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Are you a person of peace?

“Harden not your hearts, as your forebears did in the wilderness, at Meribah, and on that day at Massah, when they tempted.”

– Psalm 95:8

Father Goodrich preached this sermon to a gathered congregation of St. John’s Episcopal Church, in Dubuque, Iowa.

The sermon, preached on the third Sunday of Lent, is based on  Exodus 17:1-7, Psalm 95, Romans 5:1-11, and John 4:5-42.

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Is faith about the mind or the heart?

“It depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace.”

– Romans 4:16

Father Goodrich preached this sermon to a gathered congregation of St. John’s Episcopal Church, in Dubuque, Iowa.

The sermon, preached on the second Sunday of Lent, is based on Genesis 12:1-4a, Psalm 121, Romans 4:1-5, 13-17, John 3:1-17 

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Is the purpose of confessing our sins to make us feel bad or something else?

“Happy are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and whose sin is put away.”

– Psalm 32:1

Father Goodrich preached this sermon to a gathered congregation of St. John’s Episcopal Church, in Dubuque, Iowa.

The sermon, preached on the first Sunday of Lent, is based on Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7, Psalm 32, Romans 5:12-19, and Matthew 4:1-11.

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Is the goal of holiness and Lent to be more religious or something else?

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

– Matthew 6:19-21

Father Goodrich preached this sermon to a live Zoom congregation of St. John’s Episcopal Church, in Dubuque, Iowa. A winter storm moved the service to Zoom.

The sermon is based on Joel 2:1-12, 12-17, Psalm 103:8-14, 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10, and Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21. Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent.

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What’s one little word from a Bible verse that has power to transform lives?

What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

-Micah 6:8

Fr. Goodrich preached this sermon, to a live congregation of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Dubuque, Iowa, based on Micah 6:1-8

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  As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.

– Matthew 4:18-19

When God calls you to something, big or small, what are you supposed to do?

Fr. Goodrich preached this sermon, to a live congregation of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Dubuque, Iowa, based on Matthew 4:12-23.  

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Happy shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!

– Psalm 137:8 (some versions Psalm 137:9)

What do we do in the face of the worst of human suffering and our rawest of emotions?
 
Fr. Goodrich preached this sermon, to a live congregation of St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, based on Psalm 137. 

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“Jesus is Lord”

– Romans 10:9

Is knowing Jesus mostly about what happens after you die or something else? 

Fr. Goodrich preached this sermon, to a live congregation of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Dubuque, Iowa. This is the third of three sermons in a series entitled, “Is this all there is? Basic Christianity for Imperfect People.” 

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“God is love”

– 1 John 4:8

How can we describe God? Are there other options besides as an old man in the sky?  

Fr. Goodrich preached this sermon, to a live congregation of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Dubuque, Iowa. This is the second of three sermons in a series entitled, “Is this all there is? Basic Christianity for Imperfect People.” 

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