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Second Sunday of Lent - March 17, 2019 Scriptures: Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27 and Luke 13:31-35 When the whole world learned about the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed six minutes after taking off, many airlines grounded their Boeing 737 Max airplanes. Travellers who learned that they were to board the exact same type of plane, had a lot of reason to feel hugely afraid. Danger could...
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First Sunday of Lent - March 10, 2019 Scriptures: Deuteronomy 26:1-11, Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 and Luke 4:1-13 Harry Houdini (who lived from 1874-1926) was an expert at sleight of hand. He was best known for his ability to escape from what seemed to be impossible situations. Straitjackets, chains, ropes, jail cells, every time he managed to escape from the situation in full view of his audience. ...
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Transfiguration Sunday - March 3, 2019 Scriptures: Exodus 34:29-35, Psalm 99, Luke 9:28-36 We love using some words with a little bit more regularity than is needed. “Super”, you might agree, is one of them. Just think of it! “I wish you a super fabulous birthday”, “I’m super excited about our vacation.” “Have a super day!” And then there are the super descriptors we use for emphasis…., Super...
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8th Sunday of Epiphany - February 24, 2019 Scripture readings: Genesis 45:3-11, 15, Psalm 37:1–11, 39–40 and Luke 6:27-38 While the Beatitudes from last week were bomb shells — each a challenge — the admonishment by Jesus to love our enemies, was also a thunder bolt. To love our enemies was not like the warm love for our families, but a concern to seek only the best for the people who insult ...
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Seventh Sunday of Epiphany - February 17, 2019 Scriptures: Jeremiah 17:5-10, Psalm 1, Luke 6:17-26 So often we spend a lot of time and energy trying to make our lives as safe as possible. It's almost a matter of wanting to be able to sit back and count our blessings. We tend to make calculations about things such as our jobs, our homes, or our net worth and then conclude how blessed we are. J...
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Sixth Sunday of Epiphany - February 10, 2019 Scripture readings: Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 138, Luke 5:1-11 So often we end up in situations where we aren’t sure which comes first, the chicken or the egg, by way of speaking. Say for instance, a young person goes off, leaves home, family and everything that is precious to them, to study for a career. As an example, does being accepted in a program t...
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Fifth Sunday of Epiphany- February 3, 2019 Scripture readings: Jeremiah 1:4-10, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 and Luke 4:16-30 How comfortable are you with anger? Are you perhaps like me in the sense that you feel a bit uncomfortable with harbouring anger in yourself? Until this very day any situation of conflict puts me ill at ease. When people get angry, it doesn’t sit well with me. I get ang...
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Fourth Sunday of Epiphany - January 27, 2019 Scripture readings: Psalm 74:1-11, Lamentations 3:1-9, 1 Corinthians 12:12-26 Pain in our bodies has a way of telling us that we need to give attention to the spot where it hurts. Of course, it ranges from drastic to other times when it’s more subtle. Paul the apostle describes this well. He describes the church in such terms. He wants the believers ...
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Third Sunday of Epiphany - January 20, 2019 Scripture readings:  Isaiah 62:1-5, Psalm 36:5-10, John 2:1-11 I’m pretty sure most everyone in this sanctuary has been at a wedding sometime in their life. One bonus in being a minister is that I get to share in a lot of weddings. Weddings are joyous and happy times. In 2017, in Winnipeg, our son got married to the love of his life. The first thing...
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Baptism of our Lord Sunday - January 13, 2019 Scripture readings: Isaiah 43:1-7, Psalm 29, Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Show me a church, where there is love, and I will show you a church that is a strong presence in the wider community. In a big city in a time when kids were free to go wherever they wanted to, unsupervised, a little boy attended a Sunday school. When his parents moved to another part o...
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