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This sermon looks at what values should be placed in your personal compass such as the Cardinal Virtues of fortitude, justice, temperance, and prudence as well as those shunned by the rich man dressed in purple who found, upon being tormented in Hades when the clock ran out upon his death, that root of evil was, indeed, his love of money.
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Tags: and prudence, Apostle Paul, Cardinal Virtues, Compass and the Clock, Dives, endurance, Episcopal, faith, fortitude or courage, gentleness, Gleanings of the field, godliness, Jesus, Justice, Lazarus, Lazarus beggar, Lazarus sores, Love, love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, pledge card, Rich Man, rich man purple, righteousness, sermon, Stephen Covey, Stewardship, temperance, tithe, What’s in your compass
A sermon that blends the parable of the talents with the invitation found in the Cardinal Virtues of Courage (why you trust in God when you sign a pledge card) and Prudence (doing the right thing at the right time for the right reason) closing with Luke 12:48 (too whom much has been given much is expected).
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Tags: Cardinal Virtues, Commitment, courage, Episcopal, Luke 12:48, Parable of the Talents, Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, pledge card, Prudence, Rooted in Abundance, sermon, signature, Stewardship, to whom much is given much is expected, trust
Sermon for The Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 27 Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, November 12, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Be of use, Discipleship, Episcopal, Jesus, Joshua, Living Into Commitment, Matthew Chapter 25, parable ten bridegrooms, pledge card, proportional giving, sermon, Stewardship, Use you brain, Use your gifts, wedding guests
The Sermon – The First Sunday After The Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord  (1 Epiphany Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – January 10, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: baptism, Confirmation, credit card chip, credit card stripe, DMV, driver's license, Endorsement, Episcopal, holy spirit, Jesus, pledge card, River Jordan, sermon, signature, signing your name, Transfiguration
The Sermon – The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Christ Episcopal Church New Bern, North Carolina – October 5, 2014 Theme: Guided by Spiritual Principles that Promote Trust in God This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Episcopal Church, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus., Jesus, parable of the vineyard, pledge card, Press on, presumptuous sins, Psalm 19 verse 13, relationships, sermon, spiritual principles, St Jerome, Ten Commandments, trust in God