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
Greg Wooley
Sermon: March 19, 2023 – Lent 4 – 1 Samuel 3: 1-10
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
Sermon: March 12, 2023 – 3rd Sunday in Lent – John 4: 5-42
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
Sermon: Sunday, March 5, 2023, Lent 2 — John 3: 1-17
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
Message: February 26, 2023 – First Sunday in Lent – Matthew 4: 1-11
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
Sermon: Transfiguration Sunday, Feb 19, 2023 – Matthew 17:1-9 and Exodus 24: 12-18
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
Sermon: February 12, 2023 – Deuteronomy 30: 11-20
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
Sermon: February 5, 2023 – Matthew 5: 13-16
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
Sermon: January 29, 2023 – Micah 6: 1-8 and Matthew 5: 1-12
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
Sermon: January 22, 2023 – Colossians 1: 9-20
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