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A sermon that sees Peter’s Earwig of Anxiety undone as Jesus is transfigured and places an Earwig of Trust in Peter. The hymn Be Thou My Vision becomes our Earwig of Trust as we pray for peace and enter into a devout a holy Lent in the days to come.
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Tags: anxiety, Ash Wednesday, Be thou my vision, Create a clean heart in me, Earwig, Earwig of Anxiety, Earwig of Trust, Earworm, Elijah, Episcopal, Great Litany, James, Jesus, John, Listen to Him, Litany of Penitence, Moses, Peter, Psalm 51, relationship with Jesus, sermon, Transfiguration, trust
A sermon that connects the witness of personal story (that of the preacher’s call to priesthood) to how God uses the least likely people to do God’s work.
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Tags: ADHD, baptism, Bishop Brent’s Collect for Mission, call to priesthood, Christus Rex, Eldad, Episcopal, Esther, hands in love, Least likely people, Medad, Moses, ordination, Origen, Prayer of Self-Dedication, seminary, sermon, so clothe us in your Spirit, use us we pray, vocation
Sermon for The Fourth Sunday After The Epiphany (4 Epiphany B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – January 28, 2018. This sermon can be viewed at
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Tags: A New Way of Struggling, Annual Meeting, best is yet to come, Deuteronomy, Episcopal, Jesus, Joshua, Moses, parish transition, sermon, Susan N.W. Ruach, trust
Sermon for The Feast of the Transfiguration (Transfiguration) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, August 6, 2017. I quoted from James Finlay’s post within Richard Rohr’s daily meditation which was adapted from…
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Tags: Center for Action and Contemplation, Elijah, Empty Tomb, Episcopal, James, James Finley, Jesus, Jesus as he really is, John, Love, Moses, Peter, Release the butterflies, Release the hounds, sermon, Transfiguration
Sermon for The Last Sunday After the Epiphany: Celebrating The Transfiguration (Last Epiphany A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, February 26, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: 1999 Toshiba laptop, Elijah, Episcopal, inner strength, James, Jesus, John, joy, Judas Iscariot, Lent, Lenten disciplines, Moses, Peter, sermon, sharing the joy of Jesus, Transfiguration of Jesus, Unexpected gift, Windows 98, Wordperfect 5.1
The Sermon – The Third Sunday in Lent (3 Lent Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – February 28, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Abraham, Always we begin again, broadcasting, Create in me a clean heart, Episcopal, Forgiveness, gardener, Gift of the Jews, God is timeless, I AM, I am sayings, I am who I am, intimate relationship, Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Moses, past present future, patience, radio advertising, remote relationship, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, Thomas Cahill
The Sermon – The Last Sunday After The Epiphany: Celebrating The Transfiguration (Last Epiphany Year C)Â preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – February 7, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Already Not Yet, Annual Meeting, Body of Christ, Elijah, Episcopal, Get behind me Satan, James, Jesus, John, Law, Matthew 25:31ff, Moses, Peter, Prophets, sermon, Souper Bowl, The Transfiguration, You are the Christ, You are the Messiah
The Sermon – The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Christ Episcopal Church New Bern, North Carolina – September 7, 2014 Theme:Â Tension, Transition, Transformation This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Aaron, Corporate relationship with Jesus, Exodus, Look for Jesus Christ in our midst, Moses, Passover, Personal relationship with Jesus, Peter, Peter's Denials, tension, Transfiguration, transformation, transition, walking on water, When two or three are gathered together in my name
Sermon – St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Huntington West Virginia – March 3, 2013  This sermon can viewed at
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