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A sermon that connects the gift of joy and wonder as an outcome of Holy Baptism with the willingness of a congregation to playfully demonstrate an understanding of the Trinity as Lover, Beloved, and Breath of Love.
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Tags: children learn what they life, creator redeemer sanctifier, Doctrine, Dorothy Law Nolte, Episcopal, father son holy spirit, fill our imaginations, gift of joy and wonder, Holy Baptism, Ilia Delio, joy conquer despair, lake, Lover Beloved Breath of Love, playfulness, sermon, three fading ripples, tossed rocks, Trinity Sunday, water
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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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 offers a perspective on Holy Baptism grounded in the natural hospitality of living into formation and discipleship when we accept God as the Potter and we are the clay.
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Tags: Balcony Perspective, Children Learn What They Live, church balcony, clothed in the Holy Spirit, Discipleship, Dorothy Law Nolte, Episcopal, Holy Baptism, Hospitality, Jeremiah, Jesus, memory, Pearl of Great Price, Potter, rector search, Ron Heifetz, saving embrace, sermon, Tertullian
Sermon for The Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 19 Year A) on the day of the Holy Baptism of Ayden and Zoë preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, September 17, 2017. You…
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Tags: baptism, character, Children Learn What They Live, Dorothy Law Nolte, Episcopal, Forgiveness, greed, greedy slave, Jesus, John Locke, Kentucky Governor, lack of character, Pharmabro, philosophy, Principles, Red Sea, sermon
The Sermon – The Sixth Sunday After Pentecost (The Holy Baptism of Ethan James Casey and the Recognition of Our Graduates) (Proper 8 Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – June 26, 2016. This…
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Tags: Children Learn What They Live, choices, college, decision making, desires of the flesh, Doing laundry, Dorothy Law Nolte, Elijah, Elisha, Episcopal, example, fruits of the Spirit, Galatians, graduates, Holy Baptism, infant, Jesus, sermon, sorting, The Baptismal Covenant
The Sermon – The Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 28 Year B) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – November 15, 2015. Learn more about First Intentional Communion. Connect with the work of Dorothy Law Nolte…
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The Sermon – The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 20 Year B) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 20, 2015. The book referenced in the sermon is A Chorus of Innocents: A Sir Robert Carey…
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Tags: Came to serve not be served, Capable Wife, Cattle, Chattel, Children LIve What They Learn, Dorothy Law Nolte, Episcopal, Jesus, Joseph earthly father of Jesus, Little Children, Mary mother of Jesus, parenting, PF Chisholm, sermon, servant, Sir Robert Cary