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Sermon – The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost – June 21, 2026

In light of our Lord’s teaching on the cost of discipleship, this sermon asks: How do you share love with your family as a follower of Jesus?

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Sermon – The Third Sunday after Pentecost – June 14, 2026

This sermon reflects on what it means to discover the Holy Invitation that comes so often as the blessing of God when you least expect it and need it most.

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Sermon – The Second Sunday after Pentecost – June 7, 2026

This sermon reflects on what it means to shine as the light of Christ as we seek to gladden the hearts of those who travel with us.

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Story as Sermon – The Three Trees – The Nativity of Our Lord: Christmas Eve – December 24, 2025

This story as sermon recalls three key points of our faith the story of Three Trees and reminds all that the best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is to never forget the presence of Christ.

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Sermon – The Third Sunday of Advent: Gaudete Sunday – December 14, 2025

This sermon rejoices that Mary said YES to be the mother of Jesus and explores how prayer prepares us to say yes to God’s holy invitations and how prayer strengthens us to live into that yes.

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Sermon – The Second Sunday of Advent – December 7, 2025

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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Sermon – Christ the King Sunday (Last Pentecost -Proper 29) – November 23, 2025

This sermon weaves together elements from the Collect of the Day for Christ the King Sunday, Taizé chant, the reading from Second Thessalonians, the renunciations and affirmations made at Holy Baptism, and the Gospel of Luke as Jesus hangs on the cross flanked by two thieves, and culminates with two prayers that speak to our response as we enter into Advent and once again explore God’s initiative in Jesus Christ.

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Sermon – The Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 28) – November 16, 2025

This sermon contemplates how shalom is woven through an image of a rope to guide our understanding of scripture, reason, and tradition especially when it comes to celebrating the Kirkin’ O the Tartan as a mark of koinonia.

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THE SPIRITUAL SURPRISE MAKING VETERANS DAY AND MY COMING TRIP TO NORMANDY ALL THE MORE MEANINGFUL

I didn’t realize until just the day before I was to wear my camouflage stole while preaching and leading worship on the Sunday before Veterans Day, that my sermon had a deeper meaning for me.

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Sermon – The Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 27) – November 9, 2025

This sermon wonders as we approach Veterans Day how the words the Apostle Paul wrote to the Thessalonians inspire those who find themselves in harm’s way defending what President Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke of during World War Two as freedom of speech, of worship, from want, and from fearas I prepare for my own pilgrimage to the beaches of Normandy.

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