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This sermon explores how the habit of saying thank you helps you hold onto the values placed in your compass which strengthen you to withstand the limitations caused by the demands exerted by your clock.
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Category: Sermons, Stewardship
Tags: 10 Lepers, Baptismal promises, Cardinal Virtues, compass and clock, demands, Do a good turn daily, Episcopal, Fortitude, heart, Henrygram, Jesus, limitations, one thank you, Principle Centered Leadership, Prudence, Rev Henry Doyle, scout law, scout oath, sermon, Seven Habits, Stephen Covey, Stewardship, Thank you, What’s in your compass, what’s in your pledge card
This sermon looks at what values should be placed in your personal compass such as the Cardinal Virtues of fortitude, justice, temperance, and prudence as well as those shunned by the rich man dressed in purple who found, upon being tormented in Hades when the clock ran out upon his death, that root of evil was, indeed, his love of money.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: and prudence, Apostle Paul, Cardinal Virtues, Compass and the Clock, Dives, endurance, Episcopal, faith, fortitude or courage, gentleness, Gleanings of the field, godliness, Jesus, Justice, Lazarus, Lazarus beggar, Lazarus sores, Love, love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, pledge card, Rich Man, rich man purple, righteousness, sermon, Stephen Covey, Stewardship, temperance, tithe, What’s in your compass
This sermon explores the total commitment of the poor widow who gave all that she had and begs the question how did you learn about money as well as how does your example influence the next generation.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Episcopal, Eric Berne, First Intentional Communion, Jesus, percentage, proportional giving, sermon, Stewardship, transactional analysis, transactional analysis of money, trust, widow two coins
This sermon explores how servant-leadership and a cup of coffee is at the heart of the response of Jesus to the claims for power by his disciples then and now.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostolic Action, Christian Formation, Commitment, commitment outcome, cup of coffee with saucer, Discipleship, Episcopal, evangelism, James and John, Jesus, Jesus not be served but to serve, Jesus responds to the claims for power by his disciples then and now, righteous relationship, Robert K. Greenleaf, sermon, Servant-Leadership, share love, Stewardship, Worship
This sermon explores what does it mean to be committed when you sell all that you have to follow Jesus only to discover that love invites a righteousness relationship as the story the Pearl of Great Price unfolds.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostolic Action, Christian Formation, Commitment, commitment outcome, Discipleship, Episcopal, evangelism, Jesus, Matthew 13, Pearl of Great Price, Rich Young Ruler, righteous relationship, sell all that you have, sermon, Stewardship, the money question, Worship
A sermon that blends the parable of the talents with the invitation found in the Cardinal Virtues of Courage (why you trust in God when you sign a pledge card) and Prudence (doing the right thing at the right time for the right reason) closing with Luke 12:48 (too whom much has been given much is expected).
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Cardinal Virtues, Commitment, courage, Episcopal, Luke 12:48, Parable of the Talents, Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, pledge card, Prudence, Rooted in Abundance, sermon, signature, Stewardship, to whom much is given much is expected, trust
A sermon featuring the Pearl of Great Price: a story about the surprising Good News that unfolds when you commit to sell all that you have and discover your real role was always that of God’s steward as you share love.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostolic Action, aspirations, Bill Stough, Commitment, Discipleship, Episcopal, integrity, Jesus loved him, living as shalom, living with integrity, manager, Mark 10:17-31, Matthew 13:34-45, Outcome, Pearl of Great Price, Principles, relationship to God and money, Rich Young Ruler, sell all that you have, sermon, Stewardship, You are my steward
A sermon that explores how you set expectations that prompt both adult and childish responses as you live as Shalom while being so human as to grumble and complain when God provides what God promises.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Balcony Perspective, Chappaqua, complaining transactional analysis, Episcopal, Eric Berne, expectations, generous abundant love of God, grumbling, invitation to act as shalom, live as community, living as shalom, manna from heaven, Parent Adult Child, parentsplaining, sermon, Stewardship, Workers in the vineyard
A sermon that explores what it means to sell all that you have only to discover that such a journey in faith offers you more than you could ask or imagine.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Episcopal, Jesus loved him, Mark 10:17-27, my story, nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus, off the bible stage, Pearl of Great Price, Relationship, Rich Young Ruler, sermon, Stewardship, trust, trust in God
A sermon featuring the Pearl of Great Price: a story about the surprising Good News that unfolds when you commit to sell all that you have and discover your real role was always that of God’s steward.
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Category: Sermons, Stewardship
Tags: Apostolic Action, aspirations, Commitment, Discipleship, Episcopal, integrity, Jesus loved him, living with integrity, manager, Mark 10:17-31, Matthew 13:34-45, Outcome, Pearl of Great Price, Principles, relationship to God and money, Rich Young Ruler, sell all that you have, sermon, Stewardship, You are my steward