Category : * By Kendall

Commentary and analysis by blog convener the Rev. Canon Dr. Kendall Harmon

Kendall Harmon’s Sunday sermon–Do we Share God’s vision for the life of the Church (Ephesians 4:1-16)?

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Posted in * Anglican - Episcopal, * By Kendall, * South Carolina, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Preaching / Homiletics, Sermons & Teachings, Theology: Scripture

Kendall Harmon’s Sunday sermon–What happens when Saint Paul takes a detour to encourage his readers in Ephesians 3:1-13?

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Posted in * By Kendall, * South Carolina, Ecclesiology, Ministry of the Ordained, Preaching / Homiletics, Sermons & Teachings, Theology, Theology: Scripture

Kendall Harmon’s Sunday sermon–Are we sure we know what the Gospel of Jesus Christ actually is (Ephesians 2:1-10)?

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Posted in * Anglican - Episcopal, * By Kendall, * South Carolina, Ethics / Moral Theology, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Preaching / Homiletics, Sermons & Teachings

Lost Power for over 12 hours in Helene

Nothing like having no electricty to make you appreciate its importance–KSH.

Posted in * Admin, * By Kendall, * South Carolina, Weather

Kendall Harmon’s Sunday sermon–Jesus Heals the Man who is Deaf and has great trouble speaking (Mark 7:31-37)

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Posted in * Anglican - Episcopal, * By Kendall, * South Carolina, Anthropology, Christology, Pastoral Theology, Preaching / Homiletics, Sermons & Teachings, Theology, Theology: Scripture

Kendall Harmon’s Sunday sermon–Wrestling with the Feeding of the 5,000 (Mark 6:30-44)

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Posted in * By Kendall, * South Carolina, Christology, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Preaching / Homiletics, Sermons & Teachings, Theology: Scripture

Kendall Harmon’s Sunday sermon–What Can We Learn from the Sending Jesus (Mark 6:7-13)?

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Posted in * Anglican - Episcopal, * By Kendall, * South Carolina, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Preaching / Homiletics, Sermons & Teachings

A pretty Lowcountry South Carolina Morning

Posted in * By Kendall, * South Carolina, Photos/Photography

Kendall Harmon’s Sunday sermon–What Can We Learn from Jesus’ visit to his Hometown (Mark 6:1-6)?

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Posted in * By Kendall, * South Carolina, Christology, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Preaching / Homiletics, Sermons & Teachings, Theology: Scripture

Kendall Harmon’s Sunday Sermon–Wrestling with the Jesus who is too hot to handle (Mark 3:20-35)

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Posted in * Anglican - Episcopal, * By Kendall, * South Carolina, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Preaching / Homiletics, Sermons & Teachings, Theology: Scripture

Kendall Harmon’s Sunday Sermon–3 great Lessons from the Feast of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-12)

Or you can listen to it all here. The sermon itself starts around 17:45.

For those interested in downloading you may find the link there.

Posted in * Anglican - Episcopal, * By Kendall, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Pentecost, Preaching / Homiletics, Sermons & Teachings, Theology: Scripture

Kendall Harmon’s Sunday Sermon–Do We Really Know Who we are (1 John 3:1-2)?

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Posted in * Anglican - Episcopal, * By Kendall, * South Carolina, Ecclesiology, Eschatology, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Preaching / Homiletics, Theology, Theology: Scripture

Blog Transition for the Triduum 2024

As is our custom, we aim to let go of the cares and concerns of this world until Monday and to focus on the great, awesome, solemn and holy events of the next three days. I would ask people to concentrate their comments on the personal, devotional, and theological aspects of these days which will be our focal point here. Many thanks–KSH.

Posted in * Admin, * By Kendall, Blog Tips & Features, Holy Week, Parish Ministry

Kendall Harmon’s 2024 Palm Sunday Sermon: Do we See what is Really Happening right in front of us on this day (Mark 11:1-11)?

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Posted in * Anglican - Episcopal, * By Kendall, * South Carolina, Christology, History, Holy Week, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Preaching / Homiletics, Sermons & Teachings, Theology, Theology: Scripture

Making a Blog Transition for Christmas 2023

We are going to take a break from the Anglican, Religious, Financial, Cultural, and other news until later in the Christmas season to focus from this evening forward on the great miracle of the Incarnation–KSH.

Posted in * Admin, * By Kendall, Blog Tips & Features, Blogging & the Internet, Christmas, T19 Categories

Kendall Harmon’s Sunday Sermon–What can we learn from the shaken religious establishment’s interrogation of John the Baptist (John 1:19-28)?

You can listen directly via the link above or via downloadable podocast there.

Posted in * By Kendall, * South Carolina, Christology, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Preaching / Homiletics, Sermons & Teachings, Theology: Scripture

A recent Kendall Harmon Sermon–What are we Going to do with the Sheep and the Goats (Matthew 25:31-46)?

I am sad to say I had another brain freeze during this one and said Lamech was in the wrong chapter in genesis he is in chapter 4.

