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A sermon about the importance of Fortitude as we live the with courage our convictions while finding a new normal during this time of COVID-19.
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Category: Liturgical Resources, Sermons
Tags: almsgiving, Baptismal Covenant, Baptismal promises, collection plate, convictions, courage, Episcopal, Fortitude, holy spirit, masks, Micah 6:8, sermon, Stages of reentry, trust in God
A sermon to prepare the congregation to listen to God and one another while seeking their next rector.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Baptismal Covenant, Episcopal, Jesus, John the Baptist, Listen to Him, listening, next rector, Power of the Holy Spirit, River Jordan, sermon, Transfiguration, transformation, transition, Walking stick
The impact of Steinbeck’s Tom Joad on my understanding of what it means to follow Jesus.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Baptismal Covenant, be like Jesus, Episcopal, Grapes of Wrath, itching ears, Jesus, Jesus dangerous, Jesus subversive, John Steinbeck, Kingdom of God, persistent widow, Prophet Jeremiah, sermon, Shalom, sound doctrine, Tom Joad, Unjust judge
The Table Grace of St. Brigid reinforces the priorities of Jesus and the prophets in this sermon.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Baptismal Covenant, civility, Community norms, Episcopal, Guiding Principles, Jesus, love of money 1 Timothy, love of money Hebrews, Oath of Commissioned Officers, Oath support constitution, poor, root of all evil, scout oath, sermon, sick, St Brigid's Table Grace
Sermon for The Eighth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 10 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – July 15, 2018. My sermon can be viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: 1979 BCP, Baptismal Covenant, Collect of the Day, Core Values, Episcopal, Episcopal General Convention, Guiding Principles, Herod, John the Baptizer, sermon, Seven Habits, Stephen Covey, With God's help
Sermon for The First Sunday in Lent (1 Lent B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – February 18, 2018. This sermon can be viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Baptismal Covenant, beat down Satan, C.S. Lewis, distraction, Episcopal, faithfulness, Florida gun violence, focus, God, Great Litany, indifference, Jesus, Lent, Love, Noah, overwhelmed, rainbow, Screwtape Letters, sermon, suzerainty covenant
Sermon for All Saints Sunday (All Saints Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, November 5, 2017. Julianna Rose Scotto Di Clemente was baptized after the completion of this sermon. This…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: All Hallows, All Saints, Baptismal Covenant, Beatitudes, do justice love kindness walk humbly with God, Episcopal, epitaph, funeral scripture, Halloween, Holy Baptism, Jesus, John the Baptist, Micah 6:8, sermon, St. Francis Xavier, Steven Covey, think with the end in mind
Sermon for The Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 18 Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, September 10, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Baptismal Covenant, Book of Common Prayer, Christian Formation, Episcopal, golden-mouthed, Guiding Values, Jesus, John Chrysostom, Matthew 18:20, Pope Francis, preaching, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, sermon, Two or three gathered in my name
Sermon for The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday (Pentecost Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, June 4, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Baptismal Covenant, Deep Church, Education for Ministry, EfM, Episcopal, holy spirit, Jesus, language, Living Our Baptismal Covenant, Love, Pentecost, sermon, Tower of Babel, what church language do you speak
Sermon for The Feast of the Holy Name (Holy Name RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, January 1, 2017. Learn more about The Feast of the Holy Name here. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Alabama Crimson Tide, Baptismal Covenant, Baptismal promises, circumcision, Clemson Tigers, Darkness, discipline, Episcopal, Holy Baptism, Holy Name, Hope, intentionality, Jesus, Joshua, Light, Magi, New England Patriots, New Year, Presidential Inauguration, Prologue Gospel of John, resolutions, sermon, worry