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This sermon asks what it means that “you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour,” as we hear that “faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Always we begin again, Be ready, Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again, do justice, Episcopal, faith is conviction of things not seen, faith is the assurance things hoped for, Hebrews 11:1, Jesus, John McQuiston II, live this life attitude of loving kindness, love kindness, Luke 12:40, Micah 6:8, parable of the talents Matthew 25, Rule of St Benedict, Secret Life of Pets, sermon, unexpected hour, Walk humbly with your God
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
This sermon begs the question who is a king like no other and how that king invites us to remember with humility and act with kindness as we share a great thanksgiving.
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Tags: a king like no other, Always we begin again, Aslan, Christ the King Sunday scriptures, CS Lewis, do justice, Episcopal, Good Friday, Great Thanksgiving, Harvest Home, heart of gratitude, Holy Eucharist, Holy Week, Jesus, Jesus serves, Jesus washes feet, John McQuiston II, king of the jews, love kindness, Mandatum, Maundy Thursday, Micah 6:8, Pilate, Remembrance as reconnection, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, Sunday of the Passion, Walk humbly with your God
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 probes my inner thoughts and response to my initial thanksgiving and then the unsettled feeling upon finding forty dollars as I tell a personal story that is as truthful as it is creative.
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Tags: Archbishop Temple’s Prayer of Self-dedication, attitude of loving kindness, attitude of thanksgiving, Bishop Brent’s Collect for Mission, Devil made me do it, do justice, Episcopal, Flip Wilson, Grateful, inadequacy, Jesus, John McQuiston II, listen carefully for God’s direction, love kindness, Micah 6:8, principle, sermon, thanksgiving, the practice of gratefuls, the responsivities of baptism, The Rule of St. Benedict, Walk humbly with your God, walking away from the best way to follow Jesus
A sermon about what being in the power of the Holy Spirit as a community that prays and lives “We belong to one another, together, with God’s help, we can make one another stronger”.
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Tags: Acts of the Apostles, Baptismal Covenant, Baptismal promises, Community, crowd sourcing, Episcopal, Gospel John, gospels Matthew Mark Luke, holy spirit, Jesus, Koinonia, listen while walking the path, Math, Micah 6:8, paths, Pentecost, relationships, Rev Mary Carson, sermon, thy kingdom come on earth as in heaven, Tongues of Fire, Tower of Babel undone
A sermon that brings the prophetic voice of Micah to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God into conversation with how the Apostle Paul and Ananias exemplify that God uses the least likely people to do God’s work.
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Tags: Beatitudes, Conversion of Saint Paul, do justice, Episcopal, God’s foolishness, Jesus, love kindness, Micah 6:8, Persecute, Prophet Micah, Saul then Paul, sermon, Sermon on the Mount, stoning of Stephen, Walk humbly with your God, World’s wisdom
A sermon which reminds us that faith which has made you well is about professing and acting on the desire for right relationship with God as found in Micah 6:8 and so evident in the Rule of St. Benedict and the life of St. Francis of Assisi.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: 10 Lepers, do justice, faith, faith has made you well, John Michael Talbot, leper, love kindness, Micah 6:8, right relationship, sermon, St. Benedict, St. Francis of Assisi, thanksgiving, The Episcopal, Walk Humbly
A sermon that explores Love expressed as Lover, Beloved, Breath of Love.
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Tags: Always we begin again, Beloved, Benedictines, Breath of Love, Episcopal, Franciscans, Friendly Ice Cream, Good Shepherd, Ilia Delio, John McQuistion II, Love your neighbors, Lover, Loving Kindness, Micah 6:8, sermon, sheep, Voice
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