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My sermon speaks to getting our priorities straight rather than simply writing resolutions by exploring guiding values expressed in the promises made at baptism as found meaningful in prayers and scriptures. I do this in a very personal way by sharing my six key spiritual principles.
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Category: Best of WCTcoach, Sermons
Tags: balance, Chares R Hobbs, congruity, Episcopal, Guiding Values, Jesus, Jesus’ baptism, love your neighbor as your self, Micah 6:8 en français, new year’s resolutions, promises made a baptism, sermon, Seven Habits, spiritual principles, Stephen Covey, The Rule of Saint Benedict, Time Power, Unifying Principles
This sermon explores the guiding values in the expression “We belong to one another. Together, with God’s help, we can make one another stronger” through the lens of dependence, independence, and inter-dependence.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: and inter-dependence, Apostle Paul, circle, Community, corporate ladder of power, dependence, Episcopal, Guiding Values, Holy Trinity, independence, Jesus, ladder, not linear but circular, pilgrims on a journey, relationships, responsibility, sermon, Seven Habits, Stephen Covey, The Servant Song, thought like a child, We belong to one another, we can make one another stronger, with God’s help
Sermon for The Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 18 Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, September 10, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Baptismal Covenant, Book of Common Prayer, Christian Formation, Episcopal, golden-mouthed, Guiding Values, Jesus, John Chrysostom, Matthew 18:20, Pope Francis, preaching, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, sermon, Two or three gathered in my name
Sermon for Sixth Sunday After the Epiphany (6 Epiphany A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, February 12, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: adultery, Apollos, Apostle Paul, belong, belong to God, belong to one another, cliques, differentiation of self, discern, divorce, Do not conform, Episcopal, Guiding Values, high school, honor women, internal guidance, Jesus, peer pressure, Renewing of your minds, sermon, stronger by belonging
The Sermon – The Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 22 Year B) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – October 4, 2015. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Boy Scouts, Children LIve What They Learn, Episcopal, Guiding Values, integrity, jail, Jesus, Job, scout law, scout oath, scout popcorn, scoutmaster, sermon
The Sermon – The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost Christ Episcopal Church (Annual Meeting Sunday) New Bern, North Carolina – November 16, 2014 This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Annual Meeting, Apostolic Action, Commitment to Jesus Christ, Discipleship, Episcopal, Guiding Values, Matthew 25, Matthew 25:31ff, Parable of the Foolish and Wise Bridesmaids, Parable of the Talents, preparation, Resource Management, sermon