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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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Category: Best of WCTcoach, Sermons
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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Category: Sermons
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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Category: Sermons
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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Category: Sermons
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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Category: Sermons
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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Category: Sermons
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
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