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		<title>St. Paul&apos;s Episcopal Parish, Bakersfield - Sunday Sermons</title>
		<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sunday sermons from St. Paul's Episcopal Parish in Bakersfield, California. www.stpaulsbakersfield.org]]></description>
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		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Sunday sermons from St. Paul's Episcopal Parish in Bakersfield, California. www.stpaulsbakersfield.org]]></itunes:summary>
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		<copyright>Copyright 2006 St. Paul&apos;s Episcopal Parish</copyright>
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			<title>From Faith to Obedience to Gratitude--The Crux of the Spiritual Life - October 14, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This extemporaneous sermon examines the encounter between Jesus and ten lepers as he journeys in the boundary between Galilee and Samaria.  It is an encounter that begins in faith, leads to an obedience that appropriates God's healing and cleansing grace, and, for at least one of those cleansed, climaxes in a gratitude that is truest sign of wholeness--the salvation of God.  In narrative form we make our way through this delightful story in Luke 17:11-19 bringing in the appropriate texts on leprosy in Leviticus 13:44-46; 14:1-7 which form the historical and theological backdrop for Jesus, command and the lepers' social and spiritual experience.
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			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from October 14, 2007 delivered at the 8am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This extemporaneous sermon examines the encounter between Jesus and ten lepers as he journeys in the boundary between Galilee and Samaria.  It is an encounter that begins in faith, leads to an obedience that appropriates God's healing and cleansing grace, and, for at least one of those cleansed, climaxes in a gratitude that is truest sign of wholeness--the salvation of God.  In narrative form we make our way through this delightful story in Luke 17:11-19 bringing in the appropriate texts on leprosy in Leviticus 13:44-46; 14:1-7 which form the historical and theological backdrop for Jesus, command and the lepers' social and spiritual experience.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<itunes:duration>00:27:28</itunes:duration>
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			<title>God-Friends--All Sorts and Conditions - October 7, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[In Paul's Second Letter to Timothy we meet two men in two distinct chapters of their lives.  The Apostle Paul is in the closing pages of his life.  Timothy is in early middle-age.  They are men in two of life's most challenging seasons.  While this sermon focuses specifically on 2 Timothy 1:5-18, particularly in regards to the place of friends, (appreciation to Viv Thomas for the three categories mentioned here--Soul Friends, Those Who Disappoint, Those Who Refresh), more generally it takes in the whole sweep of the letter in regards to God's call to each of us to go higher up and deeper in to his will.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from October 7, 2007 delivered at the 8am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In Paul's Second Letter to Timothy we meet two men in two distinct chapters of their lives.  The Apostle Paul is in the closing pages of his life.  Timothy is in early middle-age.  They are men in two of life's most challenging seasons.  While this sermon focuses specifically on 2 Timothy 1:5-18, particularly in regards to the place of friends, (appreciation to Viv Thomas for the three categories mentioned here--Soul Friends, Those Who Disappoint, Those Who Refresh), more generally it takes in the whole sweep of the letter in regards to God's call to each of us to go higher up and deeper in to his will.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:53:04 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:29:44</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Shrewd Managers - September 23, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This sermon on Jesus's provocative parable in Luke 16:1-13, where as David Buttrick observes "Jesus seems to be commending a crook", is anything but a teaching on morality, at least traditionally understood. Rather it is a challenge to his disciples to be shrewd, swift and decisive for the Kingdom of God.  If the dishonest steward can seize the moment of crisis for his dubious purposes when will the people of God learn to act with passion and daring for the things of God?
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from September 23, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This sermon on Jesus's provocative parable in Luke 16:1-13, where as David Buttrick observes "Jesus seems to be commending a crook", is anything but a teaching on morality, at least traditionally understood. Rather it is a challenge to his disciples to be shrewd, swift and decisive for the Kingdom of God.  If the dishonest steward can seize the moment of crisis for his dubious purposes when will the people of God learn to act with passion and daring for the things of God?
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:50:46 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:23:35</itunes:duration>
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			<title>A Price to Pay Either Way - September 9, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[The Gospel reading this morning Luke 14:25-33 presents us with yet another hard word of Jesus.  It is like a sledge hammer that knocks us to the ground and gets our attention.  It is all to easy today, as for the crowds that accompanied Jesus on the road to Jerusalem to forget that there is a cross in our religion.  Unlike many things in our world, including sin, Our Lord doesn't keep from us the hard truth that there is a cost to following him.  He reminds us of this through to short parables--the Tower and the Approaching King.  The in the first Jesus says wait, consider whether you can afford to follow me.  In the second he says, stop, consider if you can afford not to  The price is costly either way.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from September 9, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Gospel reading this morning Luke 14:25-33 presents us with yet another hard word of Jesus.  It is like a sledge hammer that knocks us to the ground and gets our attention.  It is all to easy today, as for the crowds that accompanied Jesus on the road to Jerusalem to forget that there is a cross in our religion.  Unlike many things in our world, including sin, Our Lord doesn't keep from us the hard truth that there is a cost to following him.  He reminds us of this through to short parables--the Tower and the Approaching King.  The in the first Jesus says wait, consider whether you can afford to follow me.  In the second he says, stop, consider if you can afford not to  The price is costly either way.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:02:57 -0700</pubDate>
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			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:23:08</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Entertaining Angels--Hospitality as a Way of Life - September 2, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[Taking Hebrews 13:2 as an opening text this sermon first contrasts the attitude of our contemporary society towards the stranger with the biblical attitude towards the stranger by briefly exploring several key texts from scripture including Genesis 18:1-18, Luke 24:13-35 and Matthew 25:31-40.  It then focuses on some of the "strangers" in our lives for who may have need of the gift of hospitality.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from September 2, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Taking Hebrews 13:2 as an opening text this sermon first contrasts the attitude of our contemporary society towards the stranger with the biblical attitude towards the stranger by briefly exploring several key texts from scripture including Genesis 18:1-18, Luke 24:13-35 and Matthew 25:31-40.  It then focuses on some of the "strangers" in our lives for who may have need of the gift of hospitality.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:01:49 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:29:45</itunes:duration>
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			<title>The Door is Narrow--The Time is Now - August 26, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This text from Luke 13:22-30 has often been listed among the hard words of Jesus.  It is a challenging word.  Since the door is narrow decisiveness is needed.  We don't enter by accident or the exigencies of life.  Vague, half-hearted, occasional seeking will not enter through this door.  Yet the door, though narrow, is open; and though the time may be short, there is opportunity now.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from August 26, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This text from Luke 13:22-30 has often been listed among the hard words of Jesus.  It is a challenging word.  Since the door is narrow decisiveness is needed.  We don't enter by accident or the exigencies of life.  Vague, half-hearted, occasional seeking will not enter through this door.  Yet the door, though narrow, is open; and though the time may be short, there is opportunity now.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:00:41 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:24:44</itunes:duration>
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			<title>How God Makes His Own Importance - July 8, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Greg Walgenbach</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[In Luke chapter 10, Jesus sends "the seventy" on a mission to the surrounding villages to do his kingdom work.  The "extraordinary" fruit of this mission results from obedience to Christ's commands--including his packing instructions--to go and share the Gospel in "ordinary" ways.

We are challenged to receive Christ's gift of kingdom work that God might have his way in the world through our commitment to particular bodies and local places.  By such "ordinary" faithfulness, we participate in God's mission and anticipate the coming Kingdom.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Greg Walgenbach's sermon from July 8, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In Luke chapter 10, Jesus sends "the seventy" on a mission to the surrounding villages to do his kingdom work.  The "extraordinary" fruit of this mission results from obedience to Christ's commands--including his packing instructions--to go and share the Gospel in "ordinary" ways.

