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This sermon explores the guiding values in the expression “We belong to one another. Together, with God’s help, we can make one another stronger” through the lens of dependence, independence, and inter-dependence.
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Tags: and inter-dependence, Apostle Paul, circle, Community, corporate ladder of power, dependence, Episcopal, Guiding Values, Holy Trinity, independence, Jesus, ladder, not linear but circular, pilgrims on a journey, relationships, responsibility, sermon, Seven Habits, Stephen Covey, The Servant Song, thought like a child, We belong to one another, we can make one another stronger, with God’s help
A sermon about what being in the power of the Holy Spirit as a community that prays and lives “We belong to one another, together, with God’s help, we can make one another stronger”.
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Tags: Acts of the Apostles, Baptismal Covenant, Baptismal promises, Community, crowd sourcing, Episcopal, Gospel John, gospels Matthew Mark Luke, holy spirit, Jesus, Koinonia, listen while walking the path, Math, Micah 6:8, paths, Pentecost, relationships, Rev Mary Carson, sermon, thy kingdom come on earth as in heaven, Tongues of Fire, Tower of Babel undone
A sermon that presents newly baptized children with godparents beyond those standing at the font such as the church community as we remember that we belong to one another…together with God’s help, we can make one another stronger.
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A sermon that calls us to remember that no matter how far we stray from accepting God’s love, that love is always seeking to restore right relationship with God and one another so that joy may conquer despair.
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Tags: 9-11-01, belong to one another, Community, Episcopal, Jeremiah was a bulldog, Jesus, Joy conquers despair, lost coin, lost sheep, lost wedding ring, Middletown New Jersey, Prophet Jeremiah, September 11th, sermon, Shalom, Three Dog Night, Twin Towers, widow coin, with God’s help
A sermon that links the deep meaning of shalom to embracing by word and action this statement: “We belong to one another. Together, with God’s help, we can make one another stronger.”
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Tags: Capable Wife, children, Community, confronting the greatest, Episcopal, humility, Jesus, Jim Fenhagen, Koinonia, Mutual Ministry, Ordination of Women, peace, power over, power with, sermon, Servanthood, Shalom, violin
an understanding of shalom as expression of community that lives deeply in Micah 6:8
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Tags: Community, conversion inch wide mile long, Episcopal, Houston Astros, Jim Fenhagen, Justice, kindness, King Josiah, Kingdom of heaven is at hand, Koininia, light over darkness, Micah 6:8, Mutual Ministry, OT Chronicles, OT Kings, sermon, Shalom, Torah, Tough Jesus sayings, walk humbly with God
Sermon for The Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 17 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 2, 2018. My sermon can be viewed at
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Tags: abundance, adultery, avarice, be make haste to be kind, bring forth in us the fruit of good works, claustrophobia, Community, Compassion, deceit, doers of the word, envy, Episcopal, folly, fornication, Generosity, Grace, humility, Jesus, licentiousness, Love, mission, murder, New Bern airport, plane seatback, pride, quick to love, sensitivity, sermon, slander, theft, Vulnerability, wickedness
Sermon for The Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 17 Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, September 3, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Charlottesville, Community, Episcopal, Facebook, Hate what is evil, Houston, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Katrina, Judy Garland, Love, Monmouth County, Movie: The Clock, New Orleans, New York City, Robert Walker, sermon, soul, Superstorm Sandy
Sermon – Third Sunday After Pentecost St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Huntington West Virginia – June 9, 2013  This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: 1 Kings 17:8-24, Body of Christ, Community, dead son comes alive, Episcopal Church, Hope, Jesus, Joy conquers despair, Luke 7:11-17, sermon, Widow of Nain, Widow of Zarephath
Sermon – St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Huntington West Virginia – March 17, 2013  This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Community, Jesus, John 12:1-8, Judas Iscariot, Lazarus of Bethany, Martha of Bethany, Mary of Bethany, Maundy Thursday, Michael Card, nard, One will kneel and one will yield, sermon, The Basin and the Towel, Washing of the feet