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A sermon that probes how asking the right questions influences behavior, especially when responding to God’s Holy Invitations.
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Category: Liturgical Resources, Sermons
Tags: Abraham, Andy Griffith Show, Bryce Dallas Howard, Communion with Christ, Dads movie, Episcopal, Holy Invitations, influence, Isaac, Jesus, Joseph, Love, Opie, ram, Rance Howard, Ronnie Howard, Sacrifice, sermon, shadow behavior, Welcome
A sermon the looks at the habit of “Begin with end in mind†will seeking the next rector.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Be Proactive, Begin with the end in mind, Delighted, Episcopal, epitaph, Expected, Joseph, listening, live with integrity, Mary, post-it note Sunday, Presentation of Our Lord, Prophet Anna, Required, search for new rector, seek first to understand, sermon, Seven Habits, Simeon, Stephen Covey, well done good and faithful servant
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 sermon about understanding Joseph’s gift to Jesus using the gift given to me by my Scoutmaster and the Scout Oath and Law.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Boy Scouts, Emil Carstens, Episcopal, ethical choice, integrity, Jesus, Joseph, leave campsite better, listening, scout law, Scout Motto, scout oath, scoutmaster, sermon, Teaching, values
The Sermon – The Fourth Sunday of Advent (4 Advent Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – December 18, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: BCP, dreams, Episcopal, estrangement, incarnation, Jesus, Joseph, Joseph House of David, joy conquer despair, light over darkness, Magnificat, mission of the church, prayers at a wedding, sermon, unity, Virgin Mary
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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Category: Sermons
Tags: Bethlehem, conflate, Episcopal Church, Innkeeper, Inspired by Nicholas Allan, Jesus, Joseph, Magi, Mary, sermon, shepherds, star, story
Sermon – Fourth Sunday After Pentecost St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Huntington West Virginia – June 16, 2013  This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Boy Scout Law, Boy Scout Oath, Episcopal Church, Father's Day, Forgiveness, Hospitality, Hospitality as a weapon, Jesus, Joseph, Love, Luke 7:46-8:3, Martha and Mary, Norman Rockwell, sermon, Simon the PHarisee, Soutmaster, Woman washes the feet of Jesus with tears