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This sermon shares a story I wrote called “The Innkeepers Witness” offered using this fictional character to remind us during Advent that the best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is to never forget the presence of Christ. Henry Van Dyke’s The Other Wiseman inspired how I wove the innkeeper’s story into appropriate scripture settings. There’s a musical setting as well which can be found under the Deep Church Tab.
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A sermon that is more a meditation that helps you find a bible character from the time of Jesus that grounds your answer during Holy Week to this question: Were you there?
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Tags: birth of Jesus, Centurion, crucify him, Episcopal, Good Friday, Holy Thursday, Ignatian Spirituality, Innkeeper, Jesus, Maundy Thursday, O sacred head sore wounded, Palm Sunday, Road to Emmaus, sermon, The Innkeeper’s Witness, The Passion of Jesus, were yhou three, woman at the well, woman wiping the face of Jesus, your story in scripture
A Christmas Eve sermon told as the story of the Innkeeper’s Long Night with an assist from the children of the parish.
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A Godly Play “I Wonder†style sermon about us lived through imagining the Innkeeper meeting the adult Jesus.
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Tags: Advent, Christmas pageant, Cleopas, crucifixion, donkey, Episcopal, feeding 5000, Gaudete Sunday, Godly Play, I wonder, Innkeeper, innkeeper’s witness, Magnificat, Mary mother of God, Road to Emmaus, Wedding Cana Galilee
An Advent musical story that places a non-scriptural character and ourselves deep into the story of Jesus.
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The Sermon (Story) - The Fourth Sunday of Advent “The Innkeeper’s Long Night” Christ Episcopal Church New Bern, North Carolina - December 21, 2014 This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Bethlehem, conflate, Episcopal Church, Innkeeper, Inspired by Nicholas Allan, Jesus, Joseph, Magi, Mary, sermon, shepherds, star, story