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A sermon that reflects on the ancient and current examples of God’s saving deeds in history that links the foot washing act of love by Jesus to how is he his death and resurrection is life-giving when we see and find the Light of the transfigured Christ as the source of strength as Peter did.
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Category: Best of WCTcoach, Sermons
Tags: Being the Light of Christ, careful light and darkness images, David Brooks – How to Know a Person, Diminisher, Episcopal, God’s saving deeds in history, Illuminator, Jesus, Jesus know in the light, Judas Iscariot, Peter, sermon, strength, The Foot washing of Christ, The Life-giving of Christ, the Light of Christ, Transfiguration
A sermon about listening, learning, and loving from the balcony perspective of an older person.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Peter, autoethnography, Balcony Perspective, brash nothing to prove, breath prayer, Christ Church Whitefish Bay, Doctor of Ministry, Episcopal, humility, iterative, Jesus, learning, listening, loving, Nashotah House, only holy invitations to offer, presumptuous sins, Psalm 19:23, Ron Heifetz, sermon, Transfiguration, Virginia Theological Seminary
A sermon that sees in the Transfiguration the gift of resilience that sustains during Lent and beyond as found in hope expressed as may the blessing of God find you when you least expect it and need it most.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: blessing least expected, blessing needed most, deep connection, Elijah, Elisha, Episcopal, Holy Mountain, inner strength, James, Jesus, John, Lent, mantle, Moses, Peter, resilience, sermon, Transfiguration
A sermon that sees Peter’s Earwig of Anxiety undone as Jesus is transfigured and places an Earwig of Trust in Peter. The hymn Be Thou My Vision becomes our Earwig of Trust as we pray for peace and enter into a devout a holy Lent in the days to come.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: anxiety, Ash Wednesday, Be thou my vision, Create a clean heart in me, Earwig, Earwig of Anxiety, Earwig of Trust, Earworm, Elijah, Episcopal, Great Litany, James, Jesus, John, Listen to Him, Litany of Penitence, Moses, Peter, Psalm 51, relationship with Jesus, sermon, Transfiguration, trust
A sermon that reminds us, especially during the time of COVID, that we are sealed in the Holy Spirit by Baptism and marked as Christ’s own forever.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: baptism, Beloved, Breath of God, broad shoulder cross, COVID challenges, Epiphany, Episcopal, Ilia Delio, Jesus, Lover, nothing can separate from love, Renewal of Baptismal Vows. listen to him, River Jordan, sermon, simple forehead cross, Transfiguration, Trinity
A sermon that ponders how well we can stay open to God’s invitations to be hearers and doers of the word through a visible practice that connects with how deep and broad is the love found on the transformed cross.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: an open posture, Arms of love, be quick to listen, Episcopal, God’s invitations, hardwood of the cross, hearer and doer, Jesus, Letter of James, no blinders, sermon, share love, so clothed in the Spirit, spiritual practice, Transfiguration
A sermon to prepare the congregation to listen to God and one another while seeking their next rector.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Baptismal Covenant, Episcopal, Jesus, John the Baptist, Listen to Him, listening, next rector, Power of the Holy Spirit, River Jordan, sermon, Transfiguration, transformation, transition, Walking stick
Sermon for The Last Sunday After The Epiphany: The Transfiguration (Last Epiphany B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – February 11, 2018. This sermon can be viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: best is yet to come, Episcopal, Jesus, Lent, listening, next priest, obedience, Penitence, Peter, Psalm 51, sermon, succession, toxic memory, Transfiguration
Sermon for The First Sunday After The Epiphany: The Baptism Of Our Lord (1 Epiphany B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – January 7, 2018. This sermon can be viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: baptism, Baptismal promises, Epiphany, Episcopal, Jesus, Jordan River, listening, New Year's Resolutions, obedience, sermon, Transfiguration, Wonderful Counselor
Sermon for The Feast of the Transfiguration (Transfiguration) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, August 6, 2017. I quoted from James Finlay’s post within Richard Rohr’s daily meditation which was adapted from…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Center for Action and Contemplation, Elijah, Empty Tomb, Episcopal, James, James Finley, Jesus, Jesus as he really is, John, Love, Moses, Peter, Release the butterflies, Release the hounds, sermon, Transfiguration
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