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This sermon asks how does joy conquer despair as we share the moment God invites Elijah to once again put his trust in God after wind, earthquake, and fire illuminate rather than diminish God’s call in the sound of sheer silence as the blessing he least expected and needed most.
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Tags: 9/1/2001, blessing of God find you when you least expect it and need it most, candle, Darkness, David Brooks, Diminisher, earthquake, Elijah, Episcopal, fire, How to Know a Person, humility, Illuminator, Jesus, joy, joy conquer despair, lauds, Light, Light of Christ, matins, Prologue to John’s Gospel, Psalm 43, Richard Rohr, Saint Matthias Tuscaloosa Alabama, September 11 2001, sermon, temple curtain torn, Tenebrae, trust, truth, wedding, wind
This sermon contemplates what it means to listen when Jesus says, “My sheep hear my voice” within the framework of stability, obedience, and conversion of life as lived with humility found within The Rule of St. Benedict.
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Tags: Always we begin again, conversation morum, conversion of life, Episcopal, Gift of finest wheat, hear my voice, humility, Jesus, John McQuistion II, listen, Mark W Baker, Michah 6:8, mother’s day, My son – listen to him, obediare, obedience, Psalm 121, Rule of Saint Benedict, sermon, sheep, stability, Strength under control, The Transfiguration
A sermon about listening, learning, and loving from the balcony perspective of an older person.
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Tags: Apostle Peter, autoethnography, Balcony Perspective, brash nothing to prove, breath prayer, Christ Church Whitefish Bay, Doctor of Ministry, Episcopal, humility, iterative, Jesus, learning, listening, loving, Nashotah House, only holy invitations to offer, presumptuous sins, Psalm 19:23, Ron Heifetz, sermon, Transfiguration, Virginia Theological Seminary
A sermon about where I have observed humility in ordained mentors that helped me learn that Joy Jesus celebrates becomes possible and real when we love one another as Jesus loves us, so well lived by these priests and bishops.
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A sermon that explores the questions: How do you handle receiving the blessing of God when you least expect it and need it most? How does your manner of reception live as Shalom?
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Tags: Episcopal, Forgiveness, glitter of award, God’s invitations, God’s yearning, Golden Calf, green parachute stole, heart, How do you handle receiving the blessing of God when you least expect it and need it most?, humility, I must decrease that he might increase, Jesus, listening carefully to God, living as shalom, peace, sermon, Servanthood, Shalom, treasure, US Army Reserve Chaplain
A sermon about recognizing and then integrating head and heart as we seek the humility to keep our strength control to better hear God’s invitation to live and love like Jesus so that in the power of the Holy Spirit we can help others to do the same.
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Tags: Albert Holtz, Apostle Paul, balance, Create in me a clean heart, Episcopal, head and heart, Heart Treasure, humility, humility is strength under control, listening, love received, love shared, Mark W. Baker, mission of reconciliation, obedience, Pharisee, right priorities, Saul to Paul, sermon, Spirituality of Imperfection, Tax Collector
My sermon that celebrates the wisdom and humility that springs from the Anam Cara compassionate presence found in St. Brigid of Kildare’s Table Grace along with a very useful quote from Archbishop of Canterbury William Temple.
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Tags: ABC William Temple, Anam Cara, anamchara, Attitude, banquet, Brigid’s Table Grace, compassionate presence, Episcopal, feeding, How the Irish Saved Civilization, humility, Jesus, Mark W. Baker, mission, poor, Right-Relationship, sermon, Service, Soul Friend, St. Brigid, Strength under control, Thomas Cahill
A sermon that challenges an understanding of the word provoke with the strength under control that is humility within the encouragement of the prayer of self-dedication.
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Tags: control our minds, Draw our hearts, encourage, Episcopal, fill our imaginations, Glory of God, guide our minds, humility, Jesus, Mark W. Baker, prayer self-dedication, provoke, retirement sermon, self-dedication, Strength under control, use us, welfare of God’s people
A sermon that links the deep meaning of shalom to embracing by word and action this statement: “We belong to one another. Together, with God’s help, we can make one another stronger.”
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Tags: Capable Wife, children, Community, confronting the greatest, Episcopal, humility, Jesus, Jim Fenhagen, Koinonia, Mutual Ministry, Ordination of Women, peace, power over, power with, sermon, Servanthood, Shalom, violin
A sermon that confronts presumptuous sins, untamed tongues, and the arrogance of opinion with a call to humility and the deep spirituality of the Prayer attributed to St. Francis.
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Tags: 9+11=20, 9+12=21, Academia, Arrogance of Opinion, Community of Hope, Episcopal, humility, James 3:1-12, joy conquer despair, Middletown NJ, Prayer attributed to St. Francis, presumptuous sins, Psalm 19:13, seminary, sermon, Untamed tongue