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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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Category: Sermons
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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Category: Sermons
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
Deepen Our Faith: Jesus, John McQuiston II, Phyllis Tickle, and the Rule of St. Benedict in modern times.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Always we begin again, Benedict of Nursia, courage, deep faith, Episcopal, Increase our faith, Jesus, John McQuiston, Loving Kindness, Micah 6:8, Phyllis Tickle, right question, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, St. Benedict, The Great Emergence
Sermon for The First Sunday After Pentecost: Trinity Sunday (Trinity B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – May 27, 2018. My sermon can be viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: baptism, character, creator, Episcopal, God's holy invitation, Here I am send me, listening, Love, Megan and Harry, Michael Curry, Nicodemus, obedience, Principles, redeemer, Rule of St. Benedict, sanctifier, sermon, strengthener, Trinity, Trinity Sunday
Annual Meeting Sermon (On the Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany (4 Epiphany A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, January 29, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Annual Meeting, Apostle Paul, Core Values, do justice, Episcopal, Guiding Principles, love kindness, Micah 6:8, more than we can ask or imagine, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, Spirit of Loving Kindness, Walk humbly with your God, We belong to one another, we can make one another stronger, With God's help
The Sermon – The First Sunday of Advent (1 Advent Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – November 27, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: A woman who loves God, Advent, Apostle Paul, cast away darkness, Conversio Morum, Diana Butler Bass, Do Kindness, Episcopal, Headscarf, hyperbolic, Interfaith Thanksgiving, Jesus, Jew, Love Justice, Micah 6:8, Muslim, New Year's Resolution, obedience, Protestants, put on the armor of light, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, Sikh, stability, Unitarian, Walk humbly with your God
The Sermon preached during The Bay Shore Ministerium Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration on November 22, 2016, at Christ Church, Middletown New Jersey by The Rev. Dr. William Carl Thomas, Priest-In-Charge of this church. Read George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation. Learn more about: 1491…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: 1491, Charles Mann, conversatio morum, Do Justice Love Kindness Walk Humbly with your God, Easter Egg, flawed nation, George Washington Thanksgiving Proclamation, John McQuiston II, Micah 6:8, obedience, Phyllis Tickle, Rule of St. Benedict, Rules of Civility, Spirit of Loving Kindness, St. Benedict, stability, The Great Emergence, verse 2 America
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