Sermon: December 5, 2021 – Advent II – Luke 3: 2-18
Watch at https://youtu.be/aPOvM021kKw Pause a while with me, in the presence of a sacred moment between parent and child, as we hear the final verses of the “Song of Zechariah” … Read more
Watch at https://youtu.be/aPOvM021kKw Pause a while with me, in the presence of a sacred moment between parent and child, as we hear the final verses of the “Song of Zechariah” … Read more
Note: Sunday, November 28, 2021, the congregations of Ralph Connor Memorial UC, Canmore and Rundle Memorial UC, Banff joined to worship, in Banff. For the Ralph Connor congregation, this was … Read more
Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. (1 Samuel 3: 9, 10) There are many “call stories” in the Bible, and the one we heard today is ready for the … Read more
This Wednesday, on the eve of Remembrance Day, our Evensong contemplative service, on Zoom, will embrace the lives of two women from the UK: the 14th century mystic, Julian of … Read more
Few books in the Bible are as polarizing as the Book of Revelation. It’s the book of the antichrist, the four horsemen of the apocalypse, the number 666, For some, … Read more
“Which commandment is the most important of all?”[asked the Scribe]. 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your … Read more
What to say about hope and resilience? Well, first of all, I voice a big thank-you to Sandy McCaig, for outlining repeated instances in her life and the life of … Read more
At Thanksgiving, we acknowledge that God is the source of life, the earth and all living beings. At Thanksgiving, we open ourselves to others with God’s own generosity. It may … Read more
With regret, our in-person outdoor Thanksgiving service has been cancelled. We had hoped to have one more outdoor service at the Ball Diamond on October 10th… but in order to … Read more
Such dividedness. Insiders and outsiders. Ethnic and Religious splits. Positions strongly held, to the point of erecting walls of hostility between one another. Differences, even, in what is considered authoritative … Read more