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This sermon asks how does joy conquer despair as we share the moment God invites Elijah to once again put his trust in God after wind, earthquake, and fire illuminate rather than diminish God’s call in the sound of sheer silence as the blessing he least expected and needed most.
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Tags: 9/1/2001, blessing of God find you when you least expect it and need it most, candle, Darkness, David Brooks, Diminisher, earthquake, Elijah, Episcopal, fire, How to Know a Person, humility, Illuminator, Jesus, joy, joy conquer despair, lauds, Light, Light of Christ, matins, Prologue to John’s Gospel, Psalm 43, Richard Rohr, Saint Matthias Tuscaloosa Alabama, September 11 2001, sermon, temple curtain torn, Tenebrae, trust, truth, wedding, wind
This sermon is the third part of a four week look at how God uses the least likely people to do God’s work as we recall the witness of Simeon and Anna at the Presentation of Jesus in the temple during a ritual that sees Mary and Joseph afford but two turtledoves as a thank offering sacrifice.
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Tags: 40 days after Christmas, Anna, baptismal preparation, Episcopal, Feast Presentation, God uses least likely people, in the power of the Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus is here for the poor as well as the wealthy, Joseph, Light of Christ, mark of welcome, Mary, Nunc Dimittis, purification, sermon, Simeon, Thanksgiving for birth of child, world that hides in darkness
A sermon (more a summer homily) about how to be prepared to see things hoped for as the light of Christ shines in the darkness with the assurance to reveal things not seen.
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Tags: assurance, be prepared, confidence, conviction, Darkness, Dressed for action, Episcopal, faith, fear, Great Vigil of Easter, Jesus, lamps lit, lantern, Letter Hebrews, Light of Christ, new fire, ready, sermon, things hoped for, things not seen, trauma within the triduum
The Sermon – The Eighth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 10 Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – July 10, 2016. The Parable of the Good Samaritan viewed through Micah 6:8 (Do Justice,…
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Tags: cellphone, do justice, Episcopal, Good Samaritan, Jesus, Light of Christ, love mercy, Micah 6:8, police, power of darkness, pushing back the darkness, Rich Young Ruler, sermon, walk humbly with God, who is my neighbor