I begin today like many people will, who will take time to say: Happy Mother’s Day! So I say to all the blessed mothers who gave birth to us; who were always there for us; who always loved us; who always toiled endlessly in front and behind the scenes on our behalf and who have, quite frankly, put up with us…to all…
Sermon: Luke 24.13-35 -Sunday April 26th, 2020 -The Third Sunday of Easter “Going Down to Lonesome Town…” Geographically speaking, we don’t know too much about this place Emmaus, where two of Jesus’ disciples were on the road to in our gospel and where along a dusty road, as they were discussing what had just tragically occurred in Jerusalem, a mysterious stranger…
Sermon: John 10.1-10 – Sunday May 3rd, 2020 “Jesus & the grocery store arrows…” Dear friends in Christ, as the weeks and months of this pandemic progress, we are beginning to see the very real emotional, mental, spiritual, and even in terms of our waistlines, the physical tolls that the effects of social isolating and the new rules governing human relations…
Sermon: John 20.19-31 – Sunday April 19th, 2020 “What the darkness reveals” I remember when I was a little boy – maybe 5 or 6 years old, my parents would go out on Saturday night leaving me and my brother and one of our older cousins in charge of babysitting us at our house. And in retrospect, I can say that…
Easter Sermon 2020 – Sunday April 12th, 2020 Our psalmist cries out this morning: “On this day the Lord has acted; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” Hallelujah! I’ll say it again: “On this day the Lord has acted [and] we will rejoice and be glad in it.” So c’mon, all you at home, go on say it with…
“Let’s make a deal, or rather, let’s make a covenant: for I am the resurrection and the life…” My favourite gameshow growing up that I used to love watching on T.V. was “Let’s Make a Deal,” starring the late great Canadian born in Winnipeg – Monty Hall, who would wear I’m sure you remember these absolutely outlandish brightly coloured polyester suits…
Delivered Sunday June 23, 2019, The Second Sunday after Pentecost. Readings: 1 Kings 19.1-15; Psalm 42 & 43; Galatians 3.23-29; Gospel of Luke 8.26-39 Our gospel story for today is kinda spooky; where after previously calming the winds and waves of a fierce storm out in Lake Galilee, Jesus and his disciples head across to the other side of the lake, to…
Delivered Sunday June 16th, 2019, Trinity Sunday. Lessons: Proverbs 8.1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5.1-5; Gospel of John 16.12-15 I have a bit of confession to make to you this morning; that I always get a little uneasy for some strange reason whenever anyone asks my mom: “how is it, that you raised both your boys to become priests, while I can’t…
Delivered Sunday May 19th, 2019, The Fifth Sunday of Easter. Lessons: Acts 11.1-18; Psalm 148; Revelation 21.1-6; Gospel of John 13.31-35 I am old enough to remember a time even in the late 70’s and early 80’s of the 20th century, growing up in a small town where we never wore seatbelts, or in a small town, the cops tended to look…
Delivered Sunday May 5th, 2019, The Third Sunday of Easter. Lessons: Acts 9.1-20; Psalm 30; Revelation 5.11-14; Gospel of John 21.1-19 Recently, this last week, I was down in London, Ontario, at St. Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, celebrating the ordination of two new deacons in our Church, and after the service completed, everyone goes into this massive hall they have there where we…