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This story as sermon begins with The Innkeeper’s Long Night that sets up the reconnection with Jesus 30 years later in The Innkeeper’s Witness and reminds all that the best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is to never forget the presence of Christ.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: adult Jesus, angels, Baby Jesus, Breaking of the Bread, bright star, Christmas pageant, Cleopas and his companion, crucifixion, Feeding of the 5000, Magi, Mary and Jospeh, no room in the inn, Risen Christ, Road to Emmaus, round the back, shepherds, Story as sermon, The Innkeeper’s Long Night, The Innkeeper’s Witness, wedding at Cana of Galilee
This sermon shares a story I wrote called “The Innkeepers Witness” offered using this fictional character to remind us during Advent that the best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is to never forget the presence of Christ. Henry Van Dyke’s The Other Wiseman inspired how I wove the innkeeper’s story into appropriate scripture settings. There’s a musical setting as well which can be found under the Deep Church Tab.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: angels, best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is to never forget the presence of Christ, breaking of bread, bright light, Cleopas and companion, crucifixion, Episcopal, feeding 5000, first coming, Henry Van Dyke, Innkeeper, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Road to Emmaus, second coming, sermon, Share the love found in Jesus, shepherds, storyteller, The Innkeeper’s Witness, The Other Wiseman, wedding Cana of Galilee, witness
Worship On Demand videos for The Sunday of The Passion: Palm Sunday including the sermon.
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Category: Liturgical Resources, Sermons
Tags: care for one another, Communion, Communion with Christ, coronavirus, COVID-19, crucifixion, Episcopal, Episcopal Prayer B, Holy Eucharist, Holy Week, Holy Week 2020, Jesus, Matthew, Palm Sunday, Palms, Passion of Jesus, sermon, social distancing, stained glass, Sunday of the Passion, triumphant entry, trust, With God's help
A Godly Play “I Wonder†style sermon about us lived through imagining the Innkeeper meeting the adult Jesus.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Advent, Christmas pageant, Cleopas, crucifixion, donkey, Episcopal, feeding 5000, Gaudete Sunday, Godly Play, I wonder, Innkeeper, innkeeper’s witness, Magnificat, Mary mother of God, Road to Emmaus, Wedding Cana Galilee
An Advent musical story that places a non-scriptural character and ourselves deep into the story of Jesus.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: angels, breaking of bread, bright light, Cleopas and companion, crucifixion, Episcopal, feeding 5000, Innkeeper, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Road to Emmaus, sermon, shepherds, wedding Cana of Galilee, witness
Sermon for Good Friday (Good Friday) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Thursday, April 14, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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The Sermon – Christ The King Sunday ((Christ The King Sunday: Last Pentecost Year B) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – November 22, 2015. I reference the book Biblical Amnesia: A Forgotten Story of Redemption…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Biblical Amnesia, Christ the King, crucifixion, Episcopal, hungry, Jeroboham, Jesus, King David, King Saul, Kingship, listening, Lord's Prayer, Movie Spartacus, naked, On Earth as in Heaven, Pontus Pilate, Power, prison, Rehoboham, Scott Gustafson, sermon, Solomon, stranger, thirsty
Easter Sunday Sermon – St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Huntington West Virginia – March 31, 2013  This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: cross, crucifixion, Feedbox, Fishing boat, Jesus, Peace be still, points to God, sermon, Stable, Storm, The Three Trees, third day, woodcutter, wooden beams