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Sermon for The Fifth Sunday In Lent (5 Lent Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, March 26, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, candles holding memories, Episcopal, funerals, I am the resurrection, Jesus, Lazarus, Martha and Mary, Nicodemus, overwhelming scripture, Prophet Ezekiel, Psalm 130, pushing back darkness, sermon, Thomas the Twin, Valley of the Dry Bones
Sermon for The Fourth Sunday In Lent (4 Lent Year A – Laetare Sunday) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, March 26, 2017. This preceded the Liturgy of First Intentional Communion which can be viewed by…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Episcopal, First Intentional Communion, Gospel of John with an attitude, King David, Laetare Sunday, Least expected, man born blind, Nicodemus, Pharisees, Prophet Samuel, Samaritan Woman at the Well, sermon
Sermon for The Third Sunday In Lent (3 Lent Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, March 19, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Bishop Brent Collect for Mission, Cleopas, Episcopal, God's love, Gospel according to John, hands in love, Jesus, Least likely people, Living Water, Road to Damascus, Road to Emmaus, Samaritan woman, sermon, so clothe us in your Spirit, woman at the well
Sermon for The First Sunday In Lent (1 Lent Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, March 5, 2017. Click here for Getting Ready for Lent: The Bacon Story. This sermon can viewed…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: 40 days, Adam and Eve, Affirmation, Apostle Paul, bacon, Baptismal promises, Creation stories, Devil, Episcopal, hunger, Invitations, Jesus, Jesus new Adam, joy, Lent, Psalm 32, Renunciation, Satan, sermon, strength, Temptations, weakness, Wilderness
Sermon for Sixth Sunday After the Epiphany (6 Epiphany A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, February 12, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: adultery, Apollos, Apostle Paul, belong, belong to God, belong to one another, cliques, differentiation of self, discern, divorce, Do not conform, Episcopal, Guiding Values, high school, honor women, internal guidance, Jesus, peer pressure, Renewing of your minds, sermon, stronger by belonging
Annual Meeting Sermon (On the Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany (4 Epiphany A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, January 29, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Annual Meeting, Apostle Paul, Core Values, do justice, Episcopal, Guiding Principles, love kindness, Micah 6:8, more than we can ask or imagine, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, Spirit of Loving Kindness, Walk humbly with your God, We belong to one another, we can make one another stronger, With God's help
The Sermon – The Second Sunday of Advent (2 Advent Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – December 4, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Advent, Apostle Paul, baptism, Dad, discipline, Episcopal, Galatians, God of Hope, going deeper, Invitation, Jesus, John the Baptist, labyrinth, parish records, Romans, Saul of Tarsus, seeing anew, sermon, Stephen the Martyr, surprise, You brood of vipers
The Sermon – The First Sunday of Advent (1 Advent Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – November 27, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: A woman who loves God, Advent, Apostle Paul, cast away darkness, Conversio Morum, Diana Butler Bass, Do Kindness, Episcopal, Headscarf, hyperbolic, Interfaith Thanksgiving, Jesus, Jew, Love Justice, Micah 6:8, Muslim, New Year's Resolution, obedience, Protestants, put on the armor of light, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, Sikh, stability, Unitarian, Walk humbly with your God
Homily – The Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 22 Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – October 2, 2016. This liturgy included The Blessing of the Animals. This homily can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Blessing of the Animals, Episcopal, example, Increase our faith, Jesus, relationship with God, Secret Life of Pets, sermon, trust, whining
The Sermon – The Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 21 Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 25, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Episcopal, Father Abraham, Hades, Jesus, Lazarus, life that really is life, love of money root of evil, much given much required, Parable of the Talents, parable of the three barns, Pharisees, Rich Man, sermon, shrewd steward, sores, torment, what is enough