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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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Category: Sermons
Tags: Affirmations. Godparents, baptism, believe, Bishop Brent Collect for Mission, Children Learn What They Live, conversation, Dorothy Law Nolte, Episcopal, faith, inward grace, Latin baptism rite, outward sign, Prayer of Self-Dedication, promise, Renunciations, sacrament, sermon, set-your-heart, Show and Tell, signature, support newly baptized, The Godfather Movie
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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Category: Sermons
Tags: 18 year-olds, abuse of power, Action, Apostle Paul, baptism, behind you, being open, believe, bin the broken-hearted, Buffalo, Call, courage, earthquake, email, Episcopal, God’ holy invitations, Good News to oppressed, Jailer, Jesus, liberty to captives, listening, Philippi jail, Prophet Isaiah, rapidly fired bullets, Reihold Neibuhr, release prisoners, serenity prayer, sermon, set your heart, Silas, text, Ulvalde Texas, wisdom, write
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.â€
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, baptism, behind you, being open, believe, Episcopal, God’ holy invitations, Jesus, listening, Lydia of Thyatira, purple, sermon, set your heart
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 about the importance of remembering those moments when you realized Jesus walks with you.
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Category: Liturgical Resources, Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, believe, Breaking of the Bread, Cleopas and companion, Coved-19, Episcopal, Grief, Holy Communion, Jesus, relationships, Road to Damascus, Road to Emmaus, sermon, social distancing, your faith story
An Online Communion Liturgy with Sermon about how touching love overcomes abandonment.
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Category: Liturgical Resources, Sermons
Tags: 10 disciples, believe, Coved-19, Disciple Thomas, Episcopal, Grief, Holy Communion, Jesus, Not abandoned, Peace be with you, relationships, sermon, social distancing, tactile
Sermon for The Fifth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 9 Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, July 9, 2017. I referenced the book So You Think You’re Not Religious?: A Thinking…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Amazing Grace, angels, Apostle Paul, believe, Episcopal, Faithless generation, For my yoke is easy and my burden is light, I believe help my unbelief, James R Adams, Jesus, sermon, set your heart, So You Think You're Not Religious, testimony, wretched
The Sermon – The Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 16 Year B)Â preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – August 23, 2015. The audio is now clear thanks to a new recording/receiving microphone. This sermon…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: believe, difficult teaching, Episcopal, Following Jesus, head and heart, interpreting the world, Jesus, non-dual thinking, Richard Rohr, sermon, set your heart on, stereoscope
Ascension Day Sermon – on behalf of The Episcopal Churches of Huntington St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Huntington West Virginia – May 9, 2013  This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: academics, Ascension Day, believe, Ephesians 1:15-23, Episcopal, Grace, helium balloons, Immeasurable greatness of his power, Kenneth Scott Latourette, Marshall University, Nashotah House, seminary prank, sermon