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A sermon celebrates how the psalms offer clarity when contemplating our response to God’s holy invitation to live and love like Jesus in the power of the Holy Spirit as we struggle with the dualistic messages pushed by the world.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: breath prayer, contemplative life, discernment, Doctor of Ministry, Episcopal, holy invitation, Journey through psalms, listening, non-dual practice, Psalm 112, Psalm 121, Psalm 130, Psalm 19:13, Psalm 28:8, Psalm 51, sermon, two ears one mouth, WCT.coach, Yellow Pad Discipline
A sermon that brings the prophetic voice of Micah to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God into conversation with how the Apostle Paul and Ananias exemplify that God uses the least likely people to do God’s work.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Beatitudes, Conversion of Saint Paul, do justice, Episcopal, God’s foolishness, Jesus, love kindness, Micah 6:8, Persecute, Prophet Micah, Saul then Paul, sermon, Sermon on the Mount, stoning of Stephen, Walk humbly with your God, World’s wisdom
A sermon about recognizing and then integrating head and heart as we seek the humility to keep our strength control to better hear God’s invitation to live and love like Jesus so that in the power of the Holy Spirit we can help others to do the same.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Albert Holtz, Apostle Paul, balance, Create in me a clean heart, Episcopal, head and heart, Heart Treasure, humility, humility is strength under control, listening, love received, love shared, Mark W. Baker, mission of reconciliation, obedience, Pharisee, right priorities, Saul to Paul, sermon, Spirituality of Imperfection, Tax Collector
A sermon that speaks to how time spent in the holy order of deacon is a strong foundation for priests and bishops who must be persistent when caring for those without power as ordained leaders will endure suffering in order to carry out their ministry fully.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: bishop, deacon, discernment, Episcopal, ordained leaders, ordination, Persistence, persistent widow, powerless, Priest, sermon, strong foundation as deacon, Unjust judge
A sermon that offers consequences when ignoring the Apostle Paul’s expression “For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil” and guidance such as Love that shares is the antidote to the uncertainty of riches with a connection to the “missing” summer lection Luke 12:48.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: 1 Timothy 6:6-9, 5 to 10 talent parish, chasm, Consequences, Dives, endurance, Episcopal, faith, For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, gentleness, godliness, Guidance, Lazarus, Love, Love that shares is the antidote, Luke 12:48, much is expected, much is required, Parable of the Talents, pursue righteousness, ready to share, sermon, To much has been given, Uncertainty of riches
A sermon that explores how shrewdly Jesus tells a story that demonstrates right relationship with true riches that upends the supposedly affirmed actions of a dishonest manager with the punchline “You cannot serve God and wealthâ€.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: acute, clock, compass, Compass Clock, Create in me a clean heart, Episcopal, God and Wealth, heaven on earth, Psalm 51, punchline, right relationship true riches, right values, sermon, shrewd, Star Trek, Stephen Covey, three level chess, verbal boxing, what is enough
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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Category: Sermons
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 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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Category: Sermons
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
My sermon that celebrates the wisdom and humility that springs from the Anam Cara compassionate presence found in St. Brigid of Kildare’s Table Grace along with a very useful quote from Archbishop of Canterbury William Temple.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: ABC William Temple, Anam Cara, anamchara, Attitude, banquet, Brigid’s Table Grace, compassionate presence, Episcopal, feeding, How the Irish Saved Civilization, humility, Jesus, Mark W. Baker, mission, poor, Right-Relationship, sermon, Service, Soul Friend, St. Brigid, Strength under control, Thomas Cahill
A sermon that finds strength in Psalm 71 as the uncertainty of transition provides confidence and hope when we claim God as creative crag and stronghold.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: anxiety, chanting, crag and strong hold, earwig of faith, Episcopal, Hebrew hymnal. Psalms, Jesus, Julian of Norwich, keep me safe, medieval monks, psalm 71, rector search, self-dedication, sermon, transition, trust