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Sermon – Ash Wednesday – February 14, 2024
A sermon that connect a brief Ash Wednesday review of the renunciations and affirmations made at Holy Baptism with psalm verse Create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me as we enter into a devout and holy Lent.
Read MoreSermon – The Last Sunday after the Epiphany: Celebrating The Transfiguration – February 11, 2024
A sermon that sees in the Transfiguration the gift of resilience that sustains during Lent and beyond as found in hope expressed as may the blessing of God find you when you least expect it and need it most.
Read MoreSermon – The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 4, 2024
A sermon that counters the noise of the world and joins Jesus in a quiet space to pray using the prayer Stay with Me by John Henry Newman as a guide.
Read MoreSermon – The Second Sunday of Advent – December 10, 2023
A sermon that introduces The Advent Tree as a way to prepare for the coming of Christ with visual objects and memories that help us to hang on to principles that help keep us committed to the welfare of God’s people in ways that are more than we can ask or imagine.
Read MoreSermon – The Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost – November 19, 2023
A sermon that blends the parable of the talents with the invitation found in the Cardinal Virtues of Courage (why you trust in God when you sign a pledge card) and Prudence (doing the right thing at the right time for the right reason) closing with Luke 12:48 (too whom much has been given much is expected).
Read MoreSermon – The Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost – October 29, 2023
A sermon that brings a nine week series titled as Living as Shalom to a close with Jesus’s teaching on loving God and neighbor as expressed in Archbishop William Temple’s Prayer of Self-Dedication.
Read MoreSermon – The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost – October 22, 2023
A sermon that presents newly baptized children with godparents beyond those standing at the font such as the church community as we remember that we belong to one another…together with God’s help, we can make one another stronger.
Read MoreSermon – The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost – October 15, 2023
A sermon placed just after my 50th wedding anniversary where I contemplate what it means to share and model solemn vows such as for better or for worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness or health, to love and to cherish in a world filled with pain and conflict such as when Jesus told the story of the cast out wedding guest.
Read MoreSermon – The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost – October 8, 2023
A sermon that sees the Apostle Paul’s statement “I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus” as a caution rather than an exhortation when shared with Psalm 19’s “Above all, keep your servant from presumptuous sins.”
Read MoreSermon – The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost – October 1, 2023
A sermon featuring the Pearl of Great Price: a story about the surprising Good News that unfolds when you commit to sell all that you have and discover your real role was always that of God’s steward as you share love.
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