Archives
An Advent sermon about preparing for the coming of Christ by listening and serving others.
Read More
Category: Sermons
Tags: Advent, discern God’s invitations, Episcopal, Interim Rector, listening, new beginning, obedience, preparation, Relationship, sharing coffee, waiting tables
Disciples live and love like Jesus and help others do the same.
Read More
The Apostle Paul and noise canceling headphones.
Read More
Category: Sermons
Tags: 12 Steps, 2nd Timothy, Alexa, Apostle Paul, Episcopal, heart, listening, noise cancelling headphones, obedience, Pharisee Tax Collector, Prayer of St. Francis, Rule of St. Benedict
Sermon for The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 19 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 16, 2018 against the backdrop of Hurricane Florence and the Holy Baptism of Jackson Stanley…
Read More
Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Peter, creation ongoing, Episcopal, evil tongues, flooding, hazards of our existence, Holy Baptism, Hurricane Florence, Jesus, listening, New Bern NC, obedience, obey, pesach, presumptuous, sermon, simple, Storm, trust
Sermon for The First Sunday After Pentecost: Trinity Sunday (Trinity B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – May 27, 2018. My sermon can be viewed at
Read More
Category: Sermons
Tags: baptism, character, creator, Episcopal, God's holy invitation, Here I am send me, listening, Love, Megan and Harry, Michael Curry, Nicodemus, obedience, Principles, redeemer, Rule of St. Benedict, sanctifier, sermon, strengthener, Trinity, Trinity Sunday
Sermon for The Last Sunday After The Epiphany: The Transfiguration (Last Epiphany B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – February 11, 2018. This sermon can be viewed at
Read More
Category: Sermons
Tags: best is yet to come, Episcopal, Jesus, Lent, listening, next priest, obedience, Penitence, Peter, Psalm 51, sermon, succession, toxic memory, Transfiguration
Sermon for The Second Sunday After The Epiphany (2 Epiphany B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – January 14, 2018. Click here to read the sermon. Click here to read the letter…
Read More
Category: Sermons
Tags: Christ Church, Christ Church Middletown NJ, discern, Eli, Episcopal, God, Jesus, letter, listening, next priest, obedience, Prophet Samuel, Psalm 139, Retirement, sermon, succession committee
Sermon for The First Sunday After The Epiphany: The Baptism Of Our Lord (1 Epiphany B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – January 7, 2018. This sermon can be viewed at
Read More
Category: Sermons
Tags: baptism, Baptismal promises, Epiphany, Episcopal, Jesus, Jordan River, listening, New Year's Resolutions, obedience, sermon, Transfiguration, Wonderful Counselor
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
Read More
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
The Sermon preached during The Bay Shore Ministerium Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration on November 22, 2016, at Christ Church, Middletown New Jersey by The Rev. Dr. William Carl Thomas, Priest-In-Charge of this church. Read George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation. Learn more about: 1491…
Read More
Category: Sermons
Tags: 1491, Charles Mann, conversatio morum, Do Justice Love Kindness Walk Humbly with your God, Easter Egg, flawed nation, George Washington Thanksgiving Proclamation, John McQuiston II, Micah 6:8, obedience, Phyllis Tickle, Rule of St. Benedict, Rules of Civility, Spirit of Loving Kindness, St. Benedict, stability, The Great Emergence, verse 2 America
WCT.coach