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A sermon that places independence within what it means to be dependent and inter-dependent on God and one another.
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Category: Liturgical Resources, Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Beloved Community, Communion with Christ, coronavirus, day is night, Declaration of Independence, dependent, Episcopal, Fourth of July, give you rest, heaven on earth, heavy burdens, humility, independent, inter-dependent, learn from Jesus, masks, night is day, pandemic, rest for your souls, sermon, trust in God, weary, willingness, with God’s help, yoke
A sermon about deep listening in which I tell the story of God calling me to the Deep South to serve in Tuscaloosa, AL.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: angels, blessing least expected, blessing needed most, blessing of God, breath prayer, do justice, Elijah, Episcopal, humility, Jesus, Legion, listening, love kindness, Micah 6:8, predisposed to notice God, quarterback story, sermon, sound sheer silence, walk humbly with God
Sermon for The Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 17 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 2, 2018. My sermon can be viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: abundance, adultery, avarice, be make haste to be kind, bring forth in us the fruit of good works, claustrophobia, Community, Compassion, deceit, doers of the word, envy, Episcopal, folly, fornication, Generosity, Grace, humility, Jesus, licentiousness, Love, mission, murder, New Bern airport, plane seatback, pride, quick to love, sensitivity, sermon, slander, theft, Vulnerability, wickedness
Sermon for The Fourth Sunday in Lent (4 Lent B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – March 11, 2018. Read THE SACRED OF ST. BENEDICT MEETS THE SECULAR OF LEVEL 5 Click here…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Abbot, bacon, Balcony Perspective, complimentary church leadership, dance floor, Darkness, Ephesians 2:8-10, Episcopal, Good to Great, good works, Grace, humility, Jesus, Jim Collins, John Wesley, leadership, Level 5 Leader, Light, Nicodemus, paradox, personal humility professional will, Ron Heifetz, Rule of Benedict, sermon
Sermon for The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 21 Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, October 1, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Attitude, Episcopal, humility, hurricanes, Jesus, Jim Fenhagen, Love, make one another stronger, Mutual Ministry, peace, Philippians, Puerto Rico, sermon, Shalom, sharing, South Florida, Texas, We belong to one another
The Sermon – The Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 26 Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – October 30, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Episcopal, giving, hidden in plain sight, humility, Invitation, Jesus, management, money, Pharisee, restoration, sermon, Stewardship, Tax Collector, what's in your wallet, Zacchaeus
The Sermon – The Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 25 Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – October 23, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Abbess, Abbot, Collaboration, Episcopal, Good~to~Great, humility, Jesus, Jim Collins, Level 5 Leader, paradox, Pharisee, Priest, professional will, RenewalWorks, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, Strength under control, Tax Collector, Vestry
The Sermon – The Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 24 Year B) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – October 18, 2015. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Episcopal, humility, James and John, Jesus, receiving holy communion, sermon, servant, servanthood attitude, Transfiguration, waiting tables, who is greater
Sermon – Sixth Sunday After Pentecost St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Huntington West Virginia – June 30, 2013 This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Chariots of fire, conversatio morum, Cost of Discipleship, Daily Improvement, Elijah, Elisha, Episcopal, humility, James and John, Jesus, Listening carefully to God and one another, obedience, Readiness, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, Sharing love, stability, Sticking with it, With God's help
Sermon – The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Huntington West Virginia – May 19, 2013 This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Acts 2:1021, Already and not yet, Apostle Paul, Baptismal Covenant, Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again, Christianity (Religion), Church Mission Statement, Episcopal, Generation to Generation, hubris, humility, John 14:8-17, listening, Luke the Evangelist, Pentecost, Scripture timeline, sermon, Tongues of Fire