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Sermon – The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 8, 2024

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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Sermon – The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 1, 2024

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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Sermon – The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 25, 2024

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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Sermon – The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 18, 2024

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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Sermon – The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost – July 14, 2024

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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Sermon – The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost – July 7, 2024

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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Sermon – The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost – June 30, 2024

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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Sermon – The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost – June 23, 2024

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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Sermon –  The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost – June 16, 2024

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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Sermon –  The Third Sunday after Pentecost – June 9, 2024

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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