A Sermon featuring the love of Mary Hatch from It’s a Wonderful Life

Posted on December 17, 2018 by

I originally preached this sermon on The Second Sunday In Lent (2 Lent Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, March 12, 2017. I have not posted a sermon since I retired on October 1, 2018 as I have been in the pews not the pulpit. The sermon features a conversation with Nicodemus and Jesus wherein Jesus uses the love of Mary Hatch from the movie It’s a Wonderful Life to explain the love that does not condemn the world but saves the world. The theme works during Advent/Christmas as well as Lent (especially after watching It’s a Wonderful Life!).
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Sermon – The Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost – September 23, 2018

Posted on September 23, 2018 by

Sermon for The Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 20 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 23, 2018. This my final sermon offered before this wonderful congregation as I retire from Active Parish Ministry on October 1, 2018.
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Sermon – The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost – September 16, 2018

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Sermon for The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 19 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 16, 2018 against the backdrop of Hurricane Florence and the Holy Baptism of Jackson Stanley Jones.
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Sermon – The Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost – September 9, 2018

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Sermon for The Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 18 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 9, 2018 against the backdrop of September 11, 2001 and the Holy Baptism of Arielle Luna Kreuter.
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Sermon – The Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost – September 2, 2018

Posted on September 2, 2018 by

Sermon for The Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 17 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 2, 2018.
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Sermon – The Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost – August 26, 2018

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Sermon for The Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 16 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – August 26, 2018.
I mention The Transactional Analysis of Money in my sermon.
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Sermon – The Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost – August 19, 2018

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Sermon for The Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 15 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – August 19, 2018.
I mention First Intentional Communion in my sermon.
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