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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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Category: Sermons
Tags: ADHD, baptism, Bishop Brent’s Collect for Mission, call to priesthood, Christus Rex, Eldad, Episcopal, Esther, hands in love, Least likely people, Medad, Moses, ordination, Origen, Prayer of Self-Dedication, seminary, sermon, so clothe us in your Spirit, use us we pray, vocation
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 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
My sermon celebrates the good soil that is St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, Wilson NC that finds a joyous post-Covid 19 outcome in the building and beyond.
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Category: Liturgical Resources, Sermons
Tags: baptism, bishop’s visit, choir, Communion, Communion with Christ, Confirmation, coronavirus, custom M&M’s, Episcopal, Following Jesus, good soil, imagination, Last Sermon, mask, Matthew 25, packed church, Parable of the 10 Bridesmaids, Parable of the Talents, post-pandemic, Reaffirmation of faith, singing, when did we see you hungry
Sermon for The Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 18 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 9, 2018 against the backdrop of September 11, 2001 and the Holy Baptism of Arielle…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: baptism, Episcopal, grace and love, hard work, Hospitality, Invitation, Jesus as foundation, Letter of James, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, revival, September 11th, sermon, share grace and love, Syrophoenician, trust, Twin Towers, works and faith
Sermon for The Second Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 4 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – June 3, 2018. My sermon can be viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: baptism, Bishop Brent Collect for Mission, Conversation with God, David Bread of Presence, drawn to Christ, Episcopal, Episcopal Church Welcomes You, Episcopal General Convention, Holy Communion, hospitality and evangelism, Jesus, Prophet Eli, Prophet Samuel, Rabbi Marc Kline, Sabbath, sermon, Speak Lord for you servant is listening, Spirit of Order, Spirit of Prophecy, tension, Welcome
Sermon for The First Sunday After Pentecost: Trinity Sunday (Trinity B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – May 27, 2018. My sermon can be viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: baptism, character, creator, Episcopal, God's holy invitation, Here I am send me, listening, Love, Megan and Harry, Michael Curry, Nicodemus, obedience, Principles, redeemer, Rule of St. Benedict, sanctifier, sermon, strengthener, Trinity, Trinity Sunday
Sermon for The Sixth Sunday of Easter (6 Easter B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – May 6, 2018. My sermon can be viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: abide in my love, baptism, Bishop Brent, chosen, embrace, Episcopal, give life for another, holy spirit, hubris, Jesus died for all, love one another, priestly, scandal of particularity, sermon
Sermon for The Third Sunday of Easter (3 Easter B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – April 15, 2018. Click on First Intentional Communion to learn more about this teaching and liturgy…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: baptism, Casper the friendly ghost, embrace, Episcopal, First Intentional Communion, food, Gospel of John, Gospel of Luke, Jesus, sermon, Synoptic Gospels
Sermon for Good Friday (Good Friday RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – March 30, 2018. My sermon can be viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: baptism, carried cross, Carried sins, Episcopal, footprints in sand, Good Friday, Jesus, Jesus carries you and me, Jordan River, Renunciation of Evil, River Jordan, Seven Deadly Sins, The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien
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