Father Bill reflects on endurance, "the steady, embodied holiness of not giving up on goodness."

The texts for the day are from the Revised Common Lectionary for Proper 28, Year C (Track 2): Malachi 4:1-2a; Psalm 98; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; and Luke 21:5-19. Full texts can be found at The Lectionary Page.

Preached at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ojai, California) on November 16, 2025.

Father Bill reflects on resurrection: "When fear takes the microphone, remember what love has already spoken."

The texts for the day are from the Revised Common Lectionary for Proper 27, Year C (Track 2): Job 19:23-27a; Psalm 17:1-9; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17; and Luke 20:27-38. Full texts can be found at The Lectionary Page.

Preached at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ojai, California) on November 9, 2025.

Father Bill reflects on the Feast of All Saints: "Love keeps finding a way to be embodied, to take human form again and again."

The texts for the day are Daniel 7:1-3,15-18; Psalm 149; Ephesians 1:11-23; and Luke 6:20-31. Full texts can be found at The Lectionary Page.

Preached at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ojai, California) on November 2, 2025.

Father Bill reflects on gratitude: "When we are grateful, we are no longer the center of the story. We become part of a larger mercy already moving through the world."

The texts for the day are Sirach 35:12-17; Psalm 84 :1-6; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18; and Luke 18:9-14. Full texts can be found at The Lectionary Page.

Preached at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ojai, California) on October 26, 2025.

Father Bill reflects on the true nature of healing: "Our world is full of dis-ease -- not only in our bodies, but in our body politic.... We long for a cure, but what God offers is something deeper -- reconciliation."

The texts for the day are 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c; Psalm 111; 2 Timothy 2:8-15; and Luke 17:11-19. Full texts can be found at The Lectionary Page.

Preached at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ojai, California) on October 12, 2025.

Father Bill reflects on the blessing of animals at the outdoor service concluding our celebration of Season of Creation: "It is as not as if our companion animals are outside God's blessing and we are somehow bringing them in... they already shine with God's life."

Preached at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ojai, California) on October 5, 2025.

Father Bill reflects on the link between creation and justice: "The poor man Lazarus is the earth itself, lying at our gate."

The texts for this week are Amos 6:1a, 4-7; Psalm 146; 1 Timothy 6:6-19; and Luke 16:19-31. They are drawn from the Revised Common Lectionary for Proper 21, Year C (Track 2). Full texts are available at The Lectionary Page.

Preached at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ojai, California) on Sunday, September 28, 2025.

Ched Myers and Rose Berger reflect on a challenging parable and, on the fall equinox, the gifts of the sun, as part of our ongoing celebration of Season of Creation. The texts for this week are from the Revised Common Lectionary for Proper 20, Year C (Track 2): Amos 8:4-7, Psalm 113, 1 Timothy 2:1-7, and Luke 16:1-13.