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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
A sermon that explores the tension found in the voices of order and prophecy as we strive to deeply listen to God’s invitation to live and love like Jesus, in the power of the Holy Spirit, to help others to do the same.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Chronos time, D-Day landings, David Bread of Presence, Deep Church, Discipleship, Eli and Samuel, Episcopal, hearing God through one another, Invitation, Jesus, Jesus clearly shared love, just enough order so as not to suffocate, Kairos time, listening, Middle Way, military, obedience, obedire, Prophet Samuel, Saving Private Ryan, sermon, Sharing love, Spirit of Order, Spirit of Prophecy, tension, two ears one mouth
A sermon that proclaims that God is Love and that Love is the perfect relationship of Lover, Beloved, and Breath of Love that we sometimes know and see but is always offered.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Armed Forces Day, Beloved, body of water, Breath of Love, chapel, creator, Doctrine, Episcopal, Father, God is Love, holy spirit, Ilia Delio, Lover, Memorial Day, Nicodemus, Noticing, pebble thrown, perfect relationship, redeemer, Ruah, sanctifier, Scout Camp, sermon, sharing, Son, Trinity, Veterans Day
A sermon about what being in the power of the Holy Spirit as a community that prays and lives “We belong to one another, together, with God’s help, we can make one another stronger”.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Acts of the Apostles, Baptismal Covenant, Baptismal promises, Community, crowd sourcing, Episcopal, Gospel John, gospels Matthew Mark Luke, holy spirit, Jesus, Koinonia, listen while walking the path, Math, Micah 6:8, paths, Pentecost, relationships, Rev Mary Carson, sermon, thy kingdom come on earth as in heaven, Tongues of Fire, Tower of Babel undone
A sermon about resilience, fortitude, trust, and doing what needs to be done while waiting for what you hope and believe is sure to reveal that the best is yet to come.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: best is yet to come, calling a rector, Chronos time, doing what needs to be done, Episcopal, Fortitude, Hope, I hate waiting, Kairos time, Liminal time, Princess Bride, resilience, sermon, slow ketchup pour, trust, Waiting, You’re on your own not
A sermon about where I have observed humility in ordained mentors that helped me learn that Joy Jesus celebrates becomes possible and real when we love one another as Jesus loves us, so well lived by these priests and bishops.
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A sermon that offers the bible as a memory book similar to my Dad’s Polaroid Land Camera photo albums that leads to remembering the joy and sacrifice necessary to recognize and maintain loving relationships.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Dad, Episcopal, Ethiopian Eunuch, fixer solution tube, God is Love, Invitation, Jesus, joy, listening, photo album, Polaroid Land Camera, relationships, Sacrifice, sermon, Two great commandments, vine and branches
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