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Sermon – 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.

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Sermon – The Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 14, 2023

A sermon that looks at why we promise “We will” in support of the newly baptized, especially infants and young children I preached it to the one year old candidate for baptism with hopes that she will one day appreciate the reference to the movie The Godfather..

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Sermon – The Third Sunday of Easter – April 23, 2023

A sermon that connects how Cleopas and his companion might have engaged the words “I believe, help my unbelief” (found in Mark 9:24) when meeting the resurrected Jesus on the Road to Emmaus.

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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 First Sunday After The Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord – January 9, 2022

A sermon that reminds us, especially during the time of COVID, that we are sealed in the Holy Spirit by Baptism and marked as Christ’s own forever.

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The Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete) Sermon – December 12, 2021

A sermon that holds exhort and rejoice in tension as we prepare of the coming of Christ by never forgetting and sharing the presence of Christ.

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The Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost Sermon – September 26, 2021

A sermon that connects the witness of personal story (that of the preacher’s call to priesthood) to how God uses the least likely people to do God’s work.

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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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The Tenth Sunday After Pentecost Sermon – August 1, 2021

A sermon grounded in how well the Apostle Paul in Ephesians speaks to our fractured COVID ravaged culture.

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