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Sermon – The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost – October 22, 2023

A sermon that presents newly baptized children with godparents beyond those standing at the font such as the church community as we remember that we belong to one another…together with God’s help, we can make one another stronger.

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Sermon – The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 17, 2023

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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Sermon – The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 10, 2023

A sermon that moves through personal story and the importance of Jesus centered principles expressed in the Benedictine expression “Listening with the Ear of the Heart” as essential to Living as Shalom.

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Sermon – The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost – July 16, 2023

A sermon that reflects on the how the seeds of love sown by God again and again and again in what appears to be a wasteful manner are really the abundant invitation to discover that the light of God’s love shines as the catching force in and through the most surprising of times, places and persons.

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Sermon – The Second Sunday after Pentecost – June 11, 2023

A sermon that reflects on our response to God’s initiative in Jesus Christ as we listen with the ear of the heart and strive to live this life with an attitude of loving kindness.

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Sermon – The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday – May 28, 2023

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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Sermon – The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after the Ascension – May 21, 2023

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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Sermon – The Fifth Sunday of Easter – May 7, 2023

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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Sermon – The Third Sunday of Easter – April 23, 2023

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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Sermon – The Second Sunday of Easter – April 16, 2023

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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