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A sermon that builds on the six defining questions at Holy Baptism with five defining promises that breathe life into the tension between faith and works as remember and celebrate, with thanksgiving and hope, the mission which God gave on this hill in Seven Springs North Carolina 154 years ago.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Baptismal Covenant Promises, build value system, embrace, Episcopal, faith, founding, Jesus, Letter from James, loving your neighbor as yourself, mission, Proverbs 22:22, respond to God’s Holy Invitations, sermon, Seven Springs NC, St. Brigid’s Table Grace, Syrophoenician woman, tension, The Poor, works
A sermon that springs from the six defining questions at Holy Baptism that combat, as Jesus said, the evil intentions from within that can defile a person.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Acceptance of Jesus Christ, aware of the world, Episcopal, follow, Grace, Holy Baptism, Jesus, listening, Love, obedience, obey, recommit each day, renunciations of evil, Savior, sermon, Six Defining Question, trust
A sermon that considers the discipline needed to find the strength and resources to stay the course when choosing to embrace the call the follow Jesus.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, backpack, disciple, discipline, Episcopal, faith, Jesus, joy, kindness, may joy conquer despair, narrow unstable bridge, respect, Saint Patrick’s Breastplate, sermon, understanding, unknown, wonder
A sermon that reminds how nourishing is both bread of the common sort when consecrated and shared from the holy table, and the Word proclaimed from Holy Scripture, especially when we hear Jesus say, “I am the bread of life” which begs the question: What are the nourishing ingredients in your own spiritual life?
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Category: Sermons
Tags: 1662 Prayerbook, Always we begin again, attitude of thanksgiving, Bread, Bread of the common sort, consecration, Emmet Gribbin, Episcopal, food, hangry, holy table, I am the bread of life, Jesus, John McQuiston II, live to spiritual principles, nourishment, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, unleavened bread
A sermon that explores what it means to recognize that to set your heart is to experience what it means to believe so that even hope which stirs faith finds the extravagant love freely offered to all.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: belief, Episcopal, extravagant love freely offered, faith, Hope, imagination, Political violence, sermon, set your heart, Shalom, thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven
A sermon that asks how you make decisions in light of Psalm 48 verse 13 that reminds us that God shall be our guide for evermore. What core values, guiding principles, and images help us see and hear the invitation of the holy?
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Category: Best of WCTcoach, Sermons
Tags: Archbishop Temple Prayer of Self-Dedication, Balcony Perspective, Bishop Brent’s Collect for Mission, Episcopal, guide, Holy Invitations, Jesus, Listening carefully to God and one another, love of Jesus, Negative Space, OBX, pilot, Power of the Holy Spirit, Psalm 48:13, relationships, sermon, Stephen Covey Compass Clock
A sermon that explores how the benediction from Numbers 6:24-26 weaves a tapestry where God’s grace and peace becomes apparent in the leadership changes we say we want but truly need whether found in the Presiding Bishop-Elect of the Episcopal Church or the new Rector of St. Anne’s Jacksonville NC.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: benediction, Episcopal, Episcopal Church, General Convention, gracious, Jarius, Jesus, Koininia, Love, Michael Curry, Numbers 6:24-26, peace, Pope Francis, Presiding Bishop-Elect Sean Rowe, Psalm 130, sermon, Shalom, the best is yet to come, Waiting, Woman with the hemorrhage
A sermon that celebrates how often God’s power is made manifest in the surprise that brings joy and peace as the blessing found when you least expect it and need it most.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: blessing least expected needed most, calling different than looking for job, David and Goliath, Episcopal, Jesus, listening to God, peace, Prophet Samuel, resilience, sermon, Shalom, stability, Still the wind, the best is yet to come
A sermon that imagines Jesus telling the Parable of the Lego Creation in the spirit of the mustard seed as it might relate to recognizing the interlocking pieces while building community.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: community building, Episcopal, fill our imaginations, interlocking pieces, Jesus, Lego Italia, Legos, Millenium Falcon, modern day images, Parable of the Lego Creation, parables, prayer self-dedication, sermon, small idea to big idea, Teaching, Unseen Guest program
A sermon that probes my inner thoughts and response to my initial thanksgiving and then the unsettled feeling upon finding forty dollars as I tell a personal story that is as truthful as it is creative.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Archbishop Temple’s Prayer of Self-dedication, attitude of loving kindness, attitude of thanksgiving, Bishop Brent’s Collect for Mission, Devil made me do it, do justice, Episcopal, Flip Wilson, Grateful, inadequacy, Jesus, John McQuiston II, listen carefully for God’s direction, love kindness, Micah 6:8, principle, sermon, thanksgiving, the practice of gratefuls, the responsivities of baptism, The Rule of St. Benedict, Walk humbly with your God, walking away from the best way to follow Jesus