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Midweek Message – August 21

Worship – This week I am connecting scripture and The Bank of Dave, available to watch on Netflix. The scripture is selected passages from 1 Samuel 16, 17, 18, 19, Ester 2, and Acts 4: 32-37. The biggest question I am pondering this week: Is God inviting us to imagine a different way of undertakingContinue reading “Midweek Message – August 21”

Hear and Listen

Have you ever been a stranger? Started a new job? Joined a new family? Perhaps the first time you met your in-laws? What was that like? How did you feel? Disorienting? You didn’t know the ‘rules or norms’ for behaviour. The inside jokes. What about travelling alone to a foreign country? Where you didn’t speakContinue reading “Hear and Listen”

Midweek Message – August 14

Worship – This week we are exploring Peace by Chocolate; the story of the Haddad family from Syria and the connection between their story and Deuteronomy 10:17-19 & John 13: 34-35. Questions I am pondering: Once again, there will be treats! This time chocolate chip cookies, made with some Peace by Chocolate chocolate. The photoContinue reading “Midweek Message – August 14”

Trickery and Truth

Trickery, bribery, lies… the Bible has it all! You probably expected me to say that the movie had it all! 😉 And it does! One of the questions that rolled around in my head and heart this week was: Does the ends justify the means? Normally my answer would be no… but after I watchedContinue reading “Trickery and Truth”

Midweek Message – August 8

How can it be midweek already? Worship: We continue our Reel Theology Series this week with the movie The Grand Seduction: To survive, a dying Newfoundland fishing village must convince a young doctor to take up residence by any means necessary. The small harbor of Tickle Cove is in dire need of a doctor soContinue reading “Midweek Message – August 8”

The Beauty in Persistence

Folk artist Maud Lewis likely never imagined from her tiny house in Marshalltown, NS, that her life would be depicted in a film. Maud Lewis was born in 1903 in South Ohio, NS, not far from Yarmouth. She married her husband, Everett, in 1938 and the two lived without electricity or running water in a modest, one-roomContinue reading “The Beauty in Persistence”

Midweek Message – July 31st

I’m home! If things had gone according to plan, we would be leaving Ontario today and home on Friday, however… due to the wildfire in Jasper, our train was cancelled and we flew back to Ontario from Vancouver on Friday, where we had left our car with friends. As you can imagine, this was aContinue reading “Midweek Message – July 31st”

Perichoresis: The Divine Dance

It’s Trinity Sunday… the day when we celebrate God who has been traditionally known as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And this reflection is less about the readings… and more about the idea of concept of the Trinity. Have you ever heard of the word perichoresis. It means the relationship between the three persons, orContinue reading “Perichoresis: The Divine Dance”

Midweek Message – May 22

It’s Trinity Sunday, and you were most likely brought up with Father, Son and Holy Spirit as the three who make up the Trinity, but there are others: Each one expands our image of God, who is ultimately beyond knowing fully. The scripture is Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 & Romans 5: 1-5 and my reflection isContinue reading “Midweek Message – May 22”