We are challenged to receive Christ's gift of kingdom work that God might have his way in the world through our commitment to particular bodies and local places.  By such "ordinary" faithfulness, we participate in God's mission and anticipate the coming Kingdom.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:55:44 -0700</pubDate>
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			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:19:07</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Open Hearts--Open Doors - August 19, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[Sometimes when we come to the close of St. Paul's epistles, especially those in which he  refers to specific persons, many of whom we have little if any information about other than the cryptic phrases made in the letter at hand, thus, our attention may well begin to lag.  This would be most unfortunate in this Letter to the Colossians.  In Colossians 4:2-18 there are a series of explicit messages that St. Paul offers in short order.  Equally important, however, is the implicit message in these verses.  This is how he is nurtures a church culture that places a high priority for opening our hearts to God in prayer, to one another in service, and to the unchurched/unconverted world for opened doors through which the gospel, the mystery of Christ, may be declared.  Evangelism and Mission is clearly in his DNA.  As these Christians in Colossae grow in spiritual maturity they too will nurture it in their common life.  It will be a sign that we are maturing in Christ when it is clearly seen in ours as well.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from August 19, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sometimes when we come to the close of St. Paul's epistles, especially those in which he  refers to specific persons, many of whom we have little if any information about other than the cryptic phrases made in the letter at hand, thus, our attention may well begin to lag.  This would be most unfortunate in this Letter to the Colossians.  In Colossians 4:2-18 there are a series of explicit messages that St. Paul offers in short order.  Equally important, however, is the implicit message in these verses.  This is how he is nurtures a church culture that places a high priority for opening our hearts to God in prayer, to one another in service, and to the unchurched/unconverted world for opened doors through which the gospel, the mystery of Christ, may be declared.  Evangelism and Mission is clearly in his DNA.  As these Christians in Colossae grow in spiritual maturity they too will nurture it in their common life.  It will be a sign that we are maturing in Christ when it is clearly seen in ours as well.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:28:53 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:30:01</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Living for Christ at Home and Work - August 12, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[In this sermon series based on St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians we have been returning often to the matter of Christian Maturity, or if one prefers, Maturity in Christ.  It is a major concern of the apostle for these new Christian converts in Colossae.  It is also a crying need of the Church in our day.  In this mornings reading, Colossians 3:18-4:1 Paul extends his teaching put forth in Col 3:1-17 to two important arenas of the Greco-Roman world of the first century, and thus of great concern for the early believers--the family and slavery.  I have applied these verses, (following the lead of many before me), to the home and the workplace.  It is clear to me that Paul wants his readers to understand that the pathway to Christian maturity runs right through the home and from there, right through the workplace.  The latter, the workplace, and more specifically, work and our attitude towards it is all too frequently ignored in the Christian pulpit today, contributing much to our irrelevance in the eyes of the secular world, not to mention the person in the pew. This sermon, along with a glance at the Christian home, seeks to approach this matter of a Christian understanding of Work.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from August 12, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this sermon series based on St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians we have been returning often to the matter of Christian Maturity, or if one prefers, Maturity in Christ.  It is a major concern of the apostle for these new Christian converts in Colossae.  It is also a crying need of the Church in our day.  In this mornings reading, Colossians 3:18-4:1 Paul extends his teaching put forth in Col 3:1-17 to two important arenas of the Greco-Roman world of the first century, and thus of great concern for the early believers--the family and slavery.  I have applied these verses, (following the lead of many before me), to the home and the workplace.  It is clear to me that Paul wants his readers to understand that the pathway to Christian maturity runs right through the home and from there, right through the workplace.  The latter, the workplace, and more specifically, work and our attitude towards it is all too frequently ignored in the Christian pulpit today, contributing much to our irrelevance in the eyes of the secular world, not to mention the person in the pew. This sermon, along with a glance at the Christian home, seeks to approach this matter of a Christian understanding of Work.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:48:14 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:29:27</itunes:duration>
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			<title>The Christ-Shaped Life - August 5, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[For St. Paul a person's new life in Christ should issue in a Christ-shaped life.  Such a life is well described in Colossians 3:1-17. It may at times involve us in a radical dying, or rather killing, (an active enterprise as opposed to merely passive surrender), of our "earthly" nature.  At other times this life will be best described as a putting off of certain attitudes or behaviors, and putting on of Christ-like virtues, the garments of the renewed life.  This attire, agape-love alone completes.  As this is done the peace of Christ rules in our hearts,  gratitude issues in joyful song, and all is done in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from August 5, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[For St. Paul a person's new life in Christ should issue in a Christ-shaped life.  Such a life is well described in Colossians 3:1-17. It may at times involve us in a radical dying, or rather killing, (an active enterprise as opposed to merely passive surrender), of our "earthly" nature.  At other times this life will be best described as a putting off of certain attitudes or behaviors, and putting on of Christ-like virtues, the garments of the renewed life.  This attire, agape-love alone completes.  As this is done the peace of Christ rules in our hearts,  gratitude issues in joyful song, and all is done in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:08:47 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:29:19</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Living Our Lives in Christ:  Bringing Harmony to our Disparity - July 29, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[Colossians 2:6-15 presents us with  many of the most penetrating statements in this epistle, if not in the entire corpus of the Pauline writings, and verses 6-7 are at the heart of what the apostle urges upon this young Christian fellowship--and through them to us.  He recognizes that to live our lives in what we have received in Christ is, indeed, a challenge that will take our utter reliance on God's reconciling work in Jesus Christ, as well as grace-filled vigilance.  Our fractured, divided selves are prevalent that only as Christ is in us, and we in him, can we know the fullness of his reconciling work in ourselves--as well as our familial, ethnic, social or national systems of which he alone can be the true head.  Otherwise they become our tyrants.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from July 29, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Colossians 2:6-15 presents us with  many of the most penetrating statements in this epistle, if not in the entire corpus of the Pauline writings, and verses 6-7 are at the heart of what the apostle urges upon this young Christian fellowship--and through them to us.  He recognizes that to live our lives in what we have received in Christ is, indeed, a challenge that will take our utter reliance on God's reconciling work in Jesus Christ, as well as grace-filled vigilance.  Our fractured, divided selves are prevalent that only as Christ is in us, and we in him, can we know the fullness of his reconciling work in ourselves--as well as our familial, ethnic, social or national systems of which he alone can be the true head.  Otherwise they become our tyrants.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:30:34</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Reconciling All Things Through Christ - July 22, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[With the signs of estrangement and alienation on bold display in our culture and world, it is essential that we hear afresh the message of God's reconciling grace through Jesus Christ. The apostle describes this reconciling work of Christ, and our work in Christ, in striking fashion in Colossians 1:18-29.  This reconciliation is provided only in the Cross of Jesus Christ.  It is the essence of the Church's mission in the world, to proclaim this message of reconciliation--even to be ambassadors of reconciliation.  It is essential however that we first become partakers of and abide in Christ's reconciling work as well as take on the task of proclaiming it.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from July 22, 2007 delivered at the 8am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[With the signs of estrangement and alienation on bold display in our culture and world, it is essential that we hear afresh the message of God's reconciling grace through Jesus Christ. The apostle describes this reconciling work of Christ, and our work in Christ, in striking fashion in Colossians 1:18-29.  This reconciliation is provided only in the Cross of Jesus Christ.  It is the essence of the Church's mission in the world, to proclaim this message of reconciliation--even to be ambassadors of reconciliation.  It is essential however that we first become partakers of and abide in Christ's reconciling work as well as take on the task of proclaiming it.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 08:57:47 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:22:31</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Renewed Minds--The Key to Making the Church Work - July 15, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[The first in a six-week sermon series on St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians takes up the emphasis on right understanding, knowledge and wisdom, (see Colossians 1:9-14), as Paul expresses it in his prayer for these new Christians in Colossae.  Paul will go on in this letter to stress the uniqueness of Jesus Christ who is sufficient for their new life of grace as they grow steadily towards Christian maturity.  This first sermon in our series emphasizes the importance of right Christian thinking, the renewal of our minds, as he notes also in Romans 12:2. In an every changing society, whose norms and values are up for grabs, it is increasingly important that we know clearly what God has done for us in Jesus Christ and how to think clearly, thus live rightly, in today's world--and this not only as individuals, but as a church set down in a local setting with plenty of local challenges and lifestyles.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from July 15, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The first in a six-week sermon series on St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians takes up the emphasis on right understanding, knowledge and wisdom, (see Colossians 1:9-14), as Paul expresses it in his prayer for these new Christians in Colossae.  Paul will go on in this letter to stress the uniqueness of Jesus Christ who is sufficient for their new life of grace as they grow steadily towards Christian maturity.  This first sermon in our series emphasizes the importance of right Christian thinking, the renewal of our minds, as he notes also in Romans 12:2. In an every changing society, whose norms and values are up for grabs, it is increasingly important that we know clearly what God has done for us in Jesus Christ and how to think clearly, thus live rightly, in today's world--and this not only as individuals, but as a church set down in a local setting with plenty of local challenges and lifestyles.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:36:07 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:27:52</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Forgiveness for Pharisees and Sinners - June 17, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This sermon follows the sinful woman of the village into the house of Simon the Pharisee, see Luke 7:36-50.  