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The Sermon – The Twenty-Sixth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 28 Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – November 13, 2016. This was the Sunday following Election Day 2016. I preached from the pulpit…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Barack our President, Canticle 9, Constitution of the United States, Donald our President-Elect, Episcopal, First Amendment, George Washington, Jesus, portent, Rules of Civility, sermon, Surely it is God who saves me, trust, Wolf and Lamb
The Sermon – Celebrating All Saints [The Sunday Before Election Day 2016]Â (All Saints Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – November 6, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Baptismal Covenant, Be Not Afraid Robert Dufford SJ, Beatitudes, Episcopal, Guidance, Prayer for an Election, sermon, Sermon on the Mount, Sermon on the Plain, Voting, Wednesday following Election Day
The Sermon – The Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 26 Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – October 30, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Episcopal, giving, hidden in plain sight, humility, Invitation, Jesus, management, money, Pharisee, restoration, sermon, Stewardship, Tax Collector, what's in your wallet, Zacchaeus
The Sermon – The Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 25 Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – October 23, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Abbess, Abbot, Collaboration, Episcopal, Good~to~Great, humility, Jesus, Jim Collins, Level 5 Leader, paradox, Pharisee, Priest, professional will, RenewalWorks, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, Strength under control, Tax Collector, Vestry
The Sermon – The Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 23 Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – October 9, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: 10 Lepers, baptism, Bishop Brent's Collect for Mission, Canaanite Woman, Critical scripture study, EfM, Episcopal, Jesus, Jesus Great High Priest, Jesus spelled love, One Samaritan, Royal Priesthood, Samaritan Woman at the Well, sermon, share love, Show yourself to the priests, Thank you
Homily – The Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 22 Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – October 2, 2016. This liturgy included The Blessing of the Animals. This homily can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Blessing of the Animals, Episcopal, example, Increase our faith, Jesus, relationship with God, Secret Life of Pets, sermon, trust, whining
The Sermon – The Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 21 Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 25, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Episcopal, Father Abraham, Hades, Jesus, Lazarus, life that really is life, love of money root of evil, much given much required, Parable of the Talents, parable of the three barns, Pharisees, Rich Man, sermon, shrewd steward, sores, torment, what is enough
The Sermon – The Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 20 Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 18, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Dishonest steward, Education for Ministry, EfM, Episcopal, exegesis, hermeneutics, interpretation, isogesis, Jesus, Joseph F. Grizone Joshua Series, midrash, Pharisees, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, shrewd steward
The Sermon – The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 19 Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 11, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Action, Aftermath, Aftermath Attitude Action, Attitude, Episcopal, Holocaust, Jesus, Joy conquers despair, Middletown NJ, never abandoned, Nine-Eleven, September 11th 2001, sermon, Twin Towers
The Sermon – The Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 18 Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 4, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Best Years of Our Lives, Clay, embrace, Episcopal, golf, hands, Harold Russell, ho hands, Homer Parrish, Jeremiah, Jesus, labor, labor day, Love, movie Ghost, Potter, prosthetic, reaching forth our hands in love, recreate, sermon, tennis, total need for God