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FROM THE ARCHIVE: This sermon considers what it means to offer and be shalom as I review some stories I’ve told while preaching concerning God’s initiative in Jesus Christ with a deeper look at how Saul found himself to become Paul, one who becomes a conduit of God’s grace.
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FROM THE ARCHIVE: This sermon considers what it is to receive an invitation to know God’s overwhelming love that is always with us as found in the holy wakeup call such as Cleopas and his companion found on the Road to Damascus, or, as Jesus describes as a came to himself moment for the younger brother in the parable of the as the Loving Father.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Came to himself moment, Elder brother, Episcopal, intrapersonal intelligence, Jesus, Know your story - proclaim it boldly, Loving Father, Prodigal Son, Rich Young Ruler, Road to Damascus, Road to Emmaus, self-reflection, sermon
The Sermon – The Fourth Sunday After The Epiphany (4 Epiphany Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – January 31, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: 1 Corinthians 13, Apostle Paul, being patient, Episcopal, Gutenberg printing press, hot type, Jesus, laserjet printing, lead type, Letraset, Love, love is patient, sermon, Sharing love
The Sermon – The Third Sunday After The Epiphany (3 Epiphany Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – January 24, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Body of Christ, Christmas bathrobe, Episcopal, gift, gifts, grandmother, Invitation, Jesus, Love, receiving then giving, sermon, sharing
The Sermon – The Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 18 Year B) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 6, 2015. The audio continues to be clear thanks to a new recording/receiving microphone. This sermon…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Core Values, Ephesians 2:8-20, Episcopal, Faith alone, First Second Great Commandment, Guiding Principles, Jesus, John Wesley, Letter from James, Romans, sermon, show me your works, works faith
The Sermon -Â The Sixth of Easter My second sermon as Priest-In-Charge preached in the historic old church Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – May 10, 2015 This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Episcopal Church, First Corinthians Chapter 13, Jesus, Love, Mother's Day, Noticing, Persistence, Resilency, sermon, Sharing love
The Sermon - The Second Sunday After The Epiphany Christ Episcopal Church New Bern, North Carolina - January 18, 2015 Includes excerpts from O How I Love Jesus (Text: Frederick Whitfield Music: 19th cent. USA melody) In the Garden (Text & Music: Charles A. Miles) This…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Call, Eli, Episcopal, I Come to the Garden Alone, Jesus, listening, Nathanael, O how I love Jesus, Philip, Philip and Nathanael, Prophet Samuel, sermon, Speak, Transfiguration, Voice, Your Servant is listening
The Sermon – The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Christ Episcopal Church New Bern, North Carolina – October 5, 2014 Theme: Guided by Spiritual Principles that Promote Trust in God This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Episcopal Church, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus., Jesus, parable of the vineyard, pledge card, Press on, presumptuous sins, Psalm 19 verse 13, relationships, sermon, spiritual principles, St Jerome, Ten Commandments, trust in God
Sermon – August 18, 2013 Christ Episcopal Church, New Bern, North Carolina Celebrating The Baptisms of Manteo and Virginia Dare The Rev. Dr. William Carl Thomas, Interim Rector Click here to listen to the sermon: http://s3.amazonaws.com/dfc_attachments/public/documents/3179724/BT_20130818_1000.mp3 O Lord, our strength…
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Sermon – The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Huntington West Virginia – May 19, 2013  This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Acts 2:1021, Already and not yet, Apostle Paul, Baptismal Covenant, Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again, Christianity (Religion), Church Mission Statement, Episcopal, Generation to Generation, hubris, humility, John 14:8-17, listening, Luke the Evangelist, Pentecost, Scripture timeline, sermon, Tongues of Fire