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This sermon shares a story I wrote called “The Innkeepers Witness” offered using this fictional character to remind us during Advent that the best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is to never forget the presence of Christ. Henry Van Dyke’s The Other Wiseman inspired how I wove the innkeeper’s story into appropriate scripture settings. There’s a musical setting as well which can be found under the Deep Church Tab.
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This sermon takes a look at the first of three acts launched in Advent as we re-enter the time of God’s initiative in Jesus Christ and remember that the best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is to never forget the presence of Christ.
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Tags: act one Christmas, Act Three Easter, Act Three Resurrection, Act Two Crucifixion, Act Two Good Friday, best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is to never forget the presence of Christ, change, Episcopal, Ewoks, First Sunday of Advent, God’s Initiative, humblest of forms, incarnation, Jesus, new liturgical year, Our Response, sermon, Share the love found in Jesus, Star Wars, Story of Jesus, Story People of God, the cute baby Jesus, three act play, three acts
This sermon begs the question who is a king like no other and how that king invites us to remember with humility and act with kindness as we share a great thanksgiving.
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Tags: a king like no other, Always we begin again, Aslan, Christ the King Sunday scriptures, CS Lewis, do justice, Episcopal, Good Friday, Great Thanksgiving, Harvest Home, heart of gratitude, Holy Eucharist, Holy Week, Jesus, Jesus serves, Jesus washes feet, John McQuiston II, king of the jews, love kindness, Mandatum, Maundy Thursday, Micah 6:8, Pilate, Remembrance as reconnection, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, Sunday of the Passion, Walk humbly with your God
This sermon explores God’s initiative in Jesus Christ and our response as we move through scriptures about the end times and prepare for the new beginnings that unfold, once again, during Advent and Christmas.
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Tags: birth pangs, Christ the King Sunday scriptures, Chronos time, church architecture, earthquakes, embracing, end times, endurance, Episcopal, famine, finger pointing, God’s initiative our response, Jesus, Kairos time, king of the jews, lectionary cycle, listening better, Parable of the Talents, Pilate, sermon, temple, thief who repented, thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven, wake-up call, when did we see you hungry, when will Jesus come again
This sermon explores the total commitment of the poor widow who gave all that she had and begs the question how did you learn about money as well as how does your example influence the next generation.
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Tags: Episcopal, Eric Berne, First Intentional Communion, Jesus, percentage, proportional giving, sermon, Stewardship, transactional analysis, transactional analysis of money, trust, widow two coins
This sermon considers how celebrating All Saints day helps prepare us to talk turkey on Thanksgiving day.
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Tags: All Saints Day, All Souls Day, All will be well - all will be well - in all manner of things all will be well, Anxious times, Black Death, command or invitation, did Jesus laugh, doing theology, Episcopal, God’s love permeates, how many angels dance on a pin, immanent, Listening carefully to God and one another, Name of the Rose book, Not abandoned, question of Lazarus, raise Lazarus from the dead, Saint Julian of Norwich, Sean Connery, sermon, Talk turkey, thanksgiving, tone of voice, transcendent, Umberto Eco
This sermon explores how the encounter with Jesus by the blind Bartimeaus breaks through the drudgery of chronos time and reveals an outcome that occasionally seems possible in the haze of kairos time with the help of a spiritual autobiography tool.
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Tags: assurance, Blind Bartimeaus, Chronos time, conviction, Episcopal, faith, Hebrews 11:1, Hope, how well can you see your story, Jesus, Job, kiaros time, listening, sermon, spiritual autobiography, things not seen
This sermon explores how servant-leadership and a cup of coffee is at the heart of the response of Jesus to the claims for power by his disciples then and now.
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Tags: Apostolic Action, Christian Formation, Commitment, commitment outcome, cup of coffee with saucer, Discipleship, Episcopal, evangelism, James and John, Jesus, Jesus not be served but to serve, Jesus responds to the claims for power by his disciples then and now, righteous relationship, Robert K. Greenleaf, sermon, Servant-Leadership, share love, Stewardship, Worship
This sermon explores what does it mean to be committed when you sell all that you have to follow Jesus only to discover that love invites a righteousness relationship as the story the Pearl of Great Price unfolds.
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Tags: Apostolic Action, Christian Formation, Commitment, commitment outcome, Discipleship, Episcopal, evangelism, Jesus, Matthew 13, Pearl of Great Price, Rich Young Ruler, righteous relationship, sell all that you have, sermon, Stewardship, the money question, Worship
This sermon ponders how integrity is passed on from generation to generation as we remember that children learn what they live.
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Tags: all have value, all have worth, Chattel, children, Episcopal, essence of integrity, Generation to Generation, integrity in Psalm 26, integrity in the heart, Jesus, Jesus and divorce, Job’s integrity, listen carefully to Jesus, sermon, set of principles, Shalom, two ears one mouth, what guides you lives in your heart
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