Sermons at The Episcopal Church of Our Saviour Episcopal Church of Our Saviour, Mill Valley, California

(The Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year B - The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer) We can trace the the work of the Good Shepherd back to the very beginning, when our spiritual ancestors were herders -- watchful guardians and leaders standing in the pastures of Creation.

(Easter Day - Year B - The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer) If Mark's gospel ends with the empty tomb, we are left with a terrifying reminder that our implicit pact with death is at an end. What we have is a God of life who overthrows almost everything we think we know about the world, creation, and the divine activity at work in our midst.

(Good Friday - The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer) Jesus confronts Pilate with a vexing reminder for all who aspire to or who are in positions structured around power: What we grasp is not of God's world.

(The Fifth Sunday in Lent - Year B - The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer) The falling of seed to earth, of death leading to life, of letting go leading to a something greater -- all of this and more is encapsulated in a few brief verses in John's telling of the Gospel where Jesus' followers are puzzled by the arrival of outsiders wishing to see Jesus. Jesus responds to the unexpected by pointing to a God who is preparing to write the future anew in our hearts.

(The Fourth Sunday in Lent - Year B - The Rev. Gerry Caprio) Just as the Israelites were in the desert, we are in a spiritual desert in the midst of Lent. How do we find the resources to navigate this wilderness?

(The Third Sunday in Lent - Year B - The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer) When Jesus upsets all the neatly ordered tables of exchange in our hearts, minds, and lives, he is pointing to the God we have: a God beyond our transactional ways.