Father Bill reflects on spiritual sight: "The light is not something we manufacture. It is something that shines on us -- and then we are called to live from it."

The texts for the day (the Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year A) are 1 Samuel 16:1-13, Psalm 23, Ephesians 5:8-14, and John 9:1-41. Full texts can be found at The Lectionary Page.

Preached at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ojai, California) on March 15, 2026.

Father Bill reflects on being born again: "New birth is not always sudden or dramatic. For most of us it is gradual, a slow awakening to the fact

that we are already being loved into life, that the Spirit has been moving long before we thought to look for it.

The texts for the day (the Second Sunday in Lent, Year A) are Genesis 12:1–4a; Psalm 121 ; Romans 4:1–5, 13–17; and John 3:1–17. Full texts can be found at The Lectionary Page.

Preached at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ojai, California) on March 1, 2026.

Father Bill reflects on the Transfiguration: "The spiritual life is not about manufacturing light. It is about uncovering the light already burning within us."

The texts for the day (The Last Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A) are Exodus 24:12-18; Psalm 99; 2 Peter 1:16-21; and Matthew 17:1-9.
Full texts can be found at The Lectionary Page.

Preached at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ojai, California) on February 15, 2026.

Father Bill reflects on being the light of the world: "Light is not the goal. Light is the consequence."

The texts for the day (Epiphany 5A) are Isaiah 58:1-12; Psalm 112:1-9; 1 Corinthians 2:1-12; and Matthew 5:13-20.
Full texts can be found at The Lectionary Page.

Preached at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ojai, California) on February 8, 2026.

Father Bill reflects on current unrest and beloved community: "The Beatitudes are not a list of virtues to achieve or rewards to be collected later. The are a declaration about where God's Reign is already breaking in."

The texts for the day (Epiphany 4A) are Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 15; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; and Matthew 5:1-12. Full texts can be found at The Lectionary Page.

Preached at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ojai, California) on February 1, 2026.

Father Bill reflects on revelation: "The light doesn't just brighten what we already know. It widens our horizon."

The texts for the day (Epiphany 3A) are Isaiah 9:1-4; Psalm 27:1, 5-13; 1 Corinthians 1:10-18; and Matthew 4:12-23. Full texts can be found at The Lectionary Page.

Preached at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ojai, California) on January 25, 2026.

Father Bill reflects on being beloved: "Belovedness is not an achievement but a gift, not a reward but an identity, not conditional but utterly, radically given."

The texts for the day (Epiphany 1A) are Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-43; and Matthew 3:13-17. Full texts can be found at The Lectionary Page.

Preached at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ojai, California) on January 11, 2026.

Father Bill reflects on the continuing revelation of Incarnation: "God rejoices over human lives not as problems to be solved,

but as beauty to be cherished."

The texts for the day (Christmas 1A) are Isaiah 61:10-62:3; Psalm 147:13-21; Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7; and John 1:1-18. Full texts can be found at The Lectionary Page.

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