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A sermon about the importance of Fortitude as we live the with courage our convictions while finding a new normal during this time of COVID-19.
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Category: Liturgical Resources, Sermons
Tags: almsgiving, Baptismal Covenant, Baptismal promises, collection plate, convictions, courage, Episcopal, Fortitude, holy spirit, masks, Micah 6:8, sermon, Stages of reentry, trust in God
an understanding of shalom as expression of community that lives deeply in Micah 6:8
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Category: Sermons
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
Deepen Our Faith: Jesus, John McQuiston II, Phyllis Tickle, and the Rule of St. Benedict in modern times.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Always we begin again, Benedict of Nursia, courage, deep faith, Episcopal, Increase our faith, Jesus, John McQuiston, Loving Kindness, Micah 6:8, Phyllis Tickle, right question, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, St. Benedict, The Great Emergence
A sermon about deep listening in which I tell the story of God calling me to the Deep South to serve in Tuscaloosa, AL.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: angels, blessing least expected, blessing needed most, blessing of God, breath prayer, do justice, Elijah, Episcopal, humility, Jesus, Legion, listening, love kindness, Micah 6:8, predisposed to notice God, quarterback story, sermon, sound sheer silence, walk humbly with God
What does the Lord require of you? Micah 6:8 as a breath prayer.
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Category: Sermons
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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Category: Sermons
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
Sermon for All Saints Sunday (All Saints Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, November 5, 2017. Julianna Rose Scotto Di Clemente was baptized after the completion of this sermon. This…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: All Hallows, All Saints, Baptismal Covenant, Beatitudes, do justice love kindness walk humbly with God, Episcopal, epitaph, funeral scripture, Halloween, Holy Baptism, Jesus, John the Baptist, Micah 6:8, sermon, St. Francis Xavier, Steven Covey, think with the end in mind
Sermon for Seventh Sunday After the Epiphany (7 Epiphany A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, February 19, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: 5 Guys hamburgers, alien, Boy Scout Oath and Law, do justice, Episcopal, feeding hungry, gleaning of fields, Good Samaritan, high expectations of Christians, Jesus, Leviticus, love kindness, love mercy, love your neighbor, Micah 6:8, Parable, Pharisee, poor, Pray for enemies, sermon, walk humbly with God
Annual Meeting Sermon (On the Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany (4 Epiphany A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, January 29, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Annual Meeting, Apostle Paul, Core Values, do justice, Episcopal, Guiding Principles, love kindness, Micah 6:8, more than we can ask or imagine, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, Spirit of Loving Kindness, Walk humbly with your God, We belong to one another, we can make one another stronger, With God's help
The Sermon – The First Sunday of Advent (1 Advent Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – November 27, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: A woman who loves God, Advent, Apostle Paul, cast away darkness, Conversio Morum, Diana Butler Bass, Do Kindness, Episcopal, Headscarf, hyperbolic, Interfaith Thanksgiving, Jesus, Jew, Love Justice, Micah 6:8, Muslim, New Year's Resolution, obedience, Protestants, put on the armor of light, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, Sikh, stability, Unitarian, Walk humbly with your God