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This story as sermon begins with The Innkeeper’s Long Night that sets up the reconnection with Jesus 30 years later in The Innkeeper’s Witness and reminds all that the best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is to never forget the presence of Christ.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: adult Jesus, angels, Baby Jesus, Breaking of the Bread, bright star, Christmas pageant, Cleopas and his companion, crucifixion, Feeding of the 5000, Magi, Mary and Jospeh, no room in the inn, Risen Christ, Road to Emmaus, round the back, shepherds, Story as sermon, The Innkeeper’s Long Night, The Innkeeper’s Witness, wedding at Cana of Galilee
My sermon finds guidance and strength in praying Psalm 71 (which I chant) as we ponder the power found in God’s initiative and our response to the love made known in Jesus Christ.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Call of Prophet Jeremiah, Cleopas’ companion, Epiphany, Episcopal, God’s Initiative, inflection moment, Jesus, Known in the breaking of the bread, My life expressed in Psalm 71, our continued questions, Our Response, psalm 71, Road to Emmaus, sermon, the faithful answers from Jesus, woman heled on the sabbath
This sermon shares a story I wrote called “The Innkeepers Witness” offered using this fictional character to remind us during Advent that the best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is to never forget the presence of Christ. Henry Van Dyke’s The Other Wiseman inspired how I wove the innkeeper’s story into appropriate scripture settings. There’s a musical setting as well which can be found under the Deep Church Tab.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: angels, best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is to never forget the presence of Christ, breaking of bread, bright light, Cleopas and companion, crucifixion, Episcopal, feeding 5000, first coming, Henry Van Dyke, Innkeeper, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Road to Emmaus, second coming, sermon, Share the love found in Jesus, shepherds, storyteller, The Innkeeper’s Witness, The Other Wiseman, wedding Cana of Galilee, witness
A sermon that finds inspiration and direction in a cry to Jesus to “So clothe us in your Spirit, that we reaching forth our hands in love” that we always listen deeply before we speak as witnesses to that love.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: afraid, Alpha, Bishop Charles Henry Brent, Cleopas and companion, Collect for Mission, deep listening, doubt, Episcopal, Jesus, Living Our Baptismal Covenant, LOBC, Peace be with you, Road to Emmaus, sermon, testimony, witness
A sermon that is more a meditation that helps you find a bible character from the time of Jesus that grounds your answer during Holy Week to this question: Were you there?
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Category: Sermons
Tags: birth of Jesus, Centurion, crucify him, Episcopal, Good Friday, Holy Thursday, Ignatian Spirituality, Innkeeper, Jesus, Maundy Thursday, O sacred head sore wounded, Palm Sunday, Road to Emmaus, sermon, The Innkeeper’s Witness, The Passion of Jesus, were yhou three, woman at the well, woman wiping the face of Jesus, your story in scripture
A sermon that connects how Cleopas and his companion might have engaged the words “I believe, help my unbelief” (found in Mark 9:24) when meeting the resurrected Jesus on the Road to Emmaus.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: baptism, Cleopas and his companion, Confirmation, Episcopal, Hearts burning within, I believe help my unbelief, Jesus, Known in the breaking of the bread, Resurrection, Road to Emmaus, sermon, The Innkeeper’s Witness
A sermon about the importance of remembering those moments when you realized Jesus walks with you.
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Category: Liturgical Resources, Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, believe, Breaking of the Bread, Cleopas and companion, Coved-19, Episcopal, Grief, Holy Communion, Jesus, relationships, Road to Damascus, Road to Emmaus, sermon, social distancing, your faith story
A Godly Play “I Wonder†style sermon about us lived through imagining the Innkeeper meeting the adult Jesus.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Advent, Christmas pageant, Cleopas, crucifixion, donkey, Episcopal, feeding 5000, Gaudete Sunday, Godly Play, I wonder, Innkeeper, innkeeper’s witness, Magnificat, Mary mother of God, Road to Emmaus, Wedding Cana Galilee
An Advent musical story that places a non-scriptural character and ourselves deep into the story of Jesus.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: angels, breaking of bread, bright light, Cleopas and companion, crucifixion, Episcopal, feeding 5000, Innkeeper, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Road to Emmaus, sermon, shepherds, wedding Cana of Galilee, witness
Sermon for The Third Sunday In Lent (3 Lent Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, March 19, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Bishop Brent Collect for Mission, Cleopas, Episcopal, God's love, Gospel according to John, hands in love, Jesus, Least likely people, Living Water, Road to Damascus, Road to Emmaus, Samaritan woman, sermon, so clothe us in your Spirit, woman at the well