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Why Religion is Not Just about Sundays

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Why religion is not just about Sundays? You might be surprised at the answer.

“This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

Luke 15:2

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

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More than a Feeling

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Let mutual love continue. Do no neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.

– Hebrews 13:1-2

When Christians talk about love? What do they mean?

Fr. Goodrich preached this sermon, based on Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16, to a live congregation of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Dubuque, Iowa.

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What do you Seek?

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What are you seeking when you come to worship? It can make all the difference.

But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day.  – Luke 13:14

Fr. Goodrich preached this sermon based on Luke 13:10-17 to a live congregation of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Dubuque, Iowa.  

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She said yes!

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When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.

– John 19:26-27

Is there a place for Mary in your journey of faith?

Fr. Goodrich preached this sermon based on Luke 1:46-55 and John 19:26-27 on the Feast of Mary to a live congregation of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Dubuque, Iowa.  

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Beyond the Page

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Look, here is the Lamb of God! The two…heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.”

– John 1:36-37

What does it mean to be a preacher? In particular, a Dominican preacher? 

Fr. Goodrich preached this sermon based on 1 John 29-42 to a live congregation of Anglican Dominican friars and sisters at their annual gathering held at the Mercy Conference and Retreat Center, in St. Louis, MO.

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A Bothersome Parable

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“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

– Luke 10:27-28

This is perhaps Jesus most well known parable. Do you agree it’s bothersome?

Fr. Goodrich preached this sermon based on Luke 10:25-37 to a live congregation of Trinity Cathedral, Davenport, Iowa. 

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The Harvest is Plentiful

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“The Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them, The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.”

– Luke 10:1-12

How can your life make a difference in Christian terms? Is Christian life about mission?

Fr. Goodrich preached this sermon to a live congregation of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Dubuque, Iowa. Text: Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

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Goodbye Guilt & Shame

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To many people are trapped by shame. It need not be this way.

“Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on your way here, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and his sight was restored.

– Acts 9:17

Fr. Goodrich preached this sermon to a live congregation of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Dubuque, Iowa. Texts: Acts 9:1-20, John 21:1-19

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Observing Lent

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“After his baptism, Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil.”

– Luke 4:1-2

Some questions about Lent and how you can observe it.

Fr. Goodrich preached this sermon, to a live congregation of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Dubuque, Iowa. (First Sunday of Lent, Luke 4:1-13).

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UnSpoken Truth Everywhere

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There is an unspoken truth that is spoken everywhere.

“Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God”

– Luke 6:20

Fr. Goodrich preached this sermon to a live congregation of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Dubuque, Iowa (Science Sunday). Texts: Psalm 121. Luke 6:17-26.

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