| Description |
1 online resource (385 pages) |
| Contents |
Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Book One: Reflections on Faith; A God We Can Trust; Follow Me; The Calling of Holiness; Costly Discipleship; Will You Dance?; Commanded to Love; When God Throws a Brick; Following an Elusive Lord; Haggling Prayer; Does God Care?; The Silence of God; God, Science, and the Life of Faith; The Night Visitor; The Miracle of Forgiveness; Holy Laughter; Trusting against the Evidence; Grace; Book Two: Events and Issues; Cathedral Life; Installation Sermon; An Unfinished Cathedral; Presidential Inauguration; A New Community; Anniversary of 9/11. |
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Doubts and LovesPlace of Reconciliation; On the Far Side of Revenge; Religious Diversity; The Spirit of Understanding; A Big Enough House; Race and Poverty; In Thanksgiving for the Life of Dorothy Height; An Extremist for Love; Black and White on the Road to Emmaus; Mind the Gap; Earth Day; To Save This Fragile Earth; Independence Day; A Humble Patriotism; Thanksgiving; A Thankful Heart; Giving Thanks in All Things; Book Three: Church Year; Advent; Waiting; Making Room for God; Mary Said Yes; Christmas; God Comes In; The Birth of the Messiah; The Plunge; Epiphany; The Magi and Us; Beloved. |
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LentThe Truth of Ash Wednesday; The Joy of Ash Wednesday; Going for Broke; Palm Sunday; Love So Amazing; Strange Fruit; Good Friday; What a Way to Run a Universe; Staring Into the Dark; Easter; Death Be Not Proud; Nevertheless; Ascension; Christ Has Gone Up; Pentecost; The Spirit of Life; Ordinary Time; The Trinity and the Nearness of God; Who Do You Say That I Am?; All Saints; The Real Thing; The Communion of Saints; Notes; About the Author. |
| Summary |
Washington National Cathedral stands in an unparalleled position at the intersection of religious faith and public life in America and has been called the "spiritual home for the nation." This book is a collection of powerful sermons offered by Dean Samuel T. Lloyd III, who occupied its massive pulpit during a turbulent time for both the nation and for churches during the first decade of the twenty-first century. He offers a compelling vision of an intellectually-alive, publicly-engaged Christian faith that will resonate with readers searching. </sp. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Episcopal Church -- Sermons.
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Episcopal Church. (OCoLC)fst00533119
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Sermons, American -- 21st century.
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RELIGION -- Sermons -- Christian.
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Sermons, American. (OCoLC)fst01113225
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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| Genre/Form |
Sermons. (OCoLC)fst01423904
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lloyd, Samuel T., III. Sermons from the National Cathedral : Soundings for the Journey. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2013 9781442222847 |
| ISBN |
9781442222854 (electronic book) |
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