Category: Sermons
A sermon that links the deep meaning of shalom to embracing by word and action this statement: “We belong to one another. Together, with God’s help, we can make one another stronger.”
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Capable Wife, children, Community, confronting the greatest, Episcopal, humility, Jesus, Jim Fenhagen, Koinonia, Mutual Ministry, Ordination of Women, peace, power over, power with, sermon, Servanthood, Shalom, violin
A sermon that confronts presumptuous sins, untamed tongues, and the arrogance of opinion with a call to humility and the deep spirituality of the Prayer attributed to St. Francis.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: 9+11=20, 9+12=21, Academia, Arrogance of Opinion, Community of Hope, Episcopal, humility, James 3:1-12, joy conquer despair, Middletown NJ, Prayer attributed to St. Francis, presumptuous sins, Psalm 19:13, seminary, sermon, Untamed tongue
A sermon that connects us to Jesus and his very human struggle to hear and respond to the voices of outsiders as we learn to live a prayer of self-dedication.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Ash Wednesday, Canaanite Woman, change behavior, Creator Redemeer Sanctifier, Episcopal, father son holy spirit, Ilia Delio, Jesus, labor day, language, Lover Beloved Breath of Love, Psalm 51, Richard Rohr, sermon, Syrophoenician woman, Trinitarian formula, Trinity
A sermon that ponders how well we can stay open to God’s invitations to be hearers and doers of the word through a visible practice that connects with how deep and broad is the love found on the transformed cross.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: an open posture, Arms of love, be quick to listen, Episcopal, God’s invitations, hardwood of the cross, hearer and doer, Jesus, Letter of James, no blinders, sermon, share love, so clothed in the Spirit, spiritual practice, Transfiguration
A sermon that confronts the reality of “I believe, help my unbelief” with a continual commitment to the vows we make at Holy Baptism as we set our hearts on Jesus.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, baptism, believe, Body of Christ, Ephesians, Episcopal, greedy, I believe help my unbelief, integration head and heart, Jesus, listening, marriage vows, Matthew 9:24, obediare, obedience, proper 16, renew baptismal vows, renunciations of evil, self-centered, sermon, set my heart, strength, Ted Lasso, think
A sermon that reminds us of what it means to be bold enough to share the saving embrace we have found in the love of Jesus Christ.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: 1 Cor 10:16, Apostle Paul, Bishop Charles Henry Brent, Blood, blood not wine, Bread, Collect for Mission, Ephesians, Episcopal, fifth graders, Great Commandment, Great Commission, Jesus, live and love like Jesus, Power of the Holy Spirit, proper 15, saving embrace, sermon, share Good News
A sermon that reminds us of what it means to share the bread of life that is the love of Jesus Christ.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: 1 Cor 10:16, Apostle Paul, changed yet the same, Communion bread, Communion wafer, courage, Episcopal, Eucharist, Great Thanksgiving, Jesus, live and love like Jesus, proper 14, Real Presence, sanctuary, sermon, Thanks Bless Break Share, The Road to Emmaus
A sermon grounded in how well the Apostle Paul in Ephesians speaks to our fractured COVID ravaged culture.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, baptism, belong to one another, COVID disciplines, craftiness, deceitful scheming, Episcopal, God’s help, humility, in the world, Jesus the head of the body, Letter Ephesians, Love, one another, people’s trickery, presumptuous sins, proper 13, Psalm 19:13, sanctuary, sermon, stronger, truth in love, wear masks, winds of doctrine
A sermon that takes a deep dive into the love that envelops us as we identify Trinity as Lover, Beloved, Breath of Love.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Armed Forces Day, Beloved, Bishop Brent Collect Mission, Breath of Love, creator redeemer sanctifier, Episcopal, father son holy spirit, Franciscans, Ilia Delio, Love your neighbors, Lover, Memorial Day, No greater love lay down life, sermon, Trinity, Trinity Sunday, Veterans Day, water, womb
A sermon that links the pandemic with the in-between time from the Ascension to Pentecost with Grace like rain.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Peter, Ascension, blessing of God, chapel pranks, Election of Matthias, Episcopal, Grace, Grace like rain, helium balloons, holy spirit, Nashotah House, pandemic, Pentecost, sermon, share love, Tod Agnew