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We Give Because of What We Have Been Given Year A; October 26, 2014Episcopal Church of the Ascension The Reverend Dr. Howard J. HessI. Introduction. Jesus said,...
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The Rev. Amy Hodges MorehousAdvent II, Year BDecember 7, 2014Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is...
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Christmas Eve, Year A; December 24, 2015 Episcopal Church of the Ascension The Power of The Incarnation The Reverend Dr. Howard J. HessI. Introduction. It is the...
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"Sharing God's Love"December 25, 2014By Bob WadleyWell, here we are, Christmas Day! Merry Christmas. Have you ever wondered, “How do we know Jesus was born on December 25?” Well, actually, we...
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The Rev. Robert P. TravisThe Feast of the Holy Name –10:00am Service, Church of the Ascension, Knoxville TNRCL 1/1/2015Text: Numbers 6:22-27, Psalm 8, Philippians 2:5-11, Luke 2:15-21Sermon Text:It is...
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How Can That Be?Rob Gieselmann, Pent. 12B, 2015 July 26, 2015Good morning,Perhaps you’ve heard about the mother who wanted to teach her son what certain symbols and gestures mean...
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Dignity: You Feed ThemRob Gieselmann, Pent. 13B, August 2, 2015The kids were drawing pictures with crayons. The Sunday School teacher stopped at each child’s desk to admire his or her religious art –...
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Saved by Grace through FaithRob Gieselmann, August 9, 2015The Torah – the first five books of the Bible – adjures you to write God’s words on your heart, to bind them on your hands. Teach God’s...
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If it Ain’t got that SwingRob Gieselmann, August 30, 2015Last weekend I was in Tucson, Arizona, takingmy daughter Tilly to college. Early Saturday morning, while sipping coffee on the hotel patio, I...
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Hope DefiantPent. 23B, 2015, Rob GieselmannI don’t know about you, but I’m wondering, why the rich man didn’t argue with Jesus.Think about it – The man was honorable. And unlike the Pharisees, he...
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The Boundary of the OceanRob Gieselmann, Pent. 24B, Oct. 18, 2015Seven or eight years ago, I kicked a sabbatical off with a short camping trip. I drove to Big Sur, and pitched my tent on a cliff, high...
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Do the Peace of JerusalemRob Gieselmann, Pent. 28B, November 15, 2015In the television show,Madame Secretary – Tea Leone stars as the Secretary of State of the United States. Last Sunday, the...
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Last Word: GraceRob Gieselmann, Pent. 29B (C. King Sunday), 2015Just when he was about to die, Voltaire was askedto renounce Satan. He retorted – and these are Voltaire’s last words – Now is not the...
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Why I am Episcopalian:Ascension MissionEpiphany 1C, Jan. 10, 20161. Episcopal Jokes. Three men in hell.After a few thousand years, they start talking – Why are you here? What did you do?Hindu –...
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Christmas: EternityRob Gieselmann, Dec. 24, 25, 2015As a boy growing-up in Vero Beach, Florida, I would ride my bike the two blocks to the beach to watch various Apollo spacecraft launch. Vero Beach...
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The Inconvenient TruthRob Gieselmann, Epiphany 4C, Jan. 31, 2016I have a question for you:Does Donald Trump love you?Paul wrote in his first letter to the Corinthians – which is “First Corinthians,”...
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The Reverend Christopher W. Hogin Cocooned In God’s LoveLuke 13:31-35The Episcopal Church of The Ascension February 21, 2016 For some reason a story kept nudging its way in my consciousness...
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Death Token: Alive AgainEaster 3C, April 10, 2016, Rob GieselmannMy seminary colleague, Suzanna Metz, writes that theApostle Paul was a God-fearing Jew – before his Damascus Road experience. Hence,...
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The Eyes of God WeepingRob Gieselmann, June 19, 2016Jesus said, Those who live by the sword,will die by the sword. Elijah lived by the sword.He had just finished killing the prophets of Baal – all of...
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Urgent: ForgivenessRob Gieselmann, Pentecost 8C, June 26, 2016I don’t always understand what it means to follow Jesus.And I’m pretty sure I don’t do it very well. I’m all three of these - I’d bury my...
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