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The Administration of Grace
This is an adapted version of the sermon I preached this morning. The lectionary gospel was Luke 16:1-13. The “Spiritual Gift of the Week” was Administration. The Spiritual Gift for the day is “Administration.” Administration is the gift of being able to deal well with the minutia of daily life, whether it’s at your workplace,…
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The Great Teacher
This is an adapted form of the sermon I preached this morning. The lectionary text is Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16. The Spiritual Gift of the Week is “Teaching.” Today’s Spiritual Gift is Teaching. It’s a lovely coincidence that this gift is today, right at the beginning of a new school year. Certainly schoolteachers are among those…
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God loves YOU
This is an adapted form of the sermon I preached this morning. The second reading, which I focused on, was Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16. Another focus was the spiritual gift of “Faith.” Faith. Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. That’s what the author of Hebrews wrote. The assurance…
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Praying for Ourselves
This is an adapted form of a sermon I preached on Sunday, July 24. The gospel reading was Luke 11:1-13. The Spiritual Gift we focused on this week was “Intercession.” Today’s Spiritual Gift is a type of prayer: Intercession. It means praying for God to provide something. Usually, we think of intercession as praying for…
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Distracted from the Calling
This is an adapted version of the sermon I preached this weekend. The Spiritual Gift of the Week is “Service.” The gospel reading is Luke 10:38-42. There was a church called St. John’s by the Gas Pump. And St. John’s by the Gas Pump made shoofly pies. It was something they did every year. It…
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Surprised by Mercy
This is an adapted version of the sermon I preached on Sunday, July 10. Two important themes of the day were the Holy Baptism of a child named Owen (not his real name), and the Spiritual Gift of “mercy.” The gospel reading for the day was Luke 10:25-37, the story of the Good Samaritan. Good…
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The Secret to Evangelism
This is an adapted version of the sermon I preached today, the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time. For twenty weeks, my sermon themes will have to do with twenty Spiritual Gifts. Today’s gift is “Evangelism,” and the associated scripture passage was Luke 10:1-11, 16-20. “Welcome back.” Many of you have said that to me today.…
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Welcoming Jesus
This is an adapted version of the sermon I preached today, the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time. For twenty weeks, my sermon themes will have to do with twenty Spiritual Gifts. Today’s gift is “Hospitality,” and the associated scripture passage was Luke 7:36–8:3. Hospitality means welcoming people, going above and beyond to make them feel…
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How Can I Keep From Singing?
This is an adapted version of the sermon I preached today, the 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time. For the next twenty weeks, my sermon themes will have to do with twenty Spiritual Gifts. Today’s gift is “Music,” and the associated scripture passage was Psalm 30. My life flows on in endless song; above earth’s…
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Faith that is not misplaced
This is an adapted version of the sermon I preached today, the 9th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The gospel text was Luke 7:1-10. It’s also the day before Memorial Day. I have never served in the military. But I believe that it must take great courage to serve in the armed forces. And I believe…
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