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This sermon explores how listening and invitation are intertwined with the demonstration of a contemplative practice that builds on “Be still, and know that I am God.”
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Tags: Be still, breath prayer, Chronos time, contemplative practice, dandruff, environment of invitation, Episcopal, God is timeless, God’s holy invitations, Invitation, Jesus, Kairos time, leprosy, listening, Naaman, Prophet Elijah, sermon
This sermon is the second part of a four week look at how God uses the least likely people to do God’s work as we strive for the greater gifts that Saul now Paul recognized after he had his came to himself moment: one that I know from God’s holy invitation to let go the presumptuous sins that sought dominion in my own life.
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Body of Christ, breath prayer, Came to himself moment, come and see, do justice, dominion, dutiful, Elder brother, Episcopal, followers of Jesus, God uses least likely people, invitation to see more clearly, invite, Jesus, love kindness, Loving Father, many members, perfectionism, presumptuous sins, Prophet Micah, Psalm 19, rigidity, Saul then Paul, sermon, strive for the greater gifts, take baptism seriously, Walk humble with you God
A sermon about listening, learning, and loving from the balcony perspective of an older person.
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Tags: Apostle Peter, autoethnography, Balcony Perspective, brash nothing to prove, breath prayer, Christ Church Whitefish Bay, Doctor of Ministry, Episcopal, humility, iterative, Jesus, learning, listening, loving, Nashotah House, only holy invitations to offer, presumptuous sins, Psalm 19:23, Ron Heifetz, sermon, Transfiguration, Virginia Theological Seminary
A sermon celebrates how the psalms offer clarity when contemplating our response to God’s holy invitation to live and love like Jesus in the power of the Holy Spirit as we struggle with the dualistic messages pushed by the world.
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Tags: breath prayer, contemplative life, discernment, Doctor of Ministry, Episcopal, holy invitation, Journey through psalms, listening, non-dual practice, Psalm 112, Psalm 121, Psalm 130, Psalm 19:13, Psalm 28:8, Psalm 51, sermon, two ears one mouth, WCT.coach, Yellow Pad Discipline
A sermon about deep listening in which I tell the story of God calling me to the Deep South to serve in Tuscaloosa, AL.
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Tags: angels, blessing least expected, blessing needed most, blessing of God, breath prayer, do justice, Elijah, Episcopal, humility, Jesus, Legion, listening, love kindness, Micah 6:8, predisposed to notice God, quarterback story, sermon, sound sheer silence, walk humbly with God
What does the Lord require of you? Micah 6:8 as a breath prayer.
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Tags: breath prayer, Episcopal, Grace, guest preacher, Havelock NC, Invitation, inward spiritual challenge, Jesus, Justice, Mercy, Micah 6:8, outward spiritual challenge, sermon, Walk humbly with your God
The Sermon – Gaudete Sunday: The Third Sunday of Advent (3 Advent Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – December 11, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Angel Gabriel, breath prayer, Episcopal, Gaudete Sunday, Jesus, light over darkness, Magnificat, Rejoice, Rose, sermon, Virgin Mary