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This sermon contemplates how shalom is woven through an image of a rope to guide our understanding of scripture, reason, and tradition especially when it comes to celebrating the Kirkin’ O the Tartan as a mark of koinonia.
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Boy Scouts, church, clan scripture, Episcopal, family, fellowship, I used to be a bear, ideal of life intended by God, James Fenhegan, Jesus, Kirkin’ O the Tartan, Koinonia, Mutual Ministry, peace, read mark inwardly digest, reason, sermon, Shalom, the richness and fullness of all that God has to offer, Thessalonians, three-legged stool, tradition, Wood badge
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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Category: Sermons
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
The Impact of Repetition – A Being of Use Teaching: Practical methods for making mission and purpose memorable in congregational settings
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Category: Liturgical Resources
Tags: Being of Use, Boston University, churches, communication, congregations, Episcopal Church, Impact, James C. Fenhagen, memorable by repetition, mission statements, Mutual Ministry, pastors, preachers, Psalm 19:14, purpose statements, radio advertising sales, repetition, Shalom, Teaching, WCAS Radio
A sermon that links the deep meaning of shalom to embracing by word and action this statement: “We belong to one another. Together, with God’s help, we can make one another stronger.”
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Tags: Capable Wife, children, Community, confronting the greatest, Episcopal, humility, Jesus, Jim Fenhagen, Koinonia, Mutual Ministry, Ordination of Women, peace, power over, power with, sermon, Servanthood, Shalom, violin
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
Sermon for The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 21 Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, October 1, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Attitude, Episcopal, humility, hurricanes, Jesus, Jim Fenhagen, Love, make one another stronger, Mutual Ministry, peace, Philippians, Puerto Rico, sermon, Shalom, sharing, South Florida, Texas, We belong to one another