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Sermon – 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.

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Sermon – 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.”

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Sermon – The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 3, 2023

A sermon that begins a nine week series entitled Living as Shalom with connections to peace, koinonia, justice, mercy, and grace, as we find Shalom at the heart of the mission of the Church to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ.

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Sermon – The Second Sunday after Pentecost – June 11, 2023

A sermon that reflects on our response to God’s initiative in Jesus Christ as we listen with the ear of the heart and strive to live this life with an attitude of loving kindness.

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Sermon – The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost – October 23, 2022

A sermon about recognizing and then integrating head and heart as we seek the humility to keep our strength control to better hear God’s invitation to live and love like Jesus so that in the power of the Holy Spirit we can help others to do the same.

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Sermon – The Third Sunday after Pentecost – June 26, 2022

A sermon that recalls how wearing the mantle of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control remembered in stories about blueberries and ducklings presents love your neighbor as yourself as the outpouring of the fruit of the Spirit.

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Sermon – The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after the Ascension – May 29, 2022

A sermon that finds the courage to know the difference in the wisdom of a modern day prayer that invites release from the jail of inaction in the face of an earthquake as well as the impact of rapidly fired bullets.

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Sermon – The Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 22, 2022

A sermon that explores just how hard it is to be open to what God invites us to see in order to set your heart and say “I believe.”

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Sermon – The Second Sunday in Lent – March 13, 2022

A sermon that shares how Lenten disciplines sow a seed in our hearts that deepen our relationship with the Risen Christ as we while caring for the welfare of the world.

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The Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost Sermon – August 22, 2021

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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