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A sermon that finds inspiration and direction in a cry to Jesus to “So clothe us in your Spirit, that we reaching forth our hands in love” that we always listen deeply before we speak as witnesses to that love.
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Tags: afraid, Alpha, Bishop Charles Henry Brent, Cleopas and companion, Collect for Mission, deep listening, doubt, Episcopal, Jesus, Living Our Baptismal Covenant, LOBC, Peace be with you, Road to Emmaus, sermon, testimony, witness
A sermon that explores how hope brings forth belief and builds faith with a look at the gift the 10 disciples of Jesus gave a distraught Thomas.
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Tags: 10 disciples, assurance, belief, believe, Bishop Brent’s Collect for Mission, clothe us with your Spirit, conviction, doubt, Easter, Empty Tomb, Episcopal, faith, Grief, hands in love, Hebrews 11:1, Hope, Jesus, Love, Mary Magdalene, sermon, set your heart, share, Thomas, Upper Room
A sermon that revels in the joy of Jesus bursting forth in love from the now empty tomb as we share that energy as we ring our bells and shout Alleluia with a renewed commitment to share such amazing grace and love.
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Tags: Alleluia, chanting, continued theological understanding, discover gifts from God, Easter, Easter Proclamation, Empty Tomb, Episcopal, Jesus, joy, Mary Magdalene, Resurrection, ring bells, sermon, symbols of the passion, the impact of a teacher, theological reflection at a young age, Tomb filled with love
A Meditation that flows through Maundy Thursday and Good Friday into Holy Saturday and brings us to sit outside the stone that covers the tomb.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Episcopal, foot washing, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Holy Thursday, maundatum, Maundy Thursday, Meditation, resurrection people, Sealed tomb, veneration of the cross, waiting at the tomb, wondering at the tomb
A sermon that is more a meditation that helps you find a bible character from the time of Jesus that grounds your answer during Holy Week to this question: Were you there?
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Tags: birth of Jesus, Centurion, crucify him, Episcopal, Good Friday, Holy Thursday, Ignatian Spirituality, Innkeeper, Jesus, Maundy Thursday, O sacred head sore wounded, Palm Sunday, Road to Emmaus, sermon, The Innkeeper’s Witness, The Passion of Jesus, were yhou three, woman at the well, woman wiping the face of Jesus, your story in scripture
A sermon about the joy of the saving help found and shared like a life preserver in the love of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit as we swim in the sea of our Lenten penitential journey.
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Tags: acedia, cleanse our hearts, courage to will and to preserve, eight deadly thoughts, Episcopal, Evagrius Ponticus, Jesus, joy, joy of your saving help, life preserver, Litany for Lent, Litany of Penitence, PALEGAS, poor choices, Psalm 51, sermon, Seven Deadly Sins, seven-fold gifts of the Spirit, share joy, thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven, turn away from God
A sermon that considers how a Lenten discipline to take on or let go connects us to a way of life that sees clearly in the light that our deeds and good works have been done in God as I share how such a challenge is found in my Bacon Story.
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Tags: apathy, bacon, come to the light, created in Christ Jesus for good works, deeds done in God, despair, Ephesians 2:10, Episcopal, football after point kick, George Whitfield, John 3:21, John Wesley, joy, Laetare Sunday, Lenten discipline, Nicodemus, Rejoice, sermon
A sermon featuring the wisdom found in the caution expressed in Psalm 19:13 as “Above all, keep your servant from presumptuous sins” and how such an awareness connects to sharing the life giving love of Jesus.
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Tags: auto air pump, cleansing the temple, dove sellers, Episcopal, gleaning of the fields, Jesus, Jesus as a twelve-year old, judging, judgmentalism, listening, low air tires, Nissan Versa, paying attention, presumptuous attitude, presumptuous sins, Prophet Amos, Psalm 19:13, sermon
A sermon that connects with the name I was given to the name I chose as I ponder what reflects from my name as I share the light of the Good News.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: being taken seriously, Chappaqua, Confirmation name, Episcopal, ethical teacher, Francis Xavier, Grandfather Carl, light of Good News, Mr. McGuire, My name, priestly calling, sermon, sixth grade confirmation, what reflects from my name
A sermon that finds wisdom along the psalm 25:3 pathway in the teaching Lent is a Time for Fasting and Feasting.
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Tags: bookmark, deeper preparation, Desert themed vestments, Episcopal, fork in road, Lent is a time Feasting Fasting, Louis Weil, Psalm 25:3, quiet moments, repent, restore, sermon, show me your paths, taken into invitation God’s love, teach me your ways O Lord, The Great Litany, Yogi Berra