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A sermon that hears the tongues of fire that descend on Pentecost as God’s holy universal translator, undoing the quest for earthly power found in the Tower of Babel into the promised loving, life-giving Power of the Holy Spirit.
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Tags: advocate, Comforter, communicate, Episcopal, God’s holy universal translator, holy spirit, Jesus, language, life-giving, listen with the ear of your heart, loving, math lesson, Peter, Philip, Power of the Holy Spirit, quiet, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, still, Tower of Babel, universal translator
A sermon that reflects on how people remembered but in the background are as essential to sharing the reconciling love of Jesus Christ as are the apostles Peter and Paul.
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Tags: Ananias, background, Episcopal, favored of the LORD, fish, Identity, Jesus, least expected needed most, least likely, Paul, Peter, reconciling love, Saul, scales drop, see clearly, sermon, shame
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
Be careful what you ask for, you might just get it, a sermon calls forth just what happens asking is praying.
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Tags: Andrew, Be careful what you pray for, becoming who you are as a congregation, change, Christmas presents, Episcopal, Gospel of John, Jesus, John the Baptist, next rector, Peter, prayer, sermon, transformation, transition
Sermon for The Sixth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 8 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – July 1, 2018. My sermon can be viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: best is yet to come, blessing least expected needed, called to be faithful, Episcopal, Jesus, Mother Theresa, personal story, Peter, Psalm 130, Samaritan woman, sermon, Watchman in the morning, woman with hemorrhage, Zacchaeus
Sermon for The Fifth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 7 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – June 24, 2018. My sermon can be viewed at
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Bartlett's quotations, blessing least expected needed most, called to be faithful, Corinthians, David and Philistine, disciples, Episcopal, Jesus, Mother Theresa, Peace be still, Peter, Samaritan woman, sermon, Windstorm, woman with hemorrhage, Zacchaeus
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
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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 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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Category: Sermons
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 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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Tags: Episcopal, holy spirit, Jesus, listening, Love, obedience, Pentecost, Peter, Philip, sermon, Tower of Babel, Whitsunday
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