Archives
Sermon for The Fourth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 6 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – June 16, 2018 (at the 5:30 liturgy on the eve of Sunday, June 17, 2018. My…
Read More
Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Episcopal, God chooses least likely, Jesse, Jesus, King David, listening to God, Mustard Seed, Prayer of discernment, priest known only to God, Prophet Samuel, sermon, succession process
Sermon for The Third Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 5 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – June 10, 2018. I mentioned Biblical Amnesia: A Forgotten Story of Redemption by Scott W. Gustafson….
Read More
Category: Sermons
Tags: Biblical Amnesia, Episcopal, God loves us totally, Jesus, King Saul, listening, Prophet Samuel, Scott Gustafson, search process, sermon, shattered glass, unintended consequences, we want a king
Sermon for The Second Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 4 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – June 3, 2018. My sermon can be viewed at
Read More
Category: Sermons
Tags: baptism, Bishop Brent Collect for Mission, Conversation with God, David Bread of Presence, drawn to Christ, Episcopal, Episcopal Church Welcomes You, Episcopal General Convention, Holy Communion, hospitality and evangelism, Jesus, Prophet Eli, Prophet Samuel, Rabbi Marc Kline, Sabbath, sermon, Speak Lord for you servant is listening, Spirit of Order, Spirit of Prophecy, tension, Welcome
Sermon for The Second Sunday After The Epiphany (2 Epiphany B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – January 14, 2018. Click here to read the sermon. Click here to read the letter…
Read More
Category: Sermons
Tags: Christ Church, Christ Church Middletown NJ, discern, Eli, Episcopal, God, Jesus, letter, listening, next priest, obedience, Prophet Samuel, Psalm 139, Retirement, sermon, succession committee
Sermon for The Fourth Sunday In Lent (4 Lent Year A – Laetare Sunday) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, March 26, 2017. This preceded the Liturgy of First Intentional Communion which can be viewed by…
Read More
Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Episcopal, First Intentional Communion, Gospel of John with an attitude, King David, Laetare Sunday, Least expected, man born blind, Nicodemus, Pharisees, Prophet Samuel, Samaritan Woman at the Well, sermon
The Sermon - The Second Sunday After The Epiphany Christ Episcopal Church New Bern, North Carolina - January 18, 2015 Includes excerpts from O How I Love Jesus (Text: Frederick Whitfield Music: 19th cent. USA melody) In the Garden (Text & Music: Charles A. Miles) This…
Read More
Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Call, Eli, Episcopal, I Come to the Garden Alone, Jesus, listening, Nathanael, O how I love Jesus, Philip, Philip and Nathanael, Prophet Samuel, sermon, Speak, Transfiguration, Voice, Your Servant is listening