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Sermon – The Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost – October 20, 2024

This sermon explores how servant-leadership and a cup of coffee is at the heart of the response of Jesus to the claims for power by his disciples then and now.

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Sermon – The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost – October 13, 2024

This sermon explores what does it mean to be committed when you sell all that you have to follow Jesus only to discover that love invites a righteousness relationship as the story the Pearl of Great Price unfolds.

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Sermon – The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 4, 2024

A sermon that counters the noise of the world and joins Jesus in a quiet space to pray using the prayer Stay with Me by John Henry Newman as a guide.

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Sermon – The Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost – November 19, 2023

A sermon that blends the parable of the talents with the invitation found in the Cardinal Virtues of Courage (why you trust in God when you sign a pledge card) and Prudence (doing the right thing at the right time for the right reason) closing with Luke 12:48 (too whom much has been given much is expected).

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Sermon – The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost – October 1, 2023

A sermon featuring the Pearl of Great Price: a story about the surprising Good News that unfolds when you commit to sell all that you have and discover your real role was always that of God’s steward as you share love.

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The Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost Sermon (The Pearl of Great Price) – October 3, 2021

A sermon featuring the Pearl of Great Price: a story about the surprising Good News that unfolds when you commit to sell all that you have and discover your real role was always that of God’s steward.

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Sermon – The Second Sunday In Lent – February 25, 2018

Sermon for The Second Sunday in Lent (2 Lent B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – February 25, 2018. My son, The Rev. Adam Thomas, influenced this sermon when he preached on…

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Sermon – The Sixth Sunday After Pentecost – July 16, 2017

Sermon for The Sixth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 10 Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, July 16, 2017. I referenced an act by 80 people in Myrtle Beach SC on…

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Sermon – The Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost – November 8, 2015

The Sermon – The Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 27 Year B) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – November 8, 2015. This sermon can viewed at

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