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This story as sermon begins with The Innkeeper’s Long Night that sets up the reconnection with Jesus 30 years later in The Innkeeper’s Witness and reminds all that the best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is to never forget the presence of Christ.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: adult Jesus, angels, Baby Jesus, Breaking of the Bread, bright star, Christmas pageant, Cleopas and his companion, crucifixion, Feeding of the 5000, Magi, Mary and Jospeh, no room in the inn, Risen Christ, Road to Emmaus, round the back, shepherds, Story as sermon, The Innkeeper’s Long Night, The Innkeeper’s Witness, wedding at Cana of Galilee
This sermon explores what gift the Magi took with them as they left for their own country as well as what gift does the witness of the Magi continue to offer us.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Alan Arkin, do justice, Episcopal, gift, Henry Van Dyke, love kindness, Magi, Martin Sheen, Matthew 31, Micah 6:8, Receive the gift of Jesus, sermon, The Fourth Wiseman, The Other Wiseman, Walk humbly with your God, Walk with integrity, when did we we see you hungry, witness
A sermon that explores how Van Dyke’s Other Wiseman illuminates “Who you become is your gift to God.â€
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Episcopal, Fourth Wiseman, God’s gift to you, Henry Van Dyke, Magi, Matthew 25:31ff, Other Wiseman, parable talents, sermon, story, Your gift to God
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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Sermon for The Feast of the Holy Name (Holy Name RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, January 1, 2017. Learn more about The Feast of the Holy Name here. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Alabama Crimson Tide, Baptismal Covenant, Baptismal promises, circumcision, Clemson Tigers, Darkness, discipline, Episcopal, Holy Baptism, Holy Name, Hope, intentionality, Jesus, Joshua, Light, Magi, New England Patriots, New Year, Presidential Inauguration, Prologue Gospel of John, resolutions, sermon, worry
The Sermon - The Nativity of our Lord: Christmas Eve Text of W Thomas Christmas Eve Sermon 2014 Christ Episcopal Church New Bern, North Carolina - December 24, 2014 This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: 1914 Christmas Truce, Christmas Eve, Episcopal Church, incarnation, inclusion, Jesus, least expected messengers of the Good News, Magi, prophesy, sermon, shepherds, Silent Night
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