There in the encounter between Jesus, the woman, and Simon the grace of God is manifested as forgiveness to sinners in need of justification.  So too it is manifested to each of us through the redeeming work of Christ. ]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from June 17, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This sermon follows the sinful woman of the village into the house of Simon the Pharisee, see Luke 7:36-50.  There in the encounter between Jesus, the woman, and Simon the grace of God is manifested as forgiveness to sinners in need of justification.  So too it is manifested to each of us through the redeeming work of Christ. ]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:56:52 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:28:14</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Seeing God&apos;s Glory in the Earth and in Heaven - June 3, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[Taking seriously the refrain of the seraphim in Isaiah's vision, Isaiah 6:1-8, especially verse 3, that "the whole earth is full of his glory", this sermon challenges us to open our eyes and minds to perceive it, entering even into the border land, (John Polkinghorne's phrase in Traffic in Truth), between science and theology.  This Trinity Sunday sermon engages the Christian believer to recognize the Triune God's role in creation  as well as in redemption.  This created world is emblematic of the unseen world of heaven and our ultimately redeemed world--all of which is the work of the blessed Trinity wherein he has written his glory.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from June 3, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Taking seriously the refrain of the seraphim in Isaiah's vision, Isaiah 6:1-8, especially verse 3, that "the whole earth is full of his glory", this sermon challenges us to open our eyes and minds to perceive it, entering even into the border land, (John Polkinghorne's phrase in Traffic in Truth), between science and theology.  This Trinity Sunday sermon engages the Christian believer to recognize the Triune God's role in creation  as well as in redemption.  This created world is emblematic of the unseen world of heaven and our ultimately redeemed world--all of which is the work of the blessed Trinity wherein he has written his glory.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:14:19 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:29:23</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Pentecost in Sound Bites - May 27, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[In a world often dominated by media sound bites, this sermon for Pentecost Sunday takes the texts assigned by the lectionary, Acts 2:1-11 and John 20:19-23, and gleans several  points that can be distilled into pithy statements as we face the challenge here at St. Paul's (after a year in suspension because of the rector's assumed departure, and with Fr. Michael Gilton's departing to plant a congregation in the Diocese of Dallas) of returning from a temporary maintenance posture back to one of engaging mission.  Thus the Feast of Pentecost reminds us that we are not merely consumers of grace but rather communicators of the Gospel, not protectors of private turf but players on a common team, and finally, not self-centered believers but Spirit-sent disciples.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from May 27, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In a world often dominated by media sound bites, this sermon for Pentecost Sunday takes the texts assigned by the lectionary, Acts 2:1-11 and John 20:19-23, and gleans several  points that can be distilled into pithy statements as we face the challenge here at St. Paul's (after a year in suspension because of the rector's assumed departure, and with Fr. Michael Gilton's departing to plant a congregation in the Diocese of Dallas) of returning from a temporary maintenance posture back to one of engaging mission.  Thus the Feast of Pentecost reminds us that we are not merely consumers of grace but rather communicators of the Gospel, not protectors of private turf but players on a common team, and finally, not self-centered believers but Spirit-sent disciples.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 08:28:30 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:28:55</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Jeremiah&apos;s Prophetic Sign of Hope - May 20, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Michael Gilton</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[In his last sermon at St. Paul's Bakersfield, Fr. Michael takes as his text Jeremiah 32:1-2, 6-15.  Jeremiah's prophetic hope is based on the character of God, is tangible, and expects miracles.  This prophetic hope brings with it the spiritual benefits of strengthening faith, building trust, and the loosening of praise.  We all need signs of hope.  One sign of hope at St. Paul's, Bakersfield, is sending the Curate out to plant a church.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Michael's sermon from May 20, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In his last sermon at St. Paul's Bakersfield, Fr. Michael takes as his text Jeremiah 32:1-2, 6-15.  Jeremiah's prophetic hope is based on the character of God, is tangible, and expects miracles.  This prophetic hope brings with it the spiritual benefits of strengthening faith, building trust, and the loosening of praise.  We all need signs of hope.  One sign of hope at St. Paul's, Bakersfield, is sending the Curate out to plant a church.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 08:39:41 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:24:25</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Turning our Hearts Homeward  - May 13, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This sermon given on Mother's Day takes a look at Christian parenting first from the role of parenting of our children and then from the role of an adult child caring for our parents.  It is indisputably one of the most sacred yet so often troublesome areas of life.  Nobody negotiates either role perfectly thus we are driven back upon the grace of God and the teaching of Holy Scripture from the examples of the Patriarchs to the 5th Commandment to Proverbs 14:26 to Ephesians 6:1-4 and a plethora of unmentioned texts.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from May 13, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This sermon given on Mother's Day takes a look at Christian parenting first from the role of parenting of our children and then from the role of an adult child caring for our parents.  It is indisputably one of the most sacred yet so often troublesome areas of life.  Nobody negotiates either role perfectly thus we are driven back upon the grace of God and the teaching of Holy Scripture from the examples of the Patriarchs to the 5th Commandment to Proverbs 14:26 to Ephesians 6:1-4 and a plethora of unmentioned texts.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 07:10:56 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:34:19</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Because I said so - May 6, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Michael Gilton</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[A key theme in the Book of Leviticus is God calling his people to Holy as he is Holy.  In this sermon on Lev 19:1-2, 9-18, Fr. Michael looks at the call to holiness and places it in the relational context of loving our neighbors as ourselves.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Michael's sermon from May 6, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A key theme in the Book of Leviticus is God calling his people to Holy as he is Holy.  In this sermon on Lev 19:1-2, 9-18, Fr. Michael looks at the call to holiness and places it in the relational context of loving our neighbors as ourselves.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 11:24:45 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:21:36</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>The Promises of the Good Shepherd - April 29, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This sermon for Good Shepherd Sunday:  Easter 4 focuses on the promises Jesus makes to his disciples in John 10: 27-28 and in the process interacts with the various teachings of Jesus in the Good Shepherd passages of chapter 10 in John's Gospel. These various strands of Jesus' teaching are summarized in these two verses--My sheep hear my voice, I know them, they follow me, I give them eternal life, they shall not perish and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from April 29, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This sermon for Good Shepherd Sunday:  Easter 4 focuses on the promises Jesus makes to his disciples in John 10: 27-28 and in the process interacts with the various teachings of Jesus in the Good Shepherd passages of chapter 10 in John's Gospel. These various strands of Jesus' teaching are summarized in these two verses--My sheep hear my voice, I know them, they follow me, I give them eternal life, they shall not perish and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 09:53:40 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:35:37</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Out of The Cul-de-Sac - April 8, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[C. S. Lewis once wrote that Christ's resurrection opened a door that had been shut from the death of the first man.  It also leads us out of what Karl Barth described as the hopeless cul-de-sac of death. Thus Easter, Christ's resurrection, is the opening of the door, the way out of the cul-de-sac, the beginning of God's New Creation out of the lifeless "matter" of the old.  Because of Christ's resurrection this new creation imposes itself into this old order with remarkable regularity and results of which our Easter Eucharist is an example.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from April 8, 2007 delivered at the 8am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[C. S. Lewis once wrote that Christ's resurrection opened a door that had been shut from the death of the first man.  It also leads us out of what Karl Barth described as the hopeless cul-de-sac of death. Thus Easter, Christ's resurrection, is the opening of the door, the way out of the cul-de-sac, the beginning of God's New Creation out of the lifeless "matter" of the old.  Because of Christ's resurrection this new creation imposes itself into this old order with remarkable regularity and results of which our Easter Eucharist is an example.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:13:30 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:25:15</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Judas--His Greatest Failing - April 1, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This Palm Sunday sermon looks at the role of Judas in the Passion of our Lord (Luke 22:47-48, Matthew 26:20-24, and John 13:27-30, et al), and takes the tack that his two greatest errors, which unfortunately are frequently made by people today, led to his tragic actions.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from April 1, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This Palm Sunday sermon looks at the role of Judas in the Passion of our Lord (Luke 22:47-48, Matthew 26:20-24, and John 13:27-30, et al), and takes the tack that his two greatest errors, which unfortunately are frequently made by people today, led to his tragic actions.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:08:09 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:22:13</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Praying Through Our Trials, Tests and Temptations - March 25, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[The final sermon in our Lenten series on the Lord's Prayer takes up that most troubling of petitions, "Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil."  The deeper one walks into life in Christ the more relevant this prayer, rightly understood, becomes.  It was C. S. Lewis in his little book Letters to Malcom: Chiefly on Prayer who noted the word peirasmos, sometimes translated "temptation"  'means "trying circumstances" of every kind.'  This sets the stage for a right understanding of what our Lord is teaching us about the life of prayer in this world "with devils filled" that threatens to undo us.  He who himself faced a life that swirled with trials, tests and temptations is more than sufficient for us in this way of the discipleship.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from March 25, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The final sermon in our Lenten series on the Lord's Prayer takes up that most troubling of petitions, "Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil."  The deeper one walks into life in Christ the more relevant this prayer, rightly understood, becomes.  It was C. S. Lewis in his little book Letters to Malcom: Chiefly on Prayer who noted the word peirasmos, sometimes translated "temptation"  'means "trying circumstances" of every kind.'  