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This sermon explores what gift the Magi took with them as they left for their own country as well as what gift does the witness of the Magi continue to offer us.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Alan Arkin, do justice, Episcopal, gift, Henry Van Dyke, love kindness, Magi, Martin Sheen, Matthew 31, Micah 6:8, Receive the gift of Jesus, sermon, The Fourth Wiseman, The Other Wiseman, Walk humbly with your God, Walk with integrity, when did we we see you hungry, witness
This sermon shares a story I wrote called “The Innkeepers Witness” offered using this fictional character to remind us during Advent that the best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is to never forget the presence of Christ. Henry Van Dyke’s The Other Wiseman inspired how I wove the innkeeper’s story into appropriate scripture settings. There’s a musical setting as well which can be found under the Deep Church Tab.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: angels, best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is to never forget the presence of Christ, breaking of bread, bright light, Cleopas and companion, crucifixion, Episcopal, feeding 5000, first coming, Henry Van Dyke, Innkeeper, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Road to Emmaus, second coming, sermon, Share the love found in Jesus, shepherds, storyteller, The Innkeeper’s Witness, The Other Wiseman, wedding Cana of Galilee, witness
A sermon that finds inspiration and direction in a cry to Jesus to “So clothe us in your Spirit, that we reaching forth our hands in love” that we always listen deeply before we speak as witnesses to that love.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: afraid, Alpha, Bishop Charles Henry Brent, Cleopas and companion, Collect for Mission, deep listening, doubt, Episcopal, Jesus, Living Our Baptismal Covenant, LOBC, Peace be with you, Road to Emmaus, sermon, testimony, witness
An Advent musical story that places a non-scriptural character and ourselves deep into the story of Jesus.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: angels, breaking of bread, bright light, Cleopas and companion, crucifixion, Episcopal, feeding 5000, Innkeeper, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Road to Emmaus, sermon, shepherds, wedding Cana of Galilee, witness