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A sermon that probes my inner thoughts and response to my initial thanksgiving and then the unsettled feeling upon finding forty dollars as I tell a personal story that is as truthful as it is creative.
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Tags: Archbishop Temple’s Prayer of Self-dedication, attitude of loving kindness, attitude of thanksgiving, Bishop Brent’s Collect for Mission, Devil made me do it, do justice, Episcopal, Flip Wilson, Grateful, inadequacy, Jesus, John McQuiston II, listen carefully for God’s direction, love kindness, Micah 6:8, principle, sermon, thanksgiving, the practice of gratefuls, the responsivities of baptism, The Rule of St. Benedict, Walk humbly with your God, walking away from the best way to follow Jesus
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
The Sermon – The Third Sunday of Advent (Third Advent Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – December 13, 2015. The sermon includes my singing I Will Lift My Eyes by Jeffrey (Bebo) Norman &…
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Tags: active shooter situation, Bebo Norman, combating fear, emotion, Episcopal, I Will Lift My Eyes, intellect, Jesus, John the Baptist, Love, media manipulation, Peter McLean, Peter Steinke, political manipulation, principle, sermon, sung solo, Triune Brain, Zechariah