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A sermon that explores how shrewdly Jesus tells a story that demonstrates right relationship with true riches that upends the supposedly affirmed actions of a dishonest manager with the punchline “You cannot serve God and wealthâ€.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: acute, clock, compass, Compass Clock, Create in me a clean heart, Episcopal, God and Wealth, heaven on earth, Psalm 51, punchline, right relationship true riches, right values, sermon, shrewd, Star Trek, Stephen Covey, three level chess, verbal boxing, what is enough
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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Category: Best of WCTcoach, Sermons
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
A sermon that connects us to Jesus and his very human struggle to hear and respond to the voices of outsiders as we learn to live a prayer of self-dedication.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Ash Wednesday, Canaanite Woman, change behavior, Creator Redemeer Sanctifier, Episcopal, father son holy spirit, Ilia Delio, Jesus, labor day, language, Lover Beloved Breath of Love, Psalm 51, Richard Rohr, sermon, Syrophoenician woman, Trinitarian formula, Trinity
Sermon for The Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 13 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – August 5, 2018. I mention First Intentional Communion in my sermon. My sermon can be viewed…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Create in me a clean heart, Episcopal, Equip the saints for ministry, First Intentional Communion, general confession, I'm sorry, King David, Prophet Nathan, Psalm 51, reconciliation of a penitent, sacraments, sermon, sinner, Uriah the Hittite
Sermon for The Fifth Sunday in Lent (5 Lent B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – March 18, 2018. My sermon can be viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: apostle, call of next priest, Christian Formation, Darkness, deep, discernment, disciple, Episcopal, Jesus, joy, lenten willows, Light, Nicodemus, outreach, Psalm 51, resilient, sermon, Service, suzerainty covenant
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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Category: Sermons
Tags: best is yet to come, Episcopal, Jesus, Lent, listening, next priest, obedience, Penitence, Peter, Psalm 51, sermon, succession, toxic memory, Transfiguration
Sermon for Ash Wednesday (Ash Wednesday) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Click here for the Lent is a Time of Feasting and Fasting bookmark. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Ash Wednesday, ashes, Create in me a clean heart, Easter, Episcopal, Fasting, Feasting, Good Friday, heart, Heart Treasure, Jesus, joy, Lent, Lenten discipline, listening, preparation, Psalm 51, sermon
The Sermon – The First Sunday in Lent (1 Lent Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – February 14, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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The Sermon – The Tenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 13 Year B)Â preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – August 2, 2015. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: baptism, Body of Christ, Episcopal, Eucharist, I am the bread of life, Jesus, King David, Psalm 51, pslalm 121, sacrament, sermon, sinner, who you are is God's gift to you, who you become is your gift to God
The Sermon -Â The Fifth Sunday In Lent My final sermon as Interim Rector Christ Episcopal Church New Bern, North Carolina – March 22, 2015 Download a written copy:Â Final CEC sermon – 03-22-15 This sermon can viewed at
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