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A sermon that imagines puzzle pieces dancing in the Pentecost tongues of fire as the promised Holy Spirit guides the connections that make the Body of Christ Jigsaw Puzzle: Pentecost Edition possible.
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Tags: 50 Days, Body of Christ Jigsaw: Pentecost Edition, Breathes the Holy Spirit, connections, Descent of the Holy Spirit, Episcopal, gifts of the Spirit, Jesus, Jigsaw puzzles, Kingdom of God on earth as on heaven, languages, Lord’s Prayer, make one another stronger, Our Father, Pentecost, puzzle pieces, relationship with God, sermon, the Ascension, Tongues of Fire, Tower Babel, We belong to one another, with God’s help
A sermon that explores the promise to receive the blessing of God when you least expect it and need it most that often feels like grace falling like rain.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: blessing of God, chapel prank, Chris Agnew, Episcopal, Grace like rain, Gracious rain, Jesus, Least expected, Liminal time, Nashotah House, need it most, Pentecost, Psalm 68:9, seminary, sermon, the Ascension
A sermon that looks at how doing math with Jesus finds a formula in the Prayer of Self-Dedication that gives strength in times of anguish as an action oriented thought and prayer.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: ABC William Temple, Allen Texas, anguish, control will, do the math, doing math with Jesus, draw hearts, Episcopal, fill imagination, find strength, greater things, guide minds, Jesus, more than thoughts and prayers, Philip, Prayer of Self-Dedication, sermon, shooter, welfare of God’s people
A sermon that connects how Cleopas and his companion might have engaged the words “I believe, help my unbelief” (found in Mark 9:24) when meeting the resurrected Jesus on the Road to Emmaus.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: baptism, Cleopas and his companion, Confirmation, Episcopal, Hearts burning within, I believe help my unbelief, Jesus, Known in the breaking of the bread, Resurrection, Road to Emmaus, sermon, The Innkeeper’s Witness
A sermon that delves into the words “I believe, help my unbelief” (found in Mark 9:24) when meeting the resurrected Jesus in the Upper Room without and then, a week later, with Thomas (who was called the Twin).
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Category: Sermons
Tags: confidence, Episcopal, faithfulness, fearful disciples, ffeatured, friend of God, Gospel of John, Grief, I believe help my unbelief, I will change your name, Jesus, joyfulness, lonely or afraid, My Lord and my God, One who seeks my face, outcast, overcoming one, Resurrection, sermon, Upper Room, wounded
A sermon that brings the prophetic voice of Micah to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God into conversation with how the Apostle Paul and Ananias exemplify that God uses the least likely people to do God’s work.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Beatitudes, Conversion of Saint Paul, do justice, Episcopal, God’s foolishness, Jesus, love kindness, Micah 6:8, Persecute, Prophet Micah, Saul then Paul, sermon, Sermon on the Mount, stoning of Stephen, Walk humbly with your God, World’s wisdom
A sermon that finds deeper meaning and a pun from a possibly playful Jesus when he calls out to Andrew and Peter while they were casting their nets, “Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.”
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Category: Sermons
Tags: 37 fishers of, 4 fish for, Apostle Andrew, Apostle Peter, Bishop Brent, called to serve, Collect for Mission, fish for people, fishing, four accounts, great light, How many gospels, Invitation, Jesus, Jesus Arms of Love on the cross, nets, nourishment, one gospel, Prophet Isaiah, pun, sermon, so clothe us in your Spirit, walked in darkness
A sermon that calls us to remember that no matter how far we stray from accepting God’s love, that love is always seeking to restore right relationship with God and one another so that joy may conquer despair.
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Tags: 9-11-01, belong to one another, Community, Episcopal, Jeremiah was a bulldog, Jesus, Joy conquers despair, lost coin, lost sheep, lost wedding ring, Middletown New Jersey, Prophet Jeremiah, September 11th, sermon, Shalom, Three Dog Night, Twin Towers, widow coin, with God’s help
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
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