Sermon: March 26, 2023 – Lent 5 – John 11: 1-45
I’m so pleased that The Voice Bible translation gives us these dramatic dialogue versions of scripture, to help us really step inside a hard yet hopeful story like this one … Read more
I’m so pleased that The Voice Bible translation gives us these dramatic dialogue versions of scripture, to help us really step inside a hard yet hopeful story like this one … Read more
Although my favourite types of sermons are those that begin with a scripture and some curiosity and a desire to have it go wherever God wants it to, sometimes a … Read more
Each of us likely has had a time when we have received a warning. Perhaps it was from our parents or our siblings or from our classmates, or it was … Read more
Today’s message begins with an extended time of personal confession and joyous resolution. It was fourteen years ago, late January or early February, and I had a big question to … Read more
Throughout Lent we are being introduced to the five streams of Christian response (as identified by the Rev. Dr. Janet Gear) that are commonly found in the United Church of … Read more
Jesus. Peter, James and John. A Mountain. A dazzling light. Holy Visitors from the past. A Voice from Heaven. All of these meet, in the glorious oddness of the Transfiguration. … Read more
CHOOSE LIFE. For folks my age and a bit younger, these words may evoke an immediate visual image from the year 1984: George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, better known as … Read more
Last Sunday, we examined the Beatitudes, the beginnings of Jesus’ masterful Sermon on the Mount, words which spoke God’s own blessings into the hearts and lives of those facing heavy … Read more
Blessed are the poor in spirit, blessed are the meek, blessed are the pure in heart. Thus begin Jesus’ wonderful words, remembered as the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew … Read more
On this day of baptism, I decided to take a moment and try to reach back to the first Church memory I have. My Dad was a Minister, so there … Read more