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This sermon weaves together elements from the Collect of the Day for Christ the King Sunday, Taizé chant, the reading from Second Thessalonians, the renunciations and affirmations made at Holy Baptism, and the Gospel of Luke as Jesus hangs on the cross flanked by two thieves, and culminates with two prayers that speak to our response as we enter into Advent and once again explore God’s initiative in Jesus Christ.
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Category: Best of WCTcoach, Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Archbishop Temple Prayer of Self- Dedication, baptismal affirmations, baptismal renunciations, Bishop Brent Collect for Mission, Christ the King Sunday, Holy Baptism, Jesus, Jesus as Lord, Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom, sermon, Taize, thief who repented
This sermon reminds us that Holy Baptism recalls what it means to believe as we set our heart on Jesus, put our whole trust in his grace and love, as we promise to follow and obey him as our Lord.
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Tags: Apostle Paul, believe, Episcopal, faith, Grace, Holy Baptism, Jailer, James R Adams, Jesus, Love, obey, promise to follow, sermon, set your heart on, so you think you’re not religious
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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Tags: Acceptance of Jesus Christ, aware of the world, Episcopal, follow, Grace, Holy Baptism, Jesus, listening, Love, obedience, obey, recommit each day, renunciations of evil, Savior, sermon, Six Defining Question, trust
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 connects the gift of joy and wonder as an outcome of Holy Baptism with the willingness of a congregation to playfully demonstrate an understanding of the Trinity as Lover, Beloved, and Breath of Love.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: children learn what they life, creator redeemer sanctifier, Doctrine, Dorothy Law Nolte, Episcopal, father son holy spirit, fill our imaginations, gift of joy and wonder, Holy Baptism, Ilia Delio, joy conquer despair, lake, Lover Beloved Breath of Love, playfulness, sermon, three fading ripples, tossed rocks, Trinity Sunday, water
A sermon that offers a perspective on Holy Baptism grounded in the natural hospitality of living into formation and discipleship when we accept God as the Potter and we are the clay.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Balcony Perspective, Children Learn What They Live, church balcony, clothed in the Holy Spirit, Discipleship, Dorothy Law Nolte, Episcopal, Holy Baptism, Hospitality, Jeremiah, Jesus, memory, Pearl of Great Price, Potter, rector search, Ron Heifetz, saving embrace, sermon, Tertullian
A Sermon about the importance of sharing the abundant love of Jesus with the seven-fold gifts of the Spirit articulated in Holy Baptism.
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Category: Liturgical Resources, Sermons
Tags: abundant love, baptismal certificate, Breaking of the Bread, Coved-19, Episcopal, Holy Baptism, Jesus, promises, Psalm 23, saving embrace, sermon, shadow of death shepherd’s voice, shared in common, signature, tactile
Sermon for The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 19 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 16, 2018 against the backdrop of Hurricane Florence and the Holy Baptism of Jackson Stanley…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Peter, creation ongoing, Episcopal, evil tongues, flooding, hazards of our existence, Holy Baptism, Hurricane Florence, Jesus, listening, New Bern NC, obedience, obey, pesach, presumptuous, sermon, simple, Storm, trust
Sermon for All Saints Sunday (All Saints Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, November 5, 2017. Julianna Rose Scotto Di Clemente was baptized after the completion of this sermon. This…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: All Hallows, All Saints, Baptismal Covenant, Beatitudes, do justice love kindness walk humbly with God, Episcopal, epitaph, funeral scripture, Halloween, Holy Baptism, Jesus, John the Baptist, Micah 6:8, sermon, St. Francis Xavier, Steven Covey, think with the end in mind
Sermon for The Feast of the Holy Name (Holy Name RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, January 1, 2017. Learn more about The Feast of the Holy Name here. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Alabama Crimson Tide, Baptismal Covenant, Baptismal promises, circumcision, Clemson Tigers, Darkness, discipline, Episcopal, Holy Baptism, Holy Name, Hope, intentionality, Jesus, Joshua, Light, Magi, New England Patriots, New Year, Presidential Inauguration, Prologue Gospel of John, resolutions, sermon, worry