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This sermon celebrates three priests and a bishop as I explore what the Apostle Paul wrote as the close of chapter 8 in his Letter to the Romans: For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Being a believer, Being a disciple, Being a prophet, Being an invitation, Being available, Bob Schwarz, Episcopal, four priests and a bishop, Furman Stough, Jack Lawton, Jesus, nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus, Patrick Douthitt, Rob Droste, Romans 8;38-39, sermon
This sermon explores how listening helps you sow the extravagant love of God you received from the Sower with insight into the Yellow Pad Discipline and a thank you to a late mentor.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Benedictine Spirituality, conversation morum, conversion of life, Episcopal, Jesus, Listen with the ear of the heart, listening, obedience, Oboedire, sermon, stability, The Rev Peter W Fleming Jr, The Rule of Saint Benedict, two ears one mouth, Yellow Pad Discipline
This sermon reminds us that the tyranny of dependence on the single yoke is undone as we realize independence offers inter-dependence with the invitation to share a double yoke with Jesus and one another.
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Category: Uncategorized
Tags: Archbishop Temple, burden is light, Declaration of Independence, dependence, dependence independence inter-dependence, double yoke, Episcopal, imagination, independence, inheritors of the Norman Yoke, inter-dependence, Jesus, liberty, Life, life liberty the pursuit of happiness, load of life, Magna Carta, Norman Yoke, Prayer of Self-Dedication, principle centered life, sermon, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, single yoke, St. Francis, Stephen Covey, the pursuit of happiness, Thomas Jefferson, together with God’s help, Yoke easy
In light of our Lord’s teaching on the cost of discipleship, this sermon asks: How do you share love with your family as a follower of Jesus?
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Category: Sermons
Tags: caring, Council of Nicaea, die heretic joke, e Emo Philips, Episcopal, Father Skelly, Father’s Day memory, hard teaching of Jesus, harsh saying of Jesus, Jesus, Jesus hear my prayer, Jesus listen to me, listening, My father, sermon, share love with family, sharing blessings
This sermon reflects on what it means to discover the Holy Invitation that comes so often as the blessing of God when you least expect it and need it most.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Abraham, Apostle Paul, being open to God’s holy invitations, character produces hope, endurance produces character, Episcopal, Epistle to the Romans, Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, footprints in the sand, God’s authority, how do you pray, I carried you, Jesus, Letter to the Hebrews, May the blessing of God find you when you least expect it an need it most, Sarah, sermon, suffering produces endurance, the conviction of things not seen, thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven, trust in God
This sermon reflects on what it means to shine as the light of Christ as we seek to gladden the hearts of those who travel with us.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: David Brooks, Diminisher, Episcopal, Guidance, I will change your name, Illuminator, Jesus, John Henry Newman, lived in action, not dead but sleeping, Scottish blessing, sermon, spiritual strength in poetry, Stay With Me prayer, woman quietly seeking Jesus, writ on the heart
This sermon contemplates how shalom is woven through an image of a rope to guide our understanding of scripture, reason, and tradition especially when it comes to celebrating the Kirkin’ O the Tartan as a mark of koinonia.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Boy Scouts, church, clan scripture, Episcopal, family, fellowship, I used to be a bear, ideal of life intended by God, James Fenhegan, Jesus, Kirkin’ O the Tartan, Koinonia, Mutual Ministry, peace, read mark inwardly digest, reason, sermon, Shalom, the richness and fullness of all that God has to offer, Thessalonians, three-legged stool, tradition, Wood badge
I didn’t realize until just the day before I was to wear my camouflage stole while preaching and leading worship on the Sunday before Veterans Day, that my sermon had a deeper meaning for me.
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Category: Best of WCTcoach, On Reflection, Stories
Tags: Apostle Paul, Armistice Day, Enough, Episcopal, FDR, Four Freedoms, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Freedom from fear, Freedom from want, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Great War, Jesus, Military Chaplain, Norman Rockwell, Normandy, pilgrimage, Saving Private Ryan, sermon, Thessalonians, Veterans Day, War to end all wars, we’re not going to take this anymore, World War I
This sermon wonders as we approach Veterans Day how the words the Apostle Paul wrote to the Thessalonians inspire those who find themselves in harm’s way defending what President Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke of during World War Two as freedom of speech, of worship, from want, and from fearas I prepare for my own pilgrimage to the beaches of Normandy.
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Category: Best of WCTcoach, Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Armistice Day, Charles Henry Brent, Egeria, Enough, Episcopal, FDR, Four Freedoms, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Freedom from fear, Freedom from want, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Great War, inspire, Jesus, Journey to Adulthood, Major League Baseball, Military Chaplain, Norman Rockwell, Normandy, pilgrimage, poppies in Flanders, Santiago de Compestela, Saving Private Ryan, sermon, Thessalonians, Veterans Day, War to end all wars, we’re not going to take this anymore, World War I
This sermon is about not losing heart in a world overwhelmed by what the Apostle Paul calls itching ears as we seek to share, with utmost patience, the love we have found in Jesus Christ.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: 55th class reunion, Andrea Wasmer obit, Apostle Paul, attitude of loving kindness, Class of 1970, Compassion, do not lose heart, Episcopal, Horace Greeley High School, itching ears. relationships, Jesus, Listen with the ear of the heart and the mind, Rule of St. Benedict, Scottish blessing, sermon, sermon on the passing of a high school classmate, transactional, Twin Towers
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