This sets the stage for a right understanding of what our Lord is teaching us about the life of prayer in this world "with devils filled" that threatens to undo us.  He who himself faced a life that swirled with trials, tests and temptations is more than sufficient for us in this way of the discipleship.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:14:42 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:25:43</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Forgiving Sins:  A Messy Business--A Messy Prayer - March 18, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[The fourth sermon in this Lenten series on The Lord's Prayer takes up the petition, "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us."  This is a difficult petition that our Lord teaches us to pray.  Difficult for two reasons.  First, because it places before us something about ourselves we often don't want to face--our sin.  Secondly, it is difficult because it puts before us something we often don't want to do, can't do, or keep done for long--forgive those who sin against us.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from March 18, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The fourth sermon in this Lenten series on The Lord's Prayer takes up the petition, "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us."  This is a difficult petition that our Lord teaches us to pray.  Difficult for two reasons.  First, because it places before us something about ourselves we often don't want to face--our sin.  Secondly, it is difficult because it puts before us something we often don't want to do, can't do, or keep done for long--forgive those who sin against us.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:25:20 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:24:46</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Praying Daily Bread into Daily Life - March 11, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Michael Gilton</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[Continuing our sermon series on The Lord's Prayer, Fr. Michael puts the petition "give us this day our daily bread" in the context of the Father's provision in feeding the Hebrews manna from heaven (Ex 16:2-5) and of the Son's teaching about anxiety and dependence (Mt 6:25, 31-34).  With this background, when we pray "give us this day our daily bread" we are inviting Jesus into all aspects of our lives, submitting our will to the Father's, linking our lives with other who pray this prayer, and proclaiming the Gospel.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Michael's sermon from March 11, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Continuing our sermon series on The Lord's Prayer, Fr. Michael puts the petition "give us this day our daily bread" in the context of the Father's provision in feeding the Hebrews manna from heaven (Ex 16:2-5) and of the Son's teaching about anxiety and dependence (Mt 6:25, 31-34).  With this background, when we pray "give us this day our daily bread" we are inviting Jesus into all aspects of our lives, submitting our will to the Father's, linking our lives with other who pray this prayer, and proclaiming the Gospel.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:57:39 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:24:50</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Praying Earth to Heaven and Heaven to Earth - March 4, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This second sermon in the series on the Lord's Prayer takes up the three Godward petitions, the hallowing of God's Name, the fulfillment of God's Kingdom, and the Father's will in our lives and world.  Since so much of prayer, as indeed so much of life, remains, (this side of heaven),  a mystery, it is incumbent that we approach this meeting of the human heart and the Father's "heart" with humility.  It is after all part of the hallowing of his Name.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from February 25, 2007 delivered at the 8am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This second sermon in the series on the Lord's Prayer takes up the three Godward petitions, the hallowing of God's Name, the fulfillment of God's Kingdom, and the Father's will in our lives and world.  Since so much of prayer, as indeed so much of life, remains, (this side of heaven),  a mystery, it is incumbent that we approach this meeting of the human heart and the Father's "heart" with humility.  It is after all part of the hallowing of his Name.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:20:49 -0800</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:26:57</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Praying to the Father - February 25, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[The first in a five-part Lenten Series on the Lord's Prayer entitled, "Praying through Life, Living Through Prayer". After a general  introduction to this prayer Jesus taught his disciples to pray, this first installment in the series takes up the opening address, "Our Father who art in heaven".   It is hard to imagine someone who has come into an authentic relationship with Jesus Christ not wanting to learn, sooner than later, how to pray effectively.  What better place to begin than with this prayer Jesus taught us to pray.  It is a prayer that leads us to recognize afresh that we are all beginners in this most human and spiritual of enterprises--learning to pray.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from February 25, 2007 delivered at the 8am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The first in a five-part Lenten Series on the Lord's Prayer entitled, "Praying through Life, Living Through Prayer". After a general  introduction to this prayer Jesus taught his disciples to pray, this first installment in the series takes up the opening address, "Our Father who art in heaven".   It is hard to imagine someone who has come into an authentic relationship with Jesus Christ not wanting to learn, sooner than later, how to pray effectively.  What better place to begin than with this prayer Jesus taught us to pray.  It is a prayer that leads us to recognize afresh that we are all beginners in this most human and spiritual of enterprises--learning to pray.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:45:23 -0800</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:29:43</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Applause from an Audience of One - February 21, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This sermon for Ash Wednesday takes Jesus teaching in the Gospel for the day, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21, and seeks to provide a space for God to search our hearts, divine our motives, and reveal the audience before whom we play our lives.  It is, after all, only God the Audience of One who can search our hearts, and woe us into his fatherly-heart for repentance, forgiveness, healing,and his transforming grace.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from February 21, 2007 delivered at the 7pm Ash Wednesday service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This sermon for Ash Wednesday takes Jesus teaching in the Gospel for the day, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21, and seeks to provide a space for God to search our hearts, divine our motives, and reveal the audience before whom we play our lives.  It is, after all, only God the Audience of One who can search our hearts, and woe us into his fatherly-heart for repentance, forgiveness, healing,and his transforming grace.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:41:20 -0800</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:22:54</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Trusting in the Lord - February 11, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This sermon puts the Old Testament lesson from Jeremiah 17:5-10 not only within the context of the other lectionary readings assigned for 6 Epiphany--that is Psalm 1 and Luke 6:17-26, but even more tellingly, within the context of Jeremiah 17:1-4.  The know true blessing in this complex world in which we live our lives as individuals, parishes or Church is to trust in the LORD.  There is no one else or nothing else that will sustain us in the day of testing or judgment.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from February 11, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This sermon puts the Old Testament lesson from Jeremiah 17:5-10 not only within the context of the other lectionary readings assigned for 6 Epiphany--that is Psalm 1 and Luke 6:17-26, but even more tellingly, within the context of Jeremiah 17:1-4.  The know true blessing in this complex world in which we live our lives as individuals, parishes or Church is to trust in the LORD.  There is no one else or nothing else that will sustain us in the day of testing or judgment.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:49:45 -0800</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:27:53</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Meeting Christ in the Miracle of the Fish - February 4, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This encounter between Jesus and Simon Peter in Luke 5:1-11 is a passage rich in Christological and devotional themes for our lives in Christ, including the important themes of mission and discipleship. These homiletical themes of Christology, mission and discipleship are relevant not only in today's Church in America (including TEC), but also in this season of the Church Year known as After the Epiphany.  ]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from February 4, 2007 delivered at the 8am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This encounter between Jesus and Simon Peter in Luke 5:1-11 is a passage rich in Christological and devotional themes for our lives in Christ, including the important themes of mission and discipleship. These homiletical themes of Christology, mission and discipleship are relevant not only in today's Church in America (including TEC), but also in this season of the Church Year known as After the Epiphany.  ]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:34:50 -0800</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:23:35</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>You have a Story to Tell - January 28, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Michael Gilton</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[The story of St. Paul's conversion (Acts 26:9-21) has served as a model for generations of Christians for telling their stories.  As an example of one person's conversion, Fr. Michael tells how he encountered Jesus.  We all have a story to tell.  Whether that story is spectacular like St. Paul's or less so does not matter.  What matters is that the Holy Spirit speaks through us when we share the stories of how we encountered Jesus with those who do not know him.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Michael's sermon from January 28, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The story of St. Paul's conversion (Acts 26:9-21) has served as a model for generations of Christians for telling their stories.  As an example of one person's conversion, Fr. Michael tells how he encountered Jesus.  We all have a story to tell.  Whether that story is spectacular like St. Paul's or less so does not matter.  What matters is that the Holy Spirit speaks through us when we share the stories of how we encountered Jesus with those who do not know him.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:56:34 -0800</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:23:51</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>The Church Being the Church - January 21, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This sermon reflects on St. Paul's teaching on the as found in I Corinthians 12:1-27, and the messianic ministry of Jesus in Luke 4:14-21.  The Church, as the Body of Christ, lives by confessing Jesus as Lord, serves in the power of the Spirit, and thrives in fellowship. ]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from January 21, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This sermon reflects on St. Paul's teaching on the as found in I Corinthians 12:1-27, and the messianic ministry of Jesus in Luke 4:14-21.  The Church, as the Body of Christ, lives by confessing Jesus as Lord, serves in the power of the Spirit, and thrives in fellowship. ]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:17:51 -0800</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:28:33</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>When the Wine Gives Out then Wonder Can Begin - January 14, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This sermon reflectives on several of the themes running through this first miracle/sign of Jesus in John's Gospel, John 2:1-11. (There are, of course, many more.)   A passage of particular interest for this sermon is verse three of chapter two, seeing the situation at this wedding feast as representative of the human condition without Christ. The mother of our Lord, who serves a unique  role in the Johannine Gospel, and specifically in this text she is illustrative of several important dimensions of the believer's life with Christ if in fact we are to see his transforming wonder in our lives and in the lives of those around us.