Windswept Worship

A PRAYER FOR YOUR WILD SOUL Give yourself time to make a prayer that will become the prayer of your soul.  Listen to the voices of longing in your soul.  Listen to your hungers.  Give at...

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“Two Kinds of Abundance: The Heart of Money” Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean Christ Church, Summit November 4th 2018 Mark 10:17-31 Jesus was setting out on a journey, and just then a man...

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“Body Wisdom” Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean October 14th 2018 Christ Church, Summit READER #1:  Our reading today is from Paul’s first letter to the church in Corinth.  This fledglin...

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“On Forgiveness” August 19th 2018 Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean Christ Church, Summit Matthew 18:21-34 Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord how many times shall I forgive someone who...

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“Healing our Image of God” Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean August 12th 2018  Christ Church, Summit Exodus 3:1-15: Moses & The Burning Bush 3 1-2 Moses was shepherding the flock of...

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Why (still) Christian: Community “In spite of all its dysfunction, why remain a part of the sprawling and diverse family of God?” Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean Christ Church July 29 20...

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“Listening in Tongues” Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean May 20th 2018 Christ Church, Summit Let us pray:  Holy Spirit, when we feel isolated, divided – show up again – draw us t...

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Confirmation Sunday May 6th 2018 “Come to the Water” Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean Christ Church Summit Let us pray:  God of Love, we pray a blessing over our Confirmation Class.  ...

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“Ordinary Resurrection” Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean April 8th 2018 Christ Church, Summit A reading from John 21:11-19: Peter dragged the net ashore.  It was full of large fish, 15...

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"Gentle One, you come as a child among us: small and weak, vulnerable, dependent. You ask of us the love and patience to listen with gentleness and generosity, 'to receive you and your no...

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“The Lonely Vigil” Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean Christ Church, Summit New Jersey March 18th 2018 A reading from the Gospel of Luke Chapter 22:39-48 Jesus prays at the Mount of ...

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“Faith Like A Child: The Last, The Littlest, The Least” February 18th 2018 Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean Christ Church, Summit Mark Chapter 9:30-33 They went on from there and pass...

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August 20th 2017   “Love, Hate, Life & Death”  Christ Church Summit  Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean   A reading from Matthew 15:21-28  Jesus went away to the district o...

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“Lay Your Burdens Down: If the Yoke Fits” Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean July 9th 2017 Christ Church, Summit A READING FROM THE EXTRA-CANONICAL BOOK OF SIRACH CHAPTER 6:  about bein...

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Confirmation Sunday May 7th 2017 Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean “Don’t Eat Dead Squirrels” A READING LEVITICUS CHAPTER 19 VERSES 2 & 18: God said tell the whole congregation of Isra...

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“Palms, Protest & Passion” Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean April 9th 2017 A reading from Matthew Chapter 21:1-11 “When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethpage, at the ...

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“Disruptive Love: Doormats, Sticks & Lanterns”  Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean  Christ Church, Summit   February 19th, 2017  A reading from Matthew Chapter 5:38-48  “You...

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“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” Christ Church, Summit Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean October 30th 2016 A reading from the Gospel of Luke Chapter 19:1-10: Then Jesus entered and walke...

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Blue Christmas Lament Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean November 27th 2016 Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4fmUnw0cZHuRVZQbDlGR0dxMnRwbHBJZnhfWWRTRE94UTV3/view?usp=sharing READER #...

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 Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean August 21 2016 Still I Rise Hebrews Chapter 11:29 to Chapter 12:2: The Cloud Of Witnesses By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry...

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Isaiah 43: 1-3 But now, this is what the Lord says—     he who created you, Jacob,     he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;     I have summone...

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 “An Altar in the World” Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean May 29th, 2016 Christ Church, Summit New Jersey  READER 1:  A reading from Genesis Chapter 28 Jacob left Beersheba and ...

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Confirmation Sunday, May 1st 2016 Homily: Stinky Feet Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean at Christ Church, Summit A reading from John Chapter 13 verses 12-16 After Jesus had washed the disci...

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Blindsided: April 17th 2016 Rev. Caroline Lawson Dean Preached at Christ Church Summit, New Jersey Acts 9:1-9: Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lo...

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"If you must look back Do so forgivingly. If you must look forward Do so prayerfully. However, the wisest thing you can do Is be present in the present, Gratefully." -Maya Ang...

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