Easter Begins in the Dark

Ascension Is Expansion

Father Bill reflects on the Ascension: "The presence of Christ is no longer confined to one place, one body, one moment in history." The texts for the Seventh Sunday of Easter (Year A) are Acts 1:6-14; Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36; 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11; and John 17:1-11. Full texts can be found at The Lectionary Page [https://www.lectionarypage.net/YearA_RCL/Easter/AEaster7_RCL.html]. Preached at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ojai, California) on May 17, 2026.

Awakening within Creation

Father Bill reflects on resurrection revealing the life of the world: "All creation shimmers with the presence of the One in whom we live and move and have our being." The texts for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year A) are Acts 17:22-3; Psalm 66:7-18; 1 Peter 3:13-22; and John 14:15-21. Full texts can be found at The Lectionary Page [https://www.lectionarypage.net/YearA_RCL/Easter/AEaster6_RCL.html]. Preached at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ojai, California) on May 10, 2026.

The Way, The Truth, The Life

Father Bill reflects on resurrection: "Resurrection is not only about what happens after death. It changes how God’s life and our life relate now." The texts for the Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year A) are Acts 7:55-60; Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16; 1 Peter 2:2-10; and John 14:1-14. Full texts can be found at The Lectionary Page [https://www.lectionarypage.net/YearA_RCL/Easter/AEaster5_RCL.html]. Preached at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ojai, California) on May 3, 2026.

Recognizing Resurrection

Father Bill reflects on resurrection: "To recognize the risen Christ is not simply to perceive something; it is to be drawn into a new way of living." The texts for the Third Sunday of Easter (Year A) are Acts 2:14a,36-41; Psalm 116:1-3, 10-17; 1 Peter 1:17-23; and Luke 24:13-35. Full texts can be found at The Lectionary Page [https://www.lectionarypage.net/YearA_RCL/Easter/AEaster3_RCL.html]. Preached at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ojai, California) on April 19, 2026.

Easter Begins in the Dark

Father Bill reflects on resurrection: "The stone gets rolled away not once, in a garden, two thousand years ago -- it gets rolled away wherever people show up in the dark, still hoping, still reaching, still willing to look." The texts for Easter Sunday (Year A) are Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Colossians 3:1-4; and John 20:1-18. Full texts can be found at The Lectionary Page [https://www.lectionarypage.net/YearA_RCL/Easter/AEasterPrin_RCL.html]. Preached at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ojai, California) on April 5, 2026.