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
A reading from the gospel of Luke, chapter 9 (NRSV): 9:28 Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up … Read more
Lent I: The Impeded Stream is the One that Sings March 9, 2022, 7:15 p.m. Lent is a time to remember the light and the sorrow. Lent is a time … Read more
At the end of a particularly testy exchange with his disciple Peter, in which they argued about the path to crucifixion and what it meant to proclaim Jesus as the … Read more
Jesus, age thirty-ish, had a new future opened to him. Baptized by his cousin John, a heavenly voice named and claimed Jesus, and he knew that his life was going … Read more
March 22, 2020 Worship for Ralph Connor Memorial United Church is available online! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt3edcbl3kY Recorded at several locations in Canmore so that we can keep social distance from one another, then … Read more
Tony Snow, Indigenous Lead for Chinook Winds Region, on March 10th at RCMUC led a deep and meaningful time of discussion, inviting us to see how the Seven Sacred Teachings … Read more
The 3rd chapter of Matthew, immediately prior to today’s reading, ends with these words: “when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens … Read more
Lent 2020 begins on Ash Wednesday, February 26th. United Church Publishing House (UCPH) produces a devotional book each year, providing reflections for each of the 46 days of Lent … Read more