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This sermon looks at what values should be placed in your personal compass such as the Cardinal Virtues of fortitude, justice, temperance, and prudence as well as those shunned by the rich man dressed in purple who found, upon being tormented in Hades when the clock ran out upon his death, that root of evil was, indeed, his love of money.
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Tags: and prudence, Apostle Paul, Cardinal Virtues, Compass and the Clock, Dives, endurance, Episcopal, faith, fortitude or courage, gentleness, Gleanings of the field, godliness, Jesus, Justice, Lazarus, Lazarus beggar, Lazarus sores, Love, love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, pledge card, Rich Man, rich man purple, righteousness, sermon, Stephen Covey, Stewardship, temperance, tithe, What’s in your compass
This sermon looks deeply at Shalom as the word that expresses to one another the wish for the richness and fullness of all that God has to offer and a method to listen to God for such richness and fullness.
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Tags: Episcopal, Haman, James Fenhagen, Jesus, Jesus on the cross, Justice, kindness, Listening for God’s holy invitations, Mercy, Micah 6:8, Mordecai, Mutual Ministry, orans position, peace, Queen Esther, responding to God’s holy invitations, restorative justice, retributive justice, sermon, Shalom, the peace that passes understanding
A sermon that begins a nine week series entitled Living as Shalom with connections to peace, koinonia, justice, mercy, and grace, as we find Shalom at the heart of the mission of the Church to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ.
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Apostle Peter, Episcopal, Grace, Justice, Koinonia, Mercy, peace, restorative justice, retributive justice, sermon, Shalom, stoning of Stephen, wooden spoon
A sermon that proclaims faith as the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen in the amazing grace that moved both Bartimaeus and John Newton to be able to claim “I was blind but now I see.â€
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Tags: Amazing Grace, assurance, Bartimaeus, beggar, blindness, conviction, Episcopal, faith, Grace, Hebrews 11, Hope, Jesus, John Newton, Justice, Mercy, orans position, sermon, singing, Woman flow of blood
an understanding of shalom as expression of community that lives deeply in Micah 6:8
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Tags: Community, conversion inch wide mile long, Episcopal, Houston Astros, Jim Fenhagen, Justice, kindness, King Josiah, Kingdom of heaven is at hand, Koininia, light over darkness, Micah 6:8, Mutual Ministry, OT Chronicles, OT Kings, sermon, Shalom, Torah, Tough Jesus sayings, walk humbly with God
What does the Lord require of you? Micah 6:8 as a breath prayer.
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Tags: breath prayer, Episcopal, Grace, guest preacher, Havelock NC, Invitation, inward spiritual challenge, Jesus, Justice, Mercy, Micah 6:8, outward spiritual challenge, sermon, Walk humbly with your God
Sermon for The Second Sunday of Easter (2 Easter B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – April 8, 2018. My sermon can be viewed at
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Tags: Apostle Peter, Bishop Brent, Breath the Holy Spirit, disciples, Episcopal, Jesus, Justice, kindness, Life is short, marks on Jesus' hands, Mary Magdalene, Micah 6:8, Resurrection, saving embrace, sensitivity, Washing feet
The Sermon – The Sixth Sunday of Easter (6 Easter Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – May 1, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Baptismal Covenant, Black Presiding Bishop, dignity, Episcopal Church, Female Presiding Bishop, Jesus, Justice, Mary Magdalene, Not the world's peace, Notice better, Ordained women, peace, Peace of Jesus, Power of the Holy Spirit, respect, role of women, sermon, Shalom
Sermon – The Fifth Sunday of Easter St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Huntington West Virginia – April 28, 2013  This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Episcopal Church, Grace, Hierarchy of Needs, Jesus, John 13:31-35, Justice, Life Under Grace, Love one another as I have loved you, Maslow, Mercy, Peterkin, sermon