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This sermon is about not losing heart in a world overwhelmed by what the Apostle Paul calls itching ears as we seek to share, with utmost patience, the love we have found in Jesus Christ.
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This sermon begs the question who is a king like no other and how that king invites us to remember with humility and act with kindness as we share a great thanksgiving.
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Tags: a king like no other, Always we begin again, Aslan, Christ the King Sunday scriptures, CS Lewis, do justice, Episcopal, Good Friday, Great Thanksgiving, Harvest Home, heart of gratitude, Holy Eucharist, Holy Week, Jesus, Jesus serves, Jesus washes feet, John McQuiston II, king of the jews, love kindness, Mandatum, Maundy Thursday, Micah 6:8, Pilate, Remembrance as reconnection, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, Sunday of the Passion, Walk humbly with your God
A sermon that reminds how nourishing is both bread of the common sort when consecrated and shared from the holy table, and the Word proclaimed from Holy Scripture, especially when we hear Jesus say, “I am the bread of life” which begs the question: What are the nourishing ingredients in your own spiritual life?
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Tags: 1662 Prayerbook, Always we begin again, attitude of thanksgiving, Bread, Bread of the common sort, consecration, Emmet Gribbin, Episcopal, food, hangry, holy table, I am the bread of life, Jesus, John McQuiston II, live to spiritual principles, nourishment, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, unleavened bread
A sermon that moves through personal story and the importance of Jesus centered principles expressed in the Benedictine expression “Listening with the Ear of the Heart” as essential to Living as Shalom.
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Tags: Episcopal, Guiding Principles, Jesus, John McQuiston II, listening with the ear of the heart, living as shalom, love your neighbor, peace, Rule of St. Benedict, scout law, scout oath, sermon, Shalom, The Passover
A sermon that reflects on our response to God’s initiative in Jesus Christ as we listen with the ear of the heart and strive to live this life with an attitude of loving kindness.
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Tags: Always we begin again, Apostle Paul, attitude of loving kindness, Compassion, Ear of the heart, Episcopal, Get out of your head, head and heart, Jesus, John McQuiston II, listening, Mercy, Prophet Amos, Prophet Hosea, Prophet Micah, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon
A sermon that asks if we are in the Great Emergence or the Great Extinction as we are invited by God to guard the good treasure that has been entrusted to us, perhaps with guidance of The Rule of St. Benedict undergirded by the passion of St. Francis of Assisi.
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Tags: Always we begin again, dark ages, Gregory the Great, guard the good treasure, John McQuiston, Phyllis Tickle, right relationship with God, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, The Episcopal, The Great Emergence, the great extinction, The Great Reformation, The Great Schism, violence, where your heart is your heart will be also
A sermon that speaks to the balance necessary between judging and perceiving when we are invited by Jesus to join Mary and Martha and listen deeply.
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Tags: balance, Be still, distraction, energy, Episcopal, focus, INTJ, introvert-extrovert, intuitive-sensate, Jesus, judging-perceiving, listen deeply, listen with the ear of the hear, Mary and Martha, Myers-Briggs, relationship with Jesus, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, thinking-feeling
A sermon that hears the tongues of fire that descend on Pentecost as God’s holy universal translator, undoing the quest for earthly power found in the Tower of Babel into the promised loving, life-giving Power of the Holy Spirit.
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Tags: advocate, Comforter, communicate, Episcopal, God’s holy universal translator, holy spirit, Jesus, language, life-giving, listen with the ear of your heart, loving, math lesson, Peter, Philip, Power of the Holy Spirit, quiet, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, still, Tower of Babel, universal translator
A sermon that closes a 12 week guest preaching relationship by looking at how the congregation gave the preacher loving space that helped all hear and learn more deeply of God’s inviting love.
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Tags: Boy Scout Law, Boy Scout Oath, Deep Church, Episcopal, Jesus, listening, love God, love neighbor, obediare, obedience, Prayer of Self-Dedication, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, Shema
The Apostle Paul and noise canceling headphones.
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Tags: 12 Steps, 2nd Timothy, Alexa, Apostle Paul, Episcopal, heart, listening, noise cancelling headphones, obedience, Pharisee Tax Collector, Prayer of St. Francis, Rule of St. Benedict