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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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Category: Sermons
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
I didn’t realize until just the day before I was to wear my camouflage stole while preaching and leading worship on the Sunday before Veterans Day, that my sermon had a deeper meaning for me.
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Category: Best of WCTcoach, On Reflection, Stories
Tags: Apostle Paul, Armistice Day, Enough, Episcopal, FDR, Four Freedoms, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Freedom from fear, Freedom from want, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Great War, Jesus, Military Chaplain, Norman Rockwell, Normandy, pilgrimage, Saving Private Ryan, sermon, Thessalonians, Veterans Day, War to end all wars, we’re not going to take this anymore, World War I
This sermon wonders as we approach Veterans Day how the words the Apostle Paul wrote to the Thessalonians inspire those who find themselves in harm’s way defending what President Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke of during World War Two as freedom of speech, of worship, from want, and from fearas I prepare for my own pilgrimage to the beaches of Normandy.
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Category: Best of WCTcoach, Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Armistice Day, Charles Henry Brent, Egeria, Enough, Episcopal, FDR, Four Freedoms, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Freedom from fear, Freedom from want, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Great War, inspire, Jesus, Journey to Adulthood, Major League Baseball, Military Chaplain, Norman Rockwell, Normandy, pilgrimage, poppies in Flanders, Santiago de Compestela, Saving Private Ryan, sermon, Thessalonians, Veterans Day, War to end all wars, we’re not going to take this anymore, World War I
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