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
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Sermon: January 15, 2023 – John 1: 29-46
Starting a new venture is both exhilarating and exhausting. I’ve been involved in a few new ventures over the past twenty-five years, some in Church life, some in school life … Read more
Sermon: August 21, 2022 – Jeremiah 1: 4-10
Preached at Rundle Memorial United Church, Banff: I start today’s sermon with a trigger warning, and a promise. Some difficult things will get named at the start of the sermon… … Read more
Sermon: November 14, 2021 – 1 Samuel 3: 1-10
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
Sermon: January 31, 2021 – Mark 1:14-20 and John 1: 35-39
A note of thanks before I begin: one of the great gifts of online worship, is that I get to experience other preachers, which we were rarely able to do … Read more
Sermon – AGM Sunday, January 26, 2020 – Matthew 4: 12-23
Fritz Wendt, a German Lutheran pastor now working in the USA as a trained therapist, offers this assessment of today’s reading from the 4th chapter of Matthew: “[the ministry of … Read more