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This sermon finds itself in the midst of Annual Meeting as these words from the Apostle Paul to the Romans echo: May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Annual Meeting, Apostle Paul, belief, Best way to prepare for the coming of Christ, Hope, Jesus, kiss, Light, marriage, next rector, Romans, sermon, set your heart, Taizé chant, Ubi Caritas
This sermon explores how the encounter with Jesus by the blind Bartimeaus breaks through the drudgery of chronos time and reveals an outcome that occasionally seems possible in the haze of kairos time with the help of a spiritual autobiography tool.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: assurance, Blind Bartimeaus, Chronos time, conviction, Episcopal, faith, Hebrews 11:1, Hope, how well can you see your story, Jesus, Job, kiaros time, listening, sermon, spiritual autobiography, things not seen
A sermon that explores what it means to recognize that to set your heart is to experience what it means to believe so that even hope which stirs faith finds the extravagant love freely offered to all.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: belief, Episcopal, extravagant love freely offered, faith, Hope, imagination, Political violence, sermon, set your heart, Shalom, thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven
A sermon about resilience, fortitude, trust, and doing what needs to be done while waiting for what you hope and believe is sure to reveal that the best is yet to come.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: best is yet to come, calling a rector, Chronos time, doing what needs to be done, Episcopal, Fortitude, Hope, I hate waiting, Kairos time, Liminal time, Princess Bride, resilience, sermon, slow ketchup pour, trust, Waiting, You’re on your own not
A sermon that explores how hope brings forth belief and builds faith with a look at the gift the 10 disciples of Jesus gave a distraught Thomas.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: 10 disciples, assurance, belief, believe, Bishop Brent’s Collect for Mission, clothe us with your Spirit, conviction, doubt, Easter, Empty Tomb, Episcopal, faith, Grief, hands in love, Hebrews 11:1, Hope, Jesus, Love, Mary Magdalene, sermon, set your heart, share, Thomas, Upper Room
A sermon that apprehends the already and not yet moment that is the present as we dedicate our heart, mind, imagination, and will to share the reconciling love we’ve found in Jesus Christ.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Already Not Yet, Being of Use, Bishop Brent, end times, faith, heart, Hope, imagination, Jesus Christ, listening, Lord’s Prayer, Love, mind, obedience, Our Father, prayer self-dedication, reconciling love, right relationship, scout law, scout oath, sermon, Thy will be done, will
A sermon that proclaims faith as the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen in the amazing grace that moved both Bartimaeus and John Newton to be able to claim “I was blind but now I see.â€
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Amazing Grace, assurance, Bartimaeus, beggar, blindness, conviction, Episcopal, faith, Grace, Hebrews 11, Hope, Jesus, John Newton, Justice, Mercy, orans position, sermon, singing, Woman flow of blood
A sermon that moves through the words faith, grace, love, suffering, endurance, assurance, and hope.
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Category: Liturgical Resources, Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, assurance, character, Communion with Christ, coronavirus, endurance, Episcopal, faith, Grace, Hope, I love you, Letter Hebrews, mask, not seen, search committee, sermon, suffering
Alleluia Christ is Risen. An Easter Sunrise Worship that includes a sermon and Communion with Christ.
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Category: Liturgical Resources, Sermons
Tags: Episcopal, gardener, Gospel John, Hope, In The Garden, Jesus, Mary Magdalene, relationship with Jesus, Resurrection, sermon, social distancing, sunrise
A sermon about walking with hope and joy during interim time.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Brood of Vipers, Episcopal, Hope, Interim Rector, John the Baptizer, Joy conquers despair, Letter Hebrews, listening, sermon, Walking stick