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from January 14, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This sermon reflectives on several of the themes running through this first miracle/sign of Jesus in John's Gospel, John 2:1-11. (There are, of course, many more.)   A passage of particular interest for this sermon is verse three of chapter two, seeing the situation at this wedding feast as representative of the human condition without Christ. The mother of our Lord, who serves a unique  role in the Johannine Gospel, and specifically in this text she is illustrative of several important dimensions of the believer's life with Christ if in fact we are to see his transforming wonder in our lives and in the lives of those around us.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:12:14 -0800</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:23:20</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Stepping from the Stable to the Jordan - January 7, 2007</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[While the birth of Jesus is told in only two Gospels, the baptism of Jesus is portrayed in all four of the Gospels.   The lectionary of the Church is quick to recognize the theological link between the birth and the baptism of our Lord, always putting before us on the First Sunday after Epiphany this manifesting event of our Lord's life and ministry. The world doesn't usually make this journey with us.  The crowds on Christmas Eve are not usually with us after we leave the manger, even though the step from the stable in Bethlehem to the muddy waters of the Jordan, from the birth to the baptism, takes less than a week.  This sermon explores just a few of the lessons the light of Christ's baptism as found in Luke 3:21-22 sheds on our life and ministry as disciples of Jesus, baptized as we are into his death and resurrection, anointed with the Holy Spirit, and made children of the Father by adoption and grace.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from January 7, 2007 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[While the birth of Jesus is told in only two Gospels, the baptism of Jesus is portrayed in all four of the Gospels.   The lectionary of the Church is quick to recognize the theological link between the birth and the baptism of our Lord, always putting before us on the First Sunday after Epiphany this manifesting event of our Lord's life and ministry. The world doesn't usually make this journey with us.  The crowds on Christmas Eve are not usually with us after we leave the manger, even though the step from the stable in Bethlehem to the muddy waters of the Jordan, from the birth to the baptism, takes less than a week.  This sermon explores just a few of the lessons the light of Christ's baptism as found in Luke 3:21-22 sheds on our life and ministry as disciples of Jesus, baptized as we are into his death and resurrection, anointed with the Holy Spirit, and made children of the Father by adoption and grace.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:31:26 -0800</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:31:13</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Great Beginnings and a Greater Ending - December 25, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Michael Gilton</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[John's Gospel opens just as the Book of Genesis opens: "In the beginning."  Genesis tells the story of the Old Creation; while John tells the even greater story of the New Creation, which is inaugurated by the birth of Jesus.  Jesus brings true light, new life as children of God, and acts on our behalf to do what we cannot do on our own, free ourselves from sin and death.  John's Christmas story sounds a little different than the Christmas story from Luke, but they have the same marvelous ending and the same humble beginning with a baby in Bethlehem.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Michael's sermon from December 25, 2006 delivered at the Christmas morning service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[John's Gospel opens just as the Book of Genesis opens: "In the beginning."  Genesis tells the story of the Old Creation; while John tells the even greater story of the New Creation, which is inaugurated by the birth of Jesus.  Jesus brings true light, new life as children of God, and acts on our behalf to do what we cannot do on our own, free ourselves from sin and death.  John's Christmas story sounds a little different than the Christmas story from Luke, but they have the same marvelous ending and the same humble beginning with a baby in Bethlehem.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:30:10 -0800</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:14:25</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Mary&apos;s Song of Grace and Hope - December 24, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Michael Gilton</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[The Magnificat, the song Mary sings after her cousin Elizabeth greets her, is a song about the grace and hope we have in Jesus.  Mary sings about the grace God shows her in becoming the mother of our Lord, and Mary sings about the grace shown all people throughout time because of the coming birth of her son.  Mary also sings about hope: the assurance that because of the Christ, her unborn son, evil and death are defeated once for all.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Michael's sermon from December 24, 2006 delivered at the Christmas Eve morning service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Magnificat, the song Mary sings after her cousin Elizabeth greets her, is a song about the grace and hope we have in Jesus.  Mary sings about the grace God shows her in becoming the mother of our Lord, and Mary sings about the grace shown all people throughout time because of the coming birth of her son.  Mary also sings about hope: the assurance that because of the Christ, her unborn son, evil and death are defeated once for all.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:27:55 -0800</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:14:33</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>The Song of Christmas - December 24, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This Christmas Eve sermon is based on the song sung to the Shepherds on that first Christmas night, and passed from them down through the ages. It is sung by the faithful not only on Christmas, but in all the days of our life's journey.  Once it is heard it is never wholly forgotten.  It breaks forth in us in the darkest of nights and coldest of mornings.  It is the song composed by heaven for us through the God-Man, Jesus Christ. The song God gave to our species to sing!]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from December 24, 2006 delivered at the 11pm Christmas Eve service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This Christmas Eve sermon is based on the song sung to the Shepherds on that first Christmas night, and passed from them down through the ages. It is sung by the faithful not only on Christmas, but in all the days of our life's journey.  Once it is heard it is never wholly forgotten.  It breaks forth in us in the darkest of nights and coldest of mornings.  It is the song composed by heaven for us through the God-Man, Jesus Christ. The song God gave to our species to sing!]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2006 09:04:15 -0800</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:23:26</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Confirmation--Begun Not Complete - December 17, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[Bishop Schofield was at St. Paul's for Confirmation on December 17th. But since he had just come from being hospitalized, he asked Fr. Mark Lawrence, (late in the week), to preach.  This sermon, addressed to the confirmands, while making brief allusion to the Gospel reading for the Third Sunday in Advent, Luke 3:7-18, focuses primarily upon the role of The Holy Spirit in the sacrament of Confirmation.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from December 17, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Bishop Schofield was at St. Paul's for Confirmation on December 17th. But since he had just come from being hospitalized, he asked Fr. Mark Lawrence, (late in the week), to preach.  This sermon, addressed to the confirmands, while making brief allusion to the Gospel reading for the Third Sunday in Advent, Luke 3:7-18, focuses primarily upon the role of The Holy Spirit in the sacrament of Confirmation.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:36:34 -0800</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:26:36</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Guest Speaker, Fr. Bill Gandenberger - December 3, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Bill Gandenberger</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[Fr. Bill Gandenberger was the guest speaker on December 3, 2006.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Bill Gandenberger's sermon from December 3, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Fr. Bill Gandenberger was the guest speaker on December 3, 2006.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:25:53 -0800</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:25:59</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>David and Jesus:  The Power of a Legacy - November 26, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This last sermon in the series, David: A Life Remembered , takes up the theme of the power of a legacy.  David's legacy is a profound and poignant study in contrasts, consisting at moment of dark tones and menacing shadows, only to give way to bright colors and bold brush strokes.  Ironically, it is from David's saddest failure that his greatest legacy emerges.  That legacy which alters, transforms and redeems not only his life and legacy, but as well--even Jesus Christ, the son of David, and savior of the world.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from November 26, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This last sermon in the series, David: A Life Remembered , takes up the theme of the power of a legacy.  David's legacy is a profound and poignant study in contrasts, consisting at moment of dark tones and menacing shadows, only to give way to bright colors and bold brush strokes.  Ironically, it is from David's saddest failure that his greatest legacy emerges.  That legacy which alters, transforms and redeems not only his life and legacy, but as well--even Jesus Christ, the son of David, and savior of the world.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:09:45 -0800</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:28:18</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>David:  The King of Hearts - November 19, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[David having ascended to the throne of a united Israel, looks about his palace and is troubled that he lives in a cedar paneled house while God's abode is in the tent of the Tabernacle.  He proposes to build Yahweh a house.  He doesn't realize he is about to step onto a precipitous spiritual turf.  His proposal endangers what God intends to do not only for him, but for all the people of God for all time.  It is God who shall build the House of David, not David who shall build the House of God.  It is the same dangerous turf we, the Christian believer, may often find ourselves entering unwarily.  Having begun our life in Christ through grace we cross over so unsuspectingly into a life of works...striving to do "something" big for God, rather than allowing Him to do His work through us.  It is in the human heart yielded that the sovereign work of God's heart is done.  This is the profound message we find in 2 Samuel 7:1-29...the great salvific promise of God and the responding prayer of David's heart.  ]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from November 19, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[David having ascended to the throne of a united Israel, looks about his palace and is troubled that he lives in a cedar paneled house while God's abode is in the tent of the Tabernacle.  He proposes to build Yahweh a house.  He doesn't realize he is about to step onto a precipitous spiritual turf.  His proposal endangers what God intends to do not only for him, but for all the people of God for all time.  It is God who shall build the House of David, not David who shall build the House of God.  It is the same dangerous turf we, the Christian believer, may often find ourselves entering unwarily.  Having begun our life in Christ through grace we cross over so unsuspectingly into a life of works...striving to do "something" big for God, rather than allowing Him to do His work through us.  It is in the human heart yielded that the sovereign work of God's heart is done.  This is the profound message we find in 2 Samuel 7:1-29...the great salvific promise of God and the responding prayer of David's heart.  ]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2006 10:43:33 -0800</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:28:43</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>David and Saul:  The Meeting in the Cave - November 12, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This sermon continues the David series after Jonathan and David are forced by Saul's growing animosity to part company.  David continues ascending the road of leadership formation, while Saul continues in a descending spiral of despair.  Both men meet by clear providential design in the cave near En Gedi, in the wilderness of Judea.  The scene is described in I Samuel 24: 1-16, where the heart and integrity of each is revealed.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from November 12, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This sermon continues the David series after Jonathan and David are forced by Saul's growing animosity to part company.  David continues ascending the road of leadership formation, while Saul continues in a descending spiral of despair.  Both men meet by clear providential design in the cave near En Gedi, in the wilderness of Judea.  The scene is described in I Samuel 24: 1-16, where the heart and integrity of each is revealed.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:53:26 -0800</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:25:30</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>David and Jonathan:  Friendship--A Divine Design - November 5, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This third sermon in our series on David: A Life Remembered  explores the role that friendship plays in the spiritual life of the disciple and how it offers a prism through which to understand our greater friendship with Jesus Christ descended of David.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from November 5, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This third sermon in our series on David: A Life Remembered  explores the role that friendship plays in the spiritual life of the disciple and how it offers a prism through which to understand our greater friendship with Jesus Christ descended of David.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:11:15 -0800</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:26:40</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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		<item>
			<title>David and Goliath: An Adult Look at a Children&apos;s Story</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[We hear the story of David and Goliath, which is known to most children, anew with attention to themes which apply to our lives.  David emerged from the "camp of fear" to fight the giant who taunted the army of Saul across the valley.  Saul clothed David with the trappings of a warrior, but David rejected them because he was not used to them.  David knelt at the wadi and selected five smooth stones to fight the giant, and he ran at Goliath in confidence that the battle belonged to the Lord.  Emerging from the camp of fear, rejecting how the secular world seeks to clothe and mold us, praying in confidence that the Lord is fighting the battle; these are how David's life applies to our life today.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from October 29, 2006 delivered at the 8am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[We hear the story of David and Goliath, which is known to most children, anew with attention to themes which apply to our lives.  David emerged from the "camp of fear" to fight the giant who taunted the army of Saul across the valley.  Saul clothed David with the trappings of a warrior, but David rejected them because he was not used to them.  David knelt at the wadi and selected five smooth stones to fight the giant, and he ran at Goliath in confidence that the battle belonged to the Lord.  Emerging from the camp of fear, rejecting how the secular world seeks to clothe and mold us, praying in confidence that the Lord is fighting the battle; these are how David's life applies to our life today.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:33:28 -0800</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:29:59</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>The Journey Begins.... - September 17, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This is a "talk to the parish" of St. Paul's on the Sunday after my election as Bishop of South Carolina.  Since it was primarily designed for parishioners, Fr. Mark chose not to have it on the website, but since many parishioners who were not there on that Sunday requested to hear it, he has reluctantly relented. Note: This presentation, given during the normal sermon time, was taped at the 8am Holy Eucharist and is thus less lively and emotive than the one given at the later service.  The tape was not replaced in between services and thus that version was not recorded.  (Those who heard the ten oclock version as well as listened to the tape from the earlier, clearly preferred the later.)]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from September 17, 2006 delivered at the 8am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This is a "talk to the parish" of St. Paul's on the Sunday after my election as Bishop of South Carolina.  Since it was primarily designed for parishioners, Fr. Mark chose not to have it on the website, but since many parishioners who were not there on that Sunday requested to hear it, he has reluctantly relented. Note: This presentation, given during the normal sermon time, was taped at the 8am Holy Eucharist and is thus less lively and emotive than the one given at the later service.  The tape was not replaced in between services and thus that version was not recorded.  (Those who heard the ten oclock version as well as listened to the tape from the earlier, clearly preferred the later.)]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:59:26 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:28:57</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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		<item>
			<title>David: Anointed of God - October 22, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This sermon initiates a six-week sermon series entitled "David:  A Life to Remember."  The opening sermon, "David:  Anointed of God," is based on I Samuel 16:1-13.   It looks at the role the prophet Samuel played in identifying God's call of the young shepherd lad, and of anointing him not merely with oil, but with the "delight"  (John Claypool's word) of God.  It is a reminder to both rejoice in those who have anointed us with delight, seeing what God was doing in our lives (perhaps before we knew it ourselves), and to give ourselves to the important ministry of "anointing" others with a similar God-given delight.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from October 22, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This sermon initiates a six-week sermon series entitled "David:  A Life to Remember."  The opening sermon, "David:  Anointed of God," is based on I Samuel 16:1-13.   It looks at the role the prophet Samuel played in identifying God's call of the young shepherd lad, and of anointing him not merely with oil, but with the "delight"  (John Claypool's word) of God.  It is a reminder to both rejoice in those who have anointed us with delight, seeing what God was doing in our lives (perhaps before we knew it ourselves), and to give ourselves to the important ministry of "anointing" others with a similar God-given delight.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:55:06 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:31:02</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Almost a Disciple - October 15, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[The title of this sermon borrows a phrase from the victorian preacher/expositor Alexander MacLaren.  This sermon takes the story of the rich, young ruler in Mark 10:17-31 and uses it in a series of contrasts to challenge each of us to a life of discipleship through a deeper surrender to Christ.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from October 15, 2006 delivered at the 8am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The title of this sermon borrows a phrase from the victorian preacher/expositor Alexander MacLaren.  This sermon takes the story of the rich, young ruler in Mark 10:17-31 and uses it in a series of contrasts to challenge each of us to a life of discipleship through a deeper surrender to Christ.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:08:10 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:23:38</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>What is Man...? - October 8, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[What is a human being?  And for what is he made?  Fallen Angel?  Holy Ape? In a rare convergence of scriptural texts (clearly not intended in each case by the drafters our lectionary--Genesis 2:18-24, Psalm 8, Hebrews 2:1-18, and Mark10:2-9), this Sunday's readings in one way or another raise the question of what we are, and what we are designed for, at least in several dimensions of our being.  This sermon takes up three aspects of our nature and purpose:  1) We are made for companionship in our humanity; 2) Complementarity and unity in our sexuality; and 3) Communion in our spirituality.  We are, as St. Augustine described, a mystery (ourselves) seeking a mystery (God).  Fortunately, God, knowing our dilemma, has sought us himself through Jesus Christ.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from October 8, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[What is a human being?  And for what is he made?  Fallen Angel?  Holy Ape? In a rare convergence of scriptural texts (clearly not intended in each case by the drafters our lectionary--Genesis 2:18-24, Psalm 8, Hebrews 2:1-18, and Mark10:2-9), this Sunday's readings in one way or another raise the question of what we are, and what we are designed for, at least in several dimensions of our being.  This sermon takes up three aspects of our nature and purpose:  1) We are made for companionship in our humanity; 2) Complementarity and unity in our sexuality; and 3) Communion in our spirituality.  We are, as St. Augustine described, a mystery (ourselves) seeking a mystery (God).  Fortunately, God, knowing our dilemma, has sought us himself through Jesus Christ.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:14:48 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:26:40</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Making Plans--Presumptuous or Prayerful? - October 1, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[Most of us make plans for the future, whether it is for our upcoming vacation or our life's vocation.  Planning seems to be part of God's ordering of our world, as well as an important dimension of the Kingdom of God.  But James implies in 4:13-17 and extends his argument even further into chapter 5, that there is a type of planning that is presumptuous, rooted in human pride and denial of human limitations. There is, however, a way to plan for the future that is godly and prayerful.  Indeed, God's most effective servants have often been people of great vision and planning.  This sermon explores the two types of planning, presumptuous planning and prayerful planning, fitting James' teaching here into the contrasting tendency throughout his letter.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from October 1, 2006 delivered at the 10am service (slightly edited due to sound quality issues).]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Most of us make plans for the future, whether it is for our upcoming vacation or our life's vocation.  Planning seems to be part of God's ordering of our world, as well as an important dimension of the Kingdom of God.  But James implies in 4:13-17 and extends his argument even further into chapter 5, that there is a type of planning that is presumptuous, rooted in human pride and denial of human limitations. There is, however, a way to plan for the future that is godly and prayerful.  Indeed, God's most effective servants have often been people of great vision and planning.  This sermon explores the two types of planning, presumptuous planning and prayerful planning, fitting James' teaching here into the contrasting tendency throughout his letter.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:48:24 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:28:09</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Will Your Faith Save You? - September 24, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This sermon takes up the distinction found in chapter 2 of The Letter of James.  James like a good spiritual coach is concerned that we not only believe rightly, but live rightly.  He is concerned with making us proficient in Christian living; and this means we must eschew dead faith, and embrace a true faith that is costly, risky and Christ-centered.  He walks into the church's club house, tosses us a towel, calls us by our last name, and says get in out there and get the work done... "all those good works [God has] prepared for us to walk in."