Posted in * Anglican - Episcopal, * By Kendall, * South Carolina, Christology, Eschatology, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Preaching / Homiletics, Sermons & Teachings, Theology, Theology: Scripture

Kendall Harmon’s Sunday Sermon–Have We Truly Heard the Depth of Jesus Radical Call to Forgive (Matthew 18:21-25)?

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Posted in * Anglican - Episcopal, * By Kendall, * Christian Life / Church Life, * South Carolina, Christology, Ethics / Moral Theology, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Pastoral Theology, Preaching / Homiletics, Sermons & Teachings, Soteriology, Theology: Scripture

A recent Kendall Harmon Sermon–The challenge of being a church shares the gospel together

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Posted in * By Kendall, Evangelism and Church Growth, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Preaching / Homiletics, Sermons & Teachings, Theology: Evangelism & Mission, Theology: Scripture

Kendall Harmon for 9/11: Number 343

On [a] Monday [in September 2003], the last of the 343 firefighters who died on September 11th was buried. Because no remains of Michael Ragusa, age 29, of Engine Company 279, were found and identified, his family placed in his coffin a very small vial of his blood, donated years ago to a bone-marrow clinic. At the funeral service Michael’s mother Dee read an excerpt from her son’s diary on the occasion of the death of a colleague. “It is always sad and tragic when a fellow firefighter dies,” Michael Ragusa wrote, “especially when he is young and had everything to live for.” Indeed. And what a sobering reminder of how many died and the awful circumstances in which they perished that it took until this week to bury the last one.

So here is to the clergy, the ministers, rabbis, imams and others, who have done all these burials and sought to help all these grieving families. And here is to the families who lost loved ones and had to cope with burials in which sometimes they didn’t even have remains of the one who died. And here, too, is to the remarkable ministry of the Emerald Society Pipes and Drums, who played every single service for all 343 firefighters who lost their lives. The Society chose not to end any service at which they played with an up-tempo march until the last firefighter was buried.

On Monday, in Bergen Beach, Brooklyn, the Society therefore played “Garry Owen” and “Atholl Highlander,” for the first time since 9/11 as the last firefighter killed on that day was laid in the earth. On the two year anniversary here is to New York, wounded and more sober, but ever hopeful and still marching.

–First published on this blog September 11, 2003

Posted in * By Kendall, America/U.S.A., Death / Burial / Funerals, History, Police/Fire, Terrorism, Urban/City Life and Issues

A Recent Kendall Harmon sermon–The most important question ever asked by the most important person to have ever lived (Matthew 16:13-20)

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or you can download it also there and there is more if you are interested there.

Posted in * Anglican - Episcopal, * By Kendall, * South Carolina, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Preaching / Homiletics, Sermons & Teachings

Back in the Saddle after the late Summer Break

Give us some time to get fully up to speed-KSH.

Posted in * Admin, * By Kendall

Another Vacation Photo

Posted in * By Kendall, Harmon Family, Photos/Photography, Travel

A Vacation Photo

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Blog Post Frequency will go down while Taking a Break for Summer Vacation

I have been at this blog since the first part of 2003, and it is time to step back. As I am constantly insisting to my friends, none of us is indispensable, and this is a way of living that out by yours truly. Remember I told you I am the type of person who goes to bed every night just a little sad–only a little–about how much I don’t know (and still wish to find out). So moving away from the information addiction for me will not necessarily be easy–but it is important.

Posts will be catch as catch can until I let you know–KSH.

Posted in * Admin, * By Kendall, Blog Tips & Features

Kendall Harmon’s Sunday Sermon–Do We Really Understand the Nature of God’s Kingdom (Matthew 13:31-34)?

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Posted in * Anglican - Episcopal, * By Kendall, * South Carolina, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Sermons & Teachings, Theology: Salvation (Soteriology)

Kendall Harmon’s Sunday Sermon–What are we going to do about Hell (Matthew 13:24-30; 34-43)?

You may also find more there and you can listen directly or download it if you prefer.

Posted in * Anglican - Episcopal, * By Kendall, * South Carolina, Christology, Eschatology, Parish Ministry, Sermons & Teachings, Theology, Theology: Scripture

Kendall Harmon’s Sunday Sermon–How can we be Encouraged to be a Community of Prayer?

Listen to it all, and the web link there for those interested in a podcast download option.

Posted in * Anglican - Episcopal, * By Kendall, * South Carolina, Sermons & Teachings, Spirituality/Prayer, Theology: Scripture

Kendall Harmon’s Sunday Sermon–How do we Deal with Discouragement as Faithful Christians (Jeremiah 20)?

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Posted in * By Kendall, * South Carolina, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Preaching / Homiletics, Sermons & Teachings, Theology: Scripture

Kendall Harmon’s Sunday Sermon–How can we Be a Church that Studies Scripture Together (Acts 2:42)

Posted in * By Kendall, * South Carolina, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Preaching / Homiletics, Sermons & Teachings, Theology: Scripture