Good morning… I am Pharaoh’s daughter. Did you notice that, in the Bible, I don’t have a name? My father doesn’t have a name in the Bible, either, and this means that modern scholars don’t know just when this story happened. They think they are close, but aren’t really sure. A name means so much in so many ways.…
It’s Father’s Day… we are marking Aboriginal Sunday… and the news this week has been dominated by the killing of 9 African Americans who had gathered for Bible study. And of course, we have our scripture readings. How to connect the dots on all of those? In an on-line discussion with a few colleagues across the…
Who here has had a garden at some point? What are some of the things that need to take place in order for a garden to grow and flourish? Sun, water, good soil, time… some would say a strong sense of hope and belief in the future as well. I think the church is something like a plant……
It is Mother’s Day in the secular world, although in the United Church this day is Christian family Sunday. A day when we celebrate not only mothers and fathers but take a look at what it means to be sisters and brothers in Christ. Two years ago this week I was at Bedford United Church…
Each week, or almost each week, I stand up in front of many of you and tell you where pondering and reflecting on the readings has led me over the last week… and so a sermon is born… But…I want to remind you that just because the readings touched me in a particular way this time,…
The story of Thomas, the doubter. The one who had to touch to believe. My dictionary had many, many definitions of doubt, and these are only a few: • one was to be hesitant to believe or accept, • another was to be apprehensive or suspicious of, • yet another, was an unresolved point or…
As I thought about the gospel reading this week, last week’s Lenten Study came to mind. It was focused on Fear and Courage. Janice MacLean, a United Church minister, with an on-line ministry called The Prayer Bench, encourages us to make a friend of fear. In one of the Practices of Releasing sessions, She writes this:…
John 18: 1-19:42 April 3, 2015 Ecumenical Good Friday Service This was a bit of an interactive dialogue. When I said the words, “It can’t be finished, oh my God, how can it be finished?” The congregation responded with “No, it is NOT finished!” Those words were what went through my head as I remember that day……
Sometimes I wonder how I ever wrote a sermon without Google. I have often wondered why people at football games held up signs that said John 3:16. Then I suddenly realized, “Google probably knows!” And sure enough, this is what I found out on Wikipedia, It started with a man by the name of Rollen Stewart, also…
Good Morning Everyone! What a fine gathering. My name is Rebekka. I was there that day… that day when Jesus freaked out and turned over the tables in the temple. I was there when he walked into the temple, looked around and shook his head… I was there to see the sadness in his eyes when he saw how…
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