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A sermon that connects the gift of joy and wonder as an outcome of Holy Baptism with the willingness of a congregation to playfully demonstrate an understanding of the Trinity as Lover, Beloved, and Breath of Love.
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Tags: children learn what they life, creator redeemer sanctifier, Doctrine, Dorothy Law Nolte, Episcopal, father son holy spirit, fill our imaginations, gift of joy and wonder, Holy Baptism, Ilia Delio, joy conquer despair, lake, Lover Beloved Breath of Love, playfulness, sermon, three fading ripples, tossed rocks, Trinity Sunday, water
A sermon that confronts presumptuous sins, untamed tongues, and the arrogance of opinion with a call to humility and the deep spirituality of the Prayer attributed to St. Francis.
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Tags: 9+11=20, 9+12=21, Academia, Arrogance of Opinion, Community of Hope, Episcopal, humility, James 3:1-12, joy conquer despair, Middletown NJ, Prayer attributed to St. Francis, presumptuous sins, Psalm 19:13, seminary, sermon, Untamed tongue
Sermon for The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday (Passion-Palm B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – March 25, 2018. My sermon can be viewed at
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Tags: civics class, denigrate, Episcopal, First Amendment, Gun violence, Jesus, joy conquer despair, March For Our Lives, Palm Sunday, Passion Gospel Mark, Power, Red Bank NJ, Red Bank youth speakers, sermon, Sunday of the Passion
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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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