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from September 24, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This sermon takes up the distinction found in chapter 2 of The Letter of James.  James like a good spiritual coach is concerned that we not only believe rightly, but live rightly.  He is concerned with making us proficient in Christian living; and this means we must eschew dead faith, and embrace a true faith that is costly, risky and Christ-centered.  He walks into the church's club house, tosses us a towel, calls us by our last name, and says get in out there and get the work done... "all those good works [God has] prepared for us to walk in."
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:17:03 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:30:54</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
		</item>
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			<title>Hymns - September 10, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. John Wilcox</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[Father John Wilcox's sermon on hymns, with music.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. John's sermon from September 10, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Father John Wilcox's sermon on hymns, with music.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:58:20 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:30:37</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Choosing God Today Means Living For Him Tomorrow - August 27, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This sermon takes Joshua's departing address to the Hebrew people in Joshua 24:1-2, 14-25, given at a crucial time of transition, and weaves three defining aspects of his character into his challenge for the people "to choose this day" whom they shall serve. We too are called to such a day of decision.  But such a choice must be made, as it was for Joshua and God's people, knowing we shall need moral courage, uncompromising faith, and preserving obedience.  For choosing God today means committing ourselves to live for Him tomorrow.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from August 27, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This sermon takes Joshua's departing address to the Hebrew people in Joshua 24:1-2, 14-25, given at a crucial time of transition, and weaves three defining aspects of his character into his challenge for the people "to choose this day" whom they shall serve. We too are called to such a day of decision.  But such a choice must be made, as it was for Joshua and God's people, knowing we shall need moral courage, uncompromising faith, and preserving obedience.  For choosing God today means committing ourselves to live for Him tomorrow.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:49:03 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:33:05</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Abiding in the Flesh and Blood of Jesus - August 20, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Michael Gilton</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[Jesus’ provocative command to eat his flesh and drink his blood is more than participation in the Eucharist and more than belief.  Jesus’ command is a call to live out our belief such that every aspect of our lives -- work, school, home, recreation -- is united with him.  Ironically, one way to begin abiding in Jesus is to take the Holy Communion to its scandalous fullness; praying that through the flesh and blood of Jesus our belief will transform our lives so that we can abide more fully in Jesus.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Michael's sermon from August 20, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jesus’ provocative command to eat his flesh and drink his blood is more than participation in the Eucharist and more than belief.  Jesus’ command is a call to live out our belief such that every aspect of our lives -- work, school, home, recreation -- is united with him.  Ironically, one way to begin abiding in Jesus is to take the Holy Communion to its scandalous fullness; praying that through the flesh and blood of Jesus our belief will transform our lives so that we can abide more fully in Jesus.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:12:25 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:16:51</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>The Menu of Eternal Life - August 13, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Michael Gilton</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[In the sixth chapter of John Jesus makes a very clear statement: belief in him is eternal life.  The belief Jesus calls us to is entrusting our selves to him in confidence in who he says he is and the total commitment of our lives to God’s will.  Do we believe?  Do we truly believe?  On the menu of eternal life, there is only one choice.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Michael's sermon from August 13, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the sixth chapter of John Jesus makes a very clear statement: belief in him is eternal life.  The belief Jesus calls us to is entrusting our selves to him in confidence in who he says he is and the total commitment of our lives to God’s will.  Do we believe?  Do we truly believe?  On the menu of eternal life, there is only one choice.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:41:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:16:39</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Up and Down the Mountain - August 6, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Michael Gilton</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[Peter’s participation in the Transfiguration of Jesus teaches us two key lessons about discipleship.  First, we must be prepared and positioned if we are to see the glory of the Lord.  We prepare ourselves through our ministry in the name of Jesus and through discipleship disciplines such as prayer, Scripture reading, and worship.  Second, we cannot stay on top of the mountain.  If we are to live lives as disciples, we cannot hold on to those experiences in our life when we see the glory of the Lord.  We must let those experiences be part of our transformation process.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Michael's sermon from August 6, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Peter’s participation in the Transfiguration of Jesus teaches us two key lessons about discipleship.  First, we must be prepared and positioned if we are to see the glory of the Lord.  We prepare ourselves through our ministry in the name of Jesus and through discipleship disciplines such as prayer, Scripture reading, and worship.  Second, we cannot stay on top of the mountain.  If we are to live lives as disciples, we cannot hold on to those experiences in our life when we see the glory of the Lord.  We must let those experiences be part of our transformation process.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:27:41 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:19:43</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Recruited and Annointed:  Two Keys to Kingdom Living - July 30, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[While the Old Testament lesson for this Sunday, July 30th, is taken from II Kings 2:1-15, the stage is set for this dramatic moment in biblical history by Elijah's earlier calling of Elisha  to the prophetic office in I Kings 19:19-21.  My take on this call or recruitment of Elisha is that it is a two-fold call, for in it Elijah is himself called to the vocation of mentoring.  This discipling role is for the older prophet to prepare another prophet for Israel.  Yet this needs to note: While the call to office may give one the authority of position, it does not bring the anointing.  That is the work of God's Spirit.  To function effectively in the Kingdom of God we need both vocation and anointing--position and power--both are essential to a transforming ministry, and this is what both the church and world need.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from July 30, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[While the Old Testament lesson for this Sunday, July 30th, is taken from II Kings 2:1-15, the stage is set for this dramatic moment in biblical history by Elijah's earlier calling of Elisha  to the prophetic office in I Kings 19:19-21.  My take on this call or recruitment of Elisha is that it is a two-fold call, for in it Elijah is himself called to the vocation of mentoring.  This discipling role is for the older prophet to prepare another prophet for Israel.  Yet this needs to note: While the call to office may give one the authority of position, it does not bring the anointing.  That is the work of God's Spirit.  To function effectively in the Kingdom of God we need both vocation and anointing--position and power--both are essential to a transforming ministry, and this is what both the church and world need.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 23:52:56 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:26:57</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Christ&apos;s Miracle for Sheep Without Shepherds, Men Without Bread - July 23, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[The feeding of the 5000 is the only miracle of Jesus' that is found in all four Gospels.  Although the Church's lectionary for this past Sunday has taken it from Mark 6:30-44, I have used dimensions of the story as seen in the other three Gospels to tell it in stereo.  Much has been made of the four movements of our Lord in this miracle as the format of eucharistic worship--Jesus took, blessed, broke and gave the bread--but, just as importantly, it is also the key to making our life in Christ a miracle for the world today where people are, as they were in Jesus' ministry in Galilee, sheep without shepherds and men without bread.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from July 23, 2006 delivered at the 8am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The feeding of the 5000 is the only miracle of Jesus' that is found in all four Gospels.  Although the Church's lectionary for this past Sunday has taken it from Mark 6:30-44, I have used dimensions of the story as seen in the other three Gospels to tell it in stereo.  Much has been made of the four movements of our Lord in this miracle as the format of eucharistic worship--Jesus took, blessed, broke and gave the bread--but, just as importantly, it is also the key to making our life in Christ a miracle for the world today where people are, as they were in Jesus' ministry in Galilee, sheep without shepherds and men without bread.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:59:35 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:23:05</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>A Missed Opportunity - July 9, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[In the Gospel reading for Sunday, Mark 6:1-6, the Evangelist notes how Jesus returned to his home village of Nazareth only to have his ministry thwarted by the home villagers who were too familiar with his family and background to perceive God's power and presence there in their midst through this hometown "prophet."  We too may miss the opportunities given to us by Our Lord, so familiar as we are with Jesus Christ and the Good News of the Gospel, therein making a mistake of eternal significance. The story of Nazareth, however, does not need to be our story.  