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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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Category: Sermons
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
The Sermon – The Sixth Sunday After Pentecost (The Holy Baptism of Ethan James Casey and the Recognition of Our Graduates) (Proper 8 Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – June 26, 2016. This…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Children Learn What They Live, choices, college, decision making, desires of the flesh, Doing laundry, Dorothy Law Nolte, Elijah, Elisha, Episcopal, example, fruits of the Spirit, Galatians, graduates, Holy Baptism, infant, Jesus, sermon, sorting, The Baptismal Covenant
The Sermon - The Fourth Sunday After The Epiphany Christ Episcopal Church New Bern, North Carolina – February 1, 2015 Includes a reference to Rabbi Victor Urecki This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: authenticity, Authority, Bishop Brent, Body of Christ, Collect for Mission, Episcopal, Holy Baptism, Jesus, Rabbi Victor Urecki, sermon, vocation
The Sermon - The Nativity of our Lord: Christmas Day Event: The Holy Baptism of MacKenzie Danielle McClure Christ Episcopal Church New Bern, North Carolina - December 25, 2014 This sermon can viewed at
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Sermon – Trinity SundayThe Holy Baptism of Lillian Abigail PerrySt. Peter’s Episcopal ChurchHuntington West Virginia – May 26, 2013  This sermon can viewed at
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