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Sermons

Whirlwinds and Stewardship

October 28, 2009

A Sermon for the 20th Sunday after Pentecost, October 11, 2009
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? 
Gird up your loins like a man, 
I will question you, and you shall declare to me. 
”Where were you when I laid the foundation of [...]

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Soul Bonding

June 21, 2009

“When David had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul” (1 Samuel 18:1).
In my sermon today I suggested that there is between a father and his children, a bonding of soul similar to the bonding of soul between Jonathan [...]

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Sermon: Real Faith in a Real World – Part I

February 12, 2009

Snippets from part one of a three sermon series I’m offering at Church of the Holy Comforter in Vienna, Virginia.
David Kinnaman, president of the Barna Group, published a book in 2008 called “unChristian.” And in the book he outlines the results of a survey of some 400 young adults ages 16-29 “outside” of the church [...]

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Radical Welcome

January 21, 2009

This past weekend, our Vestry spent time in “appreciative inquiry” looking at the core practices of our parish life: radical welcome, engaging worship, intentional discipleship, risk-taking mission and service, and willing generosity.  These are practices embedded in our common life.  We do some well and there are others we need to relearn and deepen to [...]

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