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A sermon that is more a meditation that helps you find a bible character from the time of Jesus that grounds your answer during Holy Week to this question: Were you there?
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Tags: birth of Jesus, Centurion, crucify him, Episcopal, Good Friday, Holy Thursday, Ignatian Spirituality, Innkeeper, Jesus, Maundy Thursday, O sacred head sore wounded, Palm Sunday, Road to Emmaus, sermon, The Innkeeper’s Witness, The Passion of Jesus, were yhou three, woman at the well, woman wiping the face of Jesus, your story in scripture
A sermon about the joy of the saving help found and shared like a life preserver in the love of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit as we swim in the sea of our Lenten penitential journey.
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Tags: acedia, cleanse our hearts, courage to will and to preserve, eight deadly thoughts, Episcopal, Evagrius Ponticus, Jesus, joy, joy of your saving help, life preserver, Litany for Lent, Litany of Penitence, PALEGAS, poor choices, Psalm 51, sermon, Seven Deadly Sins, seven-fold gifts of the Spirit, share joy, thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven, turn away from God
A sermon that considers how a Lenten discipline to take on or let go connects us to a way of life that sees clearly in the light that our deeds and good works have been done in God as I share how such a challenge is found in my Bacon Story.
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Tags: apathy, bacon, come to the light, created in Christ Jesus for good works, deeds done in God, despair, Ephesians 2:10, Episcopal, football after point kick, George Whitfield, John 3:21, John Wesley, joy, Laetare Sunday, Lenten discipline, Nicodemus, Rejoice, sermon
A sermon featuring the wisdom found in the caution expressed in Psalm 19:13 as “Above all, keep your servant from presumptuous sins” and how such an awareness connects to sharing the life giving love of Jesus.
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Tags: auto air pump, cleansing the temple, dove sellers, Episcopal, gleaning of the fields, Jesus, Jesus as a twelve-year old, judging, judgmentalism, listening, low air tires, Nissan Versa, paying attention, presumptuous attitude, presumptuous sins, Prophet Amos, Psalm 19:13, sermon
A sermon that connects with the name I was given to the name I chose as I ponder what reflects from my name as I share the light of the Good News.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: being taken seriously, Chappaqua, Confirmation name, Episcopal, ethical teacher, Francis Xavier, Grandfather Carl, light of Good News, Mr. McGuire, My name, priestly calling, sermon, sixth grade confirmation, what reflects from my name
A sermon that finds wisdom along the psalm 25:3 pathway in the teaching Lent is a Time for Fasting and Feasting.
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Tags: bookmark, deeper preparation, Desert themed vestments, Episcopal, fork in road, Lent is a time Feasting Fasting, Louis Weil, Psalm 25:3, quiet moments, repent, restore, sermon, show me your paths, taken into invitation God’s love, teach me your ways O Lord, The Great Litany, Yogi Berra
A sermon that connect a brief Ash Wednesday review of the renunciations and affirmations made at Holy Baptism with psalm verse Create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me as we enter into a devout and holy Lent.
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A sermon that sees in the Transfiguration the gift of resilience that sustains during Lent and beyond as found in hope expressed as may the blessing of God find you when you least expect it and need it most.
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Tags: blessing least expected, blessing needed most, deep connection, Elijah, Elisha, Episcopal, Holy Mountain, inner strength, James, Jesus, John, Lent, mantle, Moses, Peter, resilience, sermon, Transfiguration
A sermon that counters the noise of the world and joins Jesus in a quiet space to pray using the prayer Stay with Me by John Henry Newman as a guide.
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Tags: Caddyshack, catching force, Commitment, Episcopal, Jesus, John Henry Newman, No Respect, noise of the world, prayer, quiet, Rev Adam Thomas, Rodney Dangerfield, sermon, smartphone timer, Stay With Me, strength, sympathetic influence
A sermon that introduces The Advent Tree as a way to prepare for the coming of Christ with visual objects and memories that help us to hang on to principles that help keep us committed to the welfare of God’s people in ways that are more than we can ask or imagine.
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Tags: 2 Advent, Advent Tree, Archbishop William Temple, control our wills, Draw our hearts, Episcopal, fill our imaginations, guide our minds, humility as strength under control, Jesus, Miracle on 34th Street, Never forget the presence of Christ, Nicodemus, prepare for the coming Christ, Relationship, sermon, servant, Service