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This sermon contemplates how shalom is woven through an image of a rope to guide our understanding of scripture, reason, and tradition especially when it comes to celebrating the Kirkin’ O the Tartan as a mark of koinonia.
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Boy Scouts, church, clan scripture, Episcopal, family, fellowship, I used to be a bear, ideal of life intended by God, James Fenhegan, Jesus, Kirkin’ O the Tartan, Koinonia, Mutual Ministry, peace, read mark inwardly digest, reason, sermon, Shalom, the richness and fullness of all that God has to offer, Thessalonians, three-legged stool, tradition, Wood badge
This sermon ponders how integrity is passed on from generation to generation as we remember that children learn what they live.
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Tags: all have value, all have worth, Chattel, children, Episcopal, essence of integrity, Generation to Generation, integrity in Psalm 26, integrity in the heart, Jesus, Jesus and divorce, Job’s integrity, listen carefully to Jesus, sermon, set of principles, Shalom, two ears one mouth, what guides you lives in your heart
This sermon looks deeply at Shalom as the word that expresses to one another the wish for the richness and fullness of all that God has to offer and a method to listen to God for such richness and fullness.
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Tags: Episcopal, Haman, James Fenhagen, Jesus, Jesus on the cross, Justice, kindness, Listening for God’s holy invitations, Mercy, Micah 6:8, Mordecai, Mutual Ministry, orans position, peace, Queen Esther, responding to God’s holy invitations, restorative justice, retributive justice, sermon, Shalom, the peace that passes understanding
A sermon that explores what it means to recognize that to set your heart is to experience what it means to believe so that even hope which stirs faith finds the extravagant love freely offered to all.
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Tags: belief, Episcopal, extravagant love freely offered, faith, Hope, imagination, Political violence, sermon, set your heart, Shalom, thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven
A sermon that explores how the benediction from Numbers 6:24-26 weaves a tapestry where God’s grace and peace becomes apparent in the leadership changes we say we want but truly need whether found in the Presiding Bishop-Elect of the Episcopal Church or the new Rector of St. Anne’s Jacksonville NC.
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Tags: benediction, Episcopal, Episcopal Church, General Convention, gracious, Jarius, Jesus, Koininia, Love, Michael Curry, Numbers 6:24-26, peace, Pope Francis, Presiding Bishop-Elect Sean Rowe, Psalm 130, sermon, Shalom, the best is yet to come, Waiting, Woman with the hemorrhage
A sermon that celebrates how often God’s power is made manifest in the surprise that brings joy and peace as the blessing found when you least expect it and need it most.
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Tags: blessing least expected needed most, calling different than looking for job, David and Goliath, Episcopal, Jesus, listening to God, peace, Prophet Samuel, resilience, sermon, Shalom, stability, Still the wind, the best is yet to come
A sermon that explores the questions: How do you handle receiving the blessing of God when you least expect it and need it most? How does your manner of reception live as Shalom?
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Tags: Episcopal, Forgiveness, glitter of award, God’s invitations, God’s yearning, Golden Calf, green parachute stole, heart, How do you handle receiving the blessing of God when you least expect it and need it most?, humility, I must decrease that he might increase, Jesus, listening carefully to God, living as shalom, peace, sermon, Servanthood, Shalom, treasure, US Army Reserve Chaplain
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 begins a nine week series entitled Living as Shalom with connections to peace, koinonia, justice, mercy, and grace, as we find Shalom at the heart of the mission of the Church to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ.
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Apostle Peter, Episcopal, Grace, Justice, Koinonia, Mercy, peace, restorative justice, retributive justice, sermon, Shalom, stoning of Stephen, wooden spoon
A sermon that calls us to remember that no matter how far we stray from accepting God’s love, that love is always seeking to restore right relationship with God and one another so that joy may conquer despair.
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Tags: 9-11-01, belong to one another, Community, Episcopal, Jeremiah was a bulldog, Jesus, Joy conquers despair, lost coin, lost sheep, lost wedding ring, Middletown New Jersey, Prophet Jeremiah, September 11th, sermon, Shalom, Three Dog Night, Twin Towers, widow coin, with God’s help