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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: 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 apprehends the already and not yet moment that is the present as we dedicate our heart, mind, imagination, and will to share the reconciling love we’ve found in Jesus Christ.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Already Not Yet, Being of Use, Bishop Brent, end times, faith, heart, Hope, imagination, Jesus Christ, listening, Lord’s Prayer, Love, mind, obedience, Our Father, prayer self-dedication, reconciling love, right relationship, scout law, scout oath, sermon, Thy will be done, will
A sermon about understanding Joseph’s gift to Jesus using the gift given to me by my Scoutmaster and the Scout Oath and Law.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Boy Scouts, Emil Carstens, Episcopal, ethical choice, integrity, Jesus, Joseph, leave campsite better, listening, scout law, Scout Motto, scout oath, scoutmaster, sermon, Teaching, values
Sermon for Fifth Sunday After the Epiphany (5 Epiphany A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, February 5, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Be the light, Boy Scouts of America, BSA, clock, compass, Core Values, Episcopal, Guiding Principles, Jesus, Light, Pharisees, Prophet Isaiah, Psalm 112, Righteous, scout law, scout oath, Scout Sunday, sermon, Stephen Covey
The Sermon – The Second Sunday of Advent (Second Advent Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – December 6, 2015. The video opens with the lighting of two candles of the Advent wreath supported…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: discipline, Elizabeth, Episcopal, I must decrease he might increase, Jesus, John the Baptist, light over darkness, mission, principled life, scout law, scout oath, sermon, Zechariah
The Sermon – The Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 22 Year B) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – October 4, 2015. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Boy Scouts, Children LIve What They Learn, Episcopal, Guiding Values, integrity, jail, Jesus, Job, scout law, scout oath, scout popcorn, scoutmaster, sermon