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This sermon asks what it means that “you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour,” as we hear that “faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”
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This sermon begs the question who is a king like no other and how that king invites us to remember with humility and act with kindness as we share a great thanksgiving.
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A sermon that reminds how nourishing is both bread of the common sort when consecrated and shared from the holy table, and the Word proclaimed from Holy Scripture, especially when we hear Jesus say, “I am the bread of life” which begs the question: What are the nourishing ingredients in your own spiritual life?
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A sermon that probes my inner thoughts and response to my initial thanksgiving and then the unsettled feeling upon finding forty dollars as I tell a personal story that is as truthful as it is creative.
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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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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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Tags: Always we begin again, Apostle Paul, attitude of loving kindness, Compassion, Ear of the heart, Episcopal, Get out of your head, head and heart, Jesus, John McQuiston II, listening, Mercy, Prophet Amos, Prophet Hosea, Prophet Micah, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon
The Sermon preached during The Bay Shore Ministerium Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration on November 22, 2016, at Christ Church, Middletown New Jersey by The Rev. Dr. William Carl Thomas, Priest-In-Charge of this church. Read George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation. Learn more about: 1491…
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