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This sermon finds commonality with my story and that of the Apostle Paul’s story as he writes that Jesus Christ might display the utmost patience, making him an example to those who would come to believe in Jesus for eternal life.
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Tags: 1st Timothy, Apostle Paul, being an example, Burt Lancaster, Came to himself moment, Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Episcopal, Field of Dreams, Jesus, Leo Tolstoy, make me an instrument of your peace, man of violence, Parable of the Loving Father, Parable of the Prodigal Son, Prayer of Saint Francis, Road to Damascus, Saint Augustine, sermon, stoning of Stephen, the loving father and the elder brother, Utmost Patience
This sermon finds a pathway to understanding in the story of the Pearl of Great Price to the assertion of Jesus that none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.
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Tags: Bishop Bill Stough, Episcopal, give up all your possessions, Jesus, Jesus loved him, relationship to God, relationship to money, sell all that you have, sermon, the Pearl of Great Price, the Rich Young Ruler, understand relationships
This sermon seeks to listen with deep obedience to Jesus as he teaches that all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted by taking to heart and practice St. Brigid’s Table Grace.
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Tags: Anam Cara, Celtic Christianity, conversion of life, deep obedience, Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus, Episcopal, Faith seeking understanding, Heretics and Heros: How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World, Hinges of History series, How the Irish Saved Civilization, Jesus, listening, Mysteries of the Middle Ages: And the Beginning of the Modern World, obedience, Rule of Saint Benedict, Sailing the Wine Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter, Saint Anslem, Saint Brigid of Kildare, Saint Brigid’s Table Grace, sermon, stability, Strength under control, Synod of Whitby, The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Nomads Change the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels, Thomas Cahill
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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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 asks what it means that “you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour,” as we hear that “faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”
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Tags: Always we begin again, Be ready, Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again, do justice, Episcopal, faith is conviction of things not seen, faith is the assurance things hoped for, Hebrews 11:1, Jesus, John McQuiston II, live this life attitude of loving kindness, love kindness, Luke 12:40, Micah 6:8, parable of the talents Matthew 25, Rule of St Benedict, Secret Life of Pets, sermon, unexpected hour, Walk humbly with your God
This sermon finds illumination in John Henry Newman’s prayer “Stay With Me” as we so often diminish ourselves by storing up treasures rather than being rich towards God.
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Tags: Apostle Paul’s list of behaviors that should be put to death, be rich towards God, catching force, David Brooks, Diminisher, Doctor of the Church, Episcopal, How to Know a Person, illumination does not seek perfection but rather partnership with God, Illuminator, Jesus, John Henry Newman, sermon, store up treasures, sympathetic influence, three barns, to be a light to others
This sermon explores how listening and invitation are intertwined with the demonstration of a contemplative practice that builds on “Be still, and know that I am God.”
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Tags: Be still, breath prayer, Chronos time, contemplative practice, dandruff, environment of invitation, Episcopal, God is timeless, God’s holy invitations, Invitation, Jesus, Kairos time, leprosy, listening, Naaman, Prophet Elijah, sermon
This sermon explores how we live into “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” as a congregation committed to being Veteran Friendly as we engage the wisdom found in restoring warriors within a sweat lodge.
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Tags: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, disciple, Episcopal, follower of Jesus, Jesus, love your neighbor as your self, Marines, Military Chaplains Association, Navy, Plains Indians, Prayer of Self-Dedication, sermon, servant, sheepdog neighborhoods, Space Force, Sweat Lodge, Thank you for your service, Veteran Friendly Congregation, veterans, who is my neighbor, zip+4
This sermon asks how does joy conquer despair as we share the moment God invites Elijah to once again put his trust in God after wind, earthquake, and fire illuminate rather than diminish God’s call in the sound of sheer silence as the blessing he least expected and needed most.
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Tags: 9/1/2001, blessing of God find you when you least expect it and need it most, candle, Darkness, David Brooks, Diminisher, earthquake, Elijah, Episcopal, fire, How to Know a Person, humility, Illuminator, Jesus, joy, joy conquer despair, lauds, Light, Light of Christ, matins, Prologue to John’s Gospel, Psalm 43, Richard Rohr, Saint Matthias Tuscaloosa Alabama, September 11 2001, sermon, temple curtain torn, Tenebrae, trust, truth, wedding, wind
This sermon takes a fluid memory that often seems more like a dream but is really an invitation to let doctrine be a door that opens to the embrace the love that is the Trinity as we experience and share God as Lover, Beloved, and Breath of Love.
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Tags: Beloved, Breath of Love, creator redeemer sanctifier, Deep Church, Doctrine, Episcopal, father son holy spirit, fluid memory, lake, Love, Lover, Lover Beloved Breath of Love, Preface for Trinity Sunday, sermon, three fading ripples, tossed rocks, Trinity Sunday, water
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