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A sermon that explores the questions: How do you handle receiving the blessing of God when you least expect it and need it most? How does your manner of reception live as Shalom?
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Tags: Episcopal, Forgiveness, glitter of award, God’s invitations, God’s yearning, Golden Calf, green parachute stole, heart, How do you handle receiving the blessing of God when you least expect it and need it most?, humility, I must decrease that he might increase, Jesus, listening carefully to God, living as shalom, peace, sermon, Servanthood, Shalom, treasure, US Army Reserve Chaplain
A sermon that moves through personal story and the importance of Jesus centered principles expressed in the Benedictine expression “Listening with the Ear of the Heart” as essential to Living as Shalom.
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Tags: Episcopal, Guiding Principles, Jesus, John McQuiston II, listening with the ear of the heart, living as shalom, love your neighbor, peace, Rule of St. Benedict, scout law, scout oath, sermon, Shalom, The Passover
A sermon that begins a nine week series entitled Living as Shalom with connections to peace, koinonia, justice, mercy, and grace, as we find Shalom at the heart of the mission of the Church to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ.
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Apostle Peter, Episcopal, Grace, Justice, Koinonia, Mercy, peace, restorative justice, retributive justice, sermon, Shalom, stoning of Stephen, wooden spoon
A sermon that recalls how wearing the mantle of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control remembered in stories about blueberries and ducklings presents love your neighbor as yourself as the outpouring of the fruit of the Spirit.
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Blueberries for Sal, double portion, Elijah, Elisha, Episcopal, faithfulness, Fruit of the Spirit, Galatians, Generosity, gentleness, Jesus, joy, kindness, Lost and Found, Love, love your neighbor, Make Way for Ducklings, mantle, patience, peace, Robert McCloskey, self-control, sermon
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.â€
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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
A sermon about how being Shalom (Peace) makes hard conversations about hot button topics possible.
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Tags: anxiety, Army Chaplain, Be ready, conversation, Episcopal, God, Jesus, lilies of the field, listening, Love, Martin Luther King, MLK, necessary use of force, peace, principle, race, rifle, Shalom
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
The Sermon – The Sixth Sunday of Easter (6 Easter Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – May 1, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Baptismal Covenant, Black Presiding Bishop, dignity, Episcopal Church, Female Presiding Bishop, Jesus, Justice, Mary Magdalene, Not the world's peace, Notice better, Ordained women, peace, Peace of Jesus, Power of the Holy Spirit, respect, role of women, sermon, Shalom