 2006.

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St. Alban's Episcopal Church is on Chester Avenue in Arcata, California. It is my home parish, less than a mile from our house. Our new rector is the Rev. Sara Potter, who was installed on June 29th, 2008. Welcome Sara!

Let the words of our mouths and the meditation of all our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our strength and our redeemer.

2004 Homilies:
  1. April 24, 2004--from Wrestling With The Word, Preacher/Worship Leader Workshops
    (my first homily) Reading: John 20:1-13.
  2. July 11, 2004, Trinidad--Holy Trinity Episcopal service.
    Reading: Luke 10:25-37.
  3. September 12, 2004, Trinidad.
    Readings: Exodus 32: 1, 7-14;Psalm 51: 1-18;1 Timothy 1: 12-17; Luke 15: 1-10
  4. November 14, 2004, Trinidad.
    Readings: Malachi 3:13-4:2a, 5-6; Psalm 98 or 98:5-10; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19.
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2005 Homilies:
  1. January 9, 2005, Trinidad.
    Readings: Isaiah 42: 1-9; Psalm 89: 1-19; Acts 10:34-38; Matthew 3:13-17.
  2. March 13, 2005, Trinidad.
    Readings: Ezekiel 37:1-3(4-10)11-14; Psalm 130; Romans 6:16-23; John 11:(1-16)17-44.
  3. May 8, 2005, Trinidad. (Ascension Sunday)
    Readings: Acts 1:(1-7)8-14; Psalm 68:1-20 or 47; I Peter 4:12-19; John 17:1-11.
  4. May 22, 2005, St. Alban's, Arcata. (Trinity Sunday)
    Readings: Genesis 1:1-23; Psalm 150; 2 Corinthians 13:(5-10)11-13; Matthew 28:16-20
  5. July 10, 2005, Trinidad.
    Readings: Isaiah 55:1-5, 10-13; Psalm 65; Romans 8:9-17; Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23.
  6. September 11, 2005, Trinidad.
    Readings: Ecclesiasticus 27:30-28:7; Psalm 103; Romans 14:5-12; Matthew 18:21-35.
  7. November 20, 2005, Trinidad. Last Sunday after Pentecost
    Readings: Ezekiel 34:11-17; Psalm 95:1-7; I Corinthians 15:20-28; Matthew 25:31-46.
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2006 Homilies:
  1. January 8, 2006, Trinidad. First Epiphany
    Readings: Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 89:1-29 (or 89:20-29); Acts 10:34-38; Mark 1:7-11.
  2. March 19, 2006, Trinidad. Third Sunday of Lent
    Readings: Exodus 20: 1-17; Psalm 19: 7-14; Romans 7: 13-25; John 2: 13-22.
  3. April 23, 2006, Trinidad. First Sunday after Easter
    Readings: Acts 3:12a, 13-15, 17-26; Psalm: 111; I John 5: 1-6; John 20: 19-31.
  4. May 21, 2006, St. Alban's, Arcata. Sixth Sunday after Easter
    Readings: Acts 11:19-30; Psalm 33; I John 4:7-21; John 15:9-17.
  5. June 11, 2006, St. Alban's, Arcata. Trinity Sunday
    Readings: Exodus 3:1-6; Psalm 93; Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-16
  6. July 2, 2006, Trinidad. Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
    Readings: Deuteronomy 15:7-1; Psalm 93; 2 Cor 8:1-9, 13-15; Mark 5:22-24; 35b-43
  7. July 30, 2006, St. Alban's, Arcata. Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
    Readings: 2 Kings 2:1-15; Psalm 114; Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-16; Mark 6:45-52
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2006 Homilies, continued:
  1. August 13, 2006, St. Alban's, Arcata. Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
    Readings: Deuteronomy 8:1-10; Psalm 34 [or 34:1-8]; Ephesians 4:(25-29)30--5:2; John 6:37-51
  2. September 3, 2006, Sts. Martha and Mary, Trinidad. Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
    Readings: Deuteronomy 4:1-9; Psalm 15; Ephesians 6:10-20; Mark 7:1-8, 1-15, 21-23
  3. October 22, 2006, St. Alban's, Arcata. Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
    Readings: Isaiah 53:4-12; Psalm 91[or 91:9-16]; Hebrews 4:12-16; Mark 10:35-45
  4. November 12, 2006, Sts. Martha and Mary, Trinidad. Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
    Readings: I Kings 17:8-16; Psalm 146; Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44

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2007 Homilies:
  1. June 10, 2007, St. Alban's, Arcata. Second Sunday after Pentecost
    Readings: I Kings 17:17-24; Psalm 30; Galatians 1:11-24; Luke 7:11-17
  2. July 29, 2007, St. Alban's, Arcata. Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
    Readings: Genesis 18:20-33; Psalm 138; Colossians 2:6-15; Luke 11:1-13
  3. September 30, 2007, St. Alban's, Arcata. Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
    Readings: Amos 6:1-7; Psalm 146; 1 Timothy 6:11-19; Luke 16:19-31
  4. November 11, 2007, St. Alban's, Arcata. Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
    Readings: Job 19:23-27a; Psalm 17; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-3:5; Luke 20:27-38

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2008 Homilies:
  1. January 20, 2008, St. Alban's, Arcata. Second Sunday after Epiphany.
    Readings: Isaiah 49:1-7; Psalm 40:1-12; I Corinthians 1:1-9; John 1:29-42
  2. February 17, 2008, St. Alban's, Arcata. Second Sunday of Lent.
    Readings: Genesis 12:1-4a; Psalm 121; Romans 4:1-5, 13-17; John 3:1-17
  3. June 29, 2008, St. Alban's, Arcata. Seventh Sunday after Pentecost.
    Readings: Genesis 22:1-14; Psalm 13; Romans 6:12-23; Matthew 10:40-42
  4. November 16, 2008, St. Alban's, Arcata. Twenty-seventh Sunday after Pentecost.
    Readings: Judges 4:1-7; Psalm 123; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11; Matthew 25:14-30

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2009 Homilies:
  1. July 12, 2009, St. Alban's, Arcata. Sixth Sunday after Pentecost.
    Readings: 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19; Psalm 24; Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6: 14-29

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