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
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Sermon: January 8, 2023 – Psalm 72: 1-14
When I was a teenager, one of my favourite board games was a Parker Brothers’ game named CAREERS, a Christmas gift received in about 1973. The gameplay had you going … Read more
Sermon: Second Sunday of Advent, December 4, 2022 – Isaiah 11: 1-10
Today, the second Sunday of Advent, is the Sunday of Peace. Download PDF: Sermon_04December2022_AdventII_Peace So many things immediately come to mind on this topic of peace: First: I am well aware … Read more
Sermon: Thanksgiving Sunday, October 9, 2022 – Philippians 4: 4-9
If you’ve sent or received a text or email in recent years, you’ve likely become familiar with emojis. You know, those cute little pictures that get added, either one at … Read more
Sermon: Orange Shirt Sunday, September 25, 2022 – Luke 15: 1-10
Storytellers over the ages have understood that stories told in threes can have great power. This morning’s scripture lesson gave us two-thirds of a group of three parables about being … Read more
Sermon: Remembrance Sunday, November 7, 2021 – Revelation 21: 1-6a
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
Sermon: October 3, 2021 – Ephesians 2: 13-22
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
Sermon: October 25, 2020 – Matthew 22: 34-40
LOVE is at the core of today’s gospel lesson. The first three gospels all recount the same story, of Jesus being asked which commandment is greatest, and in the fourth … Read more
Sermon: June 7, 2020 – Ephesians 4: 1-16
In this week when the United Church of Canada reaches the 95-year milestone, my wonderings have gone to what it means to be United, and how we can view unity, … Read more
Sermon: Candlelight Service of Remembrance, Dec 5 2019
6 Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, … Read more