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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
This sermon contemplates what it means to listen when Jesus says, “My sheep hear my voice” within the framework of stability, obedience, and conversion of life as lived with humility found within The Rule of St. Benedict.
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Tags: Always we begin again, conversation morum, conversion of life, Episcopal, Gift of finest wheat, hear my voice, humility, Jesus, John McQuistion II, listen, Mark W Baker, Michah 6:8, mother’s day, My son – listen to him, obediare, obedience, Psalm 121, Rule of Saint Benedict, sermon, sheep, stability, Strength under control, The Transfiguration
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
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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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
Sermon – Sixth Sunday After Pentecost St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Huntington West Virginia – June 30, 2013  This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Chariots of fire, conversatio morum, Cost of Discipleship, Daily Improvement, Elijah, Elisha, Episcopal, humility, James and John, Jesus, Listening carefully to God and one another, obedience, Readiness, Rule of St. Benedict, sermon, Sharing love, stability, Sticking with it, With God's help
Sermon – St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Huntington West Virginia – February 17, 2013  This sermon can viewed at
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