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This sermon reflects on how receiving the promised Advocate, another way of understanding the gift of the Holy Spirit, is very much how grace falls like rain as the parish enters into a time of preparation and promise.
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Category: Best of WCTcoach, Sermons
Tags: chapel prank, Episcopal, Grace falls like rain, Gracious rain, Jesus, Liminal time, Nashotah House, Pentecost, preparation, promise, promised Holy Spirit, seminary, sermon, the Ascension, Todd Agnew
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 imagines puzzle pieces dancing in the Pentecost tongues of fire as the promised Holy Spirit guides the connections that make the Body of Christ Jigsaw Puzzle: Pentecost Edition possible.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: 50 Days, Body of Christ Jigsaw: Pentecost Edition, Breathes the Holy Spirit, connections, Descent of the Holy Spirit, Episcopal, gifts of the Spirit, Jesus, Jigsaw puzzles, Kingdom of God on earth as on heaven, languages, Lord’s Prayer, make one another stronger, Our Father, Pentecost, puzzle pieces, relationship with God, sermon, the Ascension, Tongues of Fire, Tower Babel, We belong to one another, with God’s help
A sermon that explores the promise to receive the blessing of God when you least expect it and need it most that often feels like grace falling like rain.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: blessing of God, chapel prank, Chris Agnew, Episcopal, Grace like rain, Gracious rain, Jesus, Least expected, Liminal time, Nashotah House, need it most, Pentecost, Psalm 68:9, seminary, sermon, the Ascension
A sermon that links the pandemic with the in-between time from the Ascension to Pentecost with Grace like rain.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Peter, Ascension, blessing of God, chapel pranks, Election of Matthias, Episcopal, Grace, Grace like rain, helium balloons, holy spirit, Nashotah House, pandemic, Pentecost, sermon, share love, Tod Agnew
Sermon for The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday (Pentecost B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – May 20, 2018. My sermon can be viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: baptisms, Episcopal, Funeral, Harry and Meagan, Jesus, language, language spoken at Pentecost, Love, Michael Curry, Pentecost, preaching, sermon, wedding, Whitsunday
Sermon for The Seventh Sunday of Easter (7 Easter B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – May 13, 2018. My sermon can be viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Ascension Day, calling a new priest, chapel prank, Episcopal, Grace like rain, helium balloons, holy spirit, Jesus, Nashotah House, Pentecost, propagate website, sermon, St. Lawrence, St. Matthias, St. Matthias Tuscaloosa AL, St. Peter, trust
Sermon for The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday (Pentecost Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, June 4, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Baptismal Covenant, Deep Church, Education for Ministry, EfM, Episcopal, holy spirit, Jesus, language, Living Our Baptismal Covenant, Love, Pentecost, sermon, Tower of Babel, what church language do you speak
The Sermon – The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday  (Pentecost Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – May 15, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Episcopal, holy spirit, Jesus, listening, Love, obedience, Pentecost, Peter, Philip, sermon, Tower of Babel, Whitsunday
The Sermon – The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – May 24, 2015 This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: baptism, Baptismal Covenant, Descent of the Holy Spirit, Episcopal Church, Guiding Principles, Jesus, John Wayne, Lest we forget, Love, Memorial Day, Pentecost, sermon, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, Tower of Babel