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A sermon that moves through personal story and the importance of Jesus centered principles expressed in the Benedictine expression “Listening with the Ear of the Heart” as essential to Living as Shalom.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Episcopal, Guiding Principles, Jesus, John McQuiston II, listening with the ear of the heart, living as shalom, love your neighbor, peace, Rule of St. Benedict, scout law, scout oath, sermon, Shalom, The Passover
The Table Grace of St. Brigid reinforces the priorities of Jesus and the prophets in this sermon.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Baptismal Covenant, civility, Community norms, Episcopal, Guiding Principles, Jesus, love of money 1 Timothy, love of money Hebrews, Oath of Commissioned Officers, Oath support constitution, poor, root of all evil, scout oath, sermon, sick, St Brigid's Table Grace
Sermon for The Eighth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 10 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – July 15, 2018. My sermon can be viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: 1979 BCP, Baptismal Covenant, Collect of the Day, Core Values, Episcopal, Episcopal General Convention, Guiding Principles, Herod, John the Baptizer, sermon, Seven Habits, Stephen Covey, With God's help
Sermon for Fifth Sunday After the Epiphany (5 Epiphany A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, February 5, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Be the light, Boy Scouts of America, BSA, clock, compass, Core Values, Episcopal, Guiding Principles, Jesus, Light, Pharisees, Prophet Isaiah, Psalm 112, Righteous, scout law, scout oath, Scout Sunday, sermon, Stephen Covey
Annual Meeting Sermon (On the Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany (4 Epiphany A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, January 29, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Annual Meeting, Apostle Paul, Core Values, do justice, Episcopal, Guiding Principles, love kindness, Micah 6:8, more than we can ask or imagine, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, Spirit of Loving Kindness, Walk humbly with your God, We belong to one another, we can make one another stronger, With God's help
The Sermon – The Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 19 Year B)Â preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 13, 2015. You can read the full version of Bishop Stokes’ 10 Guiding Principles of…
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The Sermon – The Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 18 Year B) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 6, 2015. The audio continues to be clear thanks to a new recording/receiving microphone. This sermon…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Core Values, Ephesians 2:8-20, Episcopal, Faith alone, First Second Great Commandment, Guiding Principles, Jesus, John Wesley, Letter from James, Romans, sermon, show me your works, works faith
The Sermon – The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – May 24, 2015 This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: baptism, Baptismal Covenant, Descent of the Holy Spirit, Episcopal Church, Guiding Principles, Jesus, John Wayne, Lest we forget, Love, Memorial Day, Pentecost, sermon, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, Tower of Babel
Sermon – The First Sunday in Lent Christ Episcopal Church New Bern, North Carolina – March 9, 2014 Â This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: 40 days, Baptismal Covenant, Core Values, discernment, Guiding Principles, Hope, I will with God's help, Interim Rector, Jesus, Listening in Lent, Remember Celebrate Dream, sermon, The Gift of the Jews, Thomas Cahill, trust
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