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A sermon that builds on the six defining questions at Holy Baptism with five defining promises that breathe life into the tension between faith and works as remember and celebrate, with thanksgiving and hope, the mission which God gave on this hill in Seven Springs North Carolina 154 years ago.
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Tags: Baptismal Covenant Promises, build value system, embrace, Episcopal, faith, founding, Jesus, Letter from James, loving your neighbor as yourself, mission, Proverbs 22:22, respond to God’s Holy Invitations, sermon, Seven Springs NC, St. Brigid’s Table Grace, Syrophoenician woman, tension, The Poor, works
A sermon that explores the tension found in the voices of order and prophecy as we strive to deeply listen to God’s invitation to live and love like Jesus, in the power of the Holy Spirit, to help others to do the same.
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Tags: Chronos time, D-Day landings, David Bread of Presence, Deep Church, Discipleship, Eli and Samuel, Episcopal, hearing God through one another, Invitation, Jesus, Jesus clearly shared love, just enough order so as not to suffocate, Kairos time, listening, Middle Way, military, obedience, obedire, Prophet Samuel, Saving Private Ryan, sermon, Sharing love, Spirit of Order, Spirit of Prophecy, tension, two ears one mouth
Sermon for The Second Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 4 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – June 3, 2018. My sermon can be viewed at
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Tags: baptism, Bishop Brent Collect for Mission, Conversation with God, David Bread of Presence, drawn to Christ, Episcopal, Episcopal Church Welcomes You, Episcopal General Convention, Holy Communion, hospitality and evangelism, Jesus, Prophet Eli, Prophet Samuel, Rabbi Marc Kline, Sabbath, sermon, Speak Lord for you servant is listening, Spirit of Order, Spirit of Prophecy, tension, Welcome
The Sermon – The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Christ Episcopal Church New Bern, North Carolina – September 7, 2014 Theme:Â Tension, Transition, Transformation This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Aaron, Corporate relationship with Jesus, Exodus, Look for Jesus Christ in our midst, Moses, Passover, Personal relationship with Jesus, Peter, Peter's Denials, tension, Transfiguration, transformation, transition, walking on water, When two or three are gathered together in my name