Our opportunity is today, Christ is among us in our worship, with all of its familarity, and his eternal power is now.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from July 9, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the Gospel reading for Sunday, Mark 6:1-6, the Evangelist notes how Jesus returned to his home village of Nazareth only to have his ministry thwarted by the home villagers who were too familiar with his family and background to perceive God's power and presence there in their midst through this hometown "prophet."  We too may miss the opportunities given to us by Our Lord, so familiar as we are with Jesus Christ and the Good News of the Gospel, therein making a mistake of eternal significance. The story of Nazareth, however, does not need to be our story.  Our opportunity is today, Christ is among us in our worship, with all of its familarity, and his eternal power is now.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:50:15 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:24:36</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>Remaining Anglican - July 2, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This sermon was preached the Sunday after the Standing Committee of the Diocese of San Joaquin asked for alternative primatial oversight, publicly stating its desire towards disassociation from The Episcopal Church.  It is rooted in the collect assigned for that Sunday, the 4th Sunday After Pentecost.  This collect is itself rooted in St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:20-22, and 4:3.  The sermon addresses three key components of Anglicanism's understanding of the nature of the Church, and identifies where The Episcopal Church has erred in recent years, as well as, why disassociation is a defensible Anglican position for our diocese to take at this time. ]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from July 2, 2006 delivered at the 8am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This sermon was preached the Sunday after the Standing Committee of the Diocese of San Joaquin asked for alternative primatial oversight, publicly stating its desire towards disassociation from The Episcopal Church.  It is rooted in the collect assigned for that Sunday, the 4th Sunday After Pentecost.  This collect is itself rooted in St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:20-22, and 4:3.  The sermon addresses three key components of Anglicanism's understanding of the nature of the Church, and identifies where The Episcopal Church has erred in recent years, as well as, why disassociation is a defensible Anglican position for our diocese to take at this time. ]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2006 21:15:59 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:23:26</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>A Ship of Faith in Stormy Seas - June 25, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This post-General Convention sermon finds in the Gospel reading assigned for this 3rd Sunday after Pentecost, Mark 4:35-41, an appropriate description of the course that lies ahead for St. Paul's, the diocese, The Episcopal Church, and the Anglican Communion.  The ship of faith is sailing into stormy seas.  Christ himself sometimes charts such a course for his disciples.  He alone is sufficient for such chaos.

He has perserved the faithful through more than one storm either by giving them strength of heart to endure it, or by delivering them from the circumstances.  And sometimes by doing both. It is he who shall bring us through. ]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from June 25, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This post-General Convention sermon finds in the Gospel reading assigned for this 3rd Sunday after Pentecost, Mark 4:35-41, an appropriate description of the course that lies ahead for St. Paul's, the diocese, The Episcopal Church, and the Anglican Communion.  The ship of faith is sailing into stormy seas.  Christ himself sometimes charts such a course for his disciples.  He alone is sufficient for such chaos.

He has perserved the faithful through more than one storm either by giving them strength of heart to endure it, or by delivering them from the circumstances.  And sometimes by doing both. It is he who shall bring us through. ]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 12:12:26 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:24:34</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>The Holy Trinity:  Our Key to Spiritual Health - June 11, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This sermon for Trinity Sunday takes a brief look at the Persons of the Trinity from the perspective of pastoral and ascetical theology rather than as mere doctrine.  Since spiritual diseases often orginate in a wrong conception or picture of God,  it is essential that we make certain that our understanding of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit is robust and wholesome so we may be wonderfully healthy in the spiritual and soul-ful dimensions of our lives.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from June 11, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This sermon for Trinity Sunday takes a brief look at the Persons of the Trinity from the perspective of pastoral and ascetical theology rather than as mere doctrine.  Since spiritual diseases often orginate in a wrong conception or picture of God,  it is essential that we make certain that our understanding of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit is robust and wholesome so we may be wonderfully healthy in the spiritual and soul-ful dimensions of our lives.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:58:39 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:31:19</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>The Initial Public Offering of Easter--The Coming of the Holy Spirit - June 4, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Michael Gilton</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[The disciples experienced a tangible and physical encounter with God the Holy Spirit on Pentecost.  The coming of the Holy Spirit is assurance that God is active and present in the Work of the New Creation, just as Jesus promised; and the coming of the Holy Spirit is the source of power we Jesus’ timid disciples need to do the work God calls us to do.  The Holy Spirit is the initial public offering of the Church, with one key exception: there is no downside; past performance really does guarantee future success. (Text: Acts 2:1-11)]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Michael's sermon from June 4, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The disciples experienced a tangible and physical encounter with God the Holy Spirit on Pentecost.  The coming of the Holy Spirit is assurance that God is active and present in the Work of the New Creation, just as Jesus promised; and the coming of the Holy Spirit is the source of power we Jesus’ timid disciples need to do the work God calls us to do.  The Holy Spirit is the initial public offering of the Church, with one key exception: there is no downside; past performance really does guarantee future success. (Text: Acts 2:1-11)]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:59:15 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:20:59</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>In the Wake of the Ascension - May 28,2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[This sermon preached on the Sunday after the Ascension, and on the porch of the Episcopal Church's General Convention, seeks to apply four lessons from Acts 1:12-26 and the Apostolic Church's common life as it prepared for Pentecost.  These four aspects of the Church's pre-Pentecost-life are applied to our parish life at St. Paul's.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from May 28, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This sermon preached on the Sunday after the Ascension, and on the porch of the Episcopal Church's General Convention, seeks to apply four lessons from Acts 1:12-26 and the Apostolic Church's common life as it prepared for Pentecost.  These four aspects of the Church's pre-Pentecost-life are applied to our parish life at St. Paul's.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 12:58:05 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:24:08</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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		<item>
			<title>Sons and Daughters of Encouragement - May 21, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[A brief exposition of Acts 11:19-26 with a particular eye on St. Barnabas and the place for the ministry of encouragement in the Christian's life.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from May 21, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A brief exposition of Acts 11:19-26 with a particular eye on St. Barnabas and the place for the ministry of encouragement in the Christian's life.]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 12:30:26 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:25:25</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>A Love Greater than our Hearts - May 14, 2006</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[Tucked in among St. John's First Letter is a little verse with big importance.  It declares an essential truth for the Christian's life. Since there are times in each of our lives that our heart or conscience makes us shrink back from trusting or even approaching God it is important that we be reminded, as John does in I John 3:20, that God who knows everything, knows us through and through, is greater than our hearts and can overrule the jury of inner voices that would condemn us or keep us from coming boldly before God to seek his grace and strength.
]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from May 14, 2006 delivered at the 10am service.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Tucked in among St. John's First Letter is a little verse with big importance.  It declares an essential truth for the Christian's life. Since there are times in each of our lives that our heart or conscience makes us shrink back from trusting or even approaching God it is important that we be reminded, as John does in I John 3:20, that God who knows everything, knows us through and through, is greater than our hearts and can overrule the jury of inner voices that would condemn us or keep us from coming boldly before God to seek his grace and strength.
]]></itunes:summary>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 08:22:14 -0700</pubDate>
			<category>Christianity</category>
			<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
			<itunes:duration>00:22:28</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:keywords>sermon, episcopal, parish, church, anglican, christian, mark, lawrence, father, fr., sermons, bakersfield, california</itunes:keywords>
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			<title>The Trinity: First a Fact; Second, a Doctrine - June 15, 2003</title>
			<itunes:author>Fr. Mark Lawrence</itunes:author>
			<description><![CDATA[We had our service in the park on Sunday, May 7, and the sermon did not get recorded. Fr. Mark chose this sermon from June of 2003 to be posted in its place.]]></description>
			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Fr. Mark's sermon from June 15, 2003.]]></itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[We had our service in the park on Sunday, May 7, and the sermon did not get r