Category Archives: Sunday Reflections

Weary Hope

I’m letting you know that towards the end of my sermon, there is going to be a time when I ask a question about what are the hopeful things that you see and experience in our church and in the world… and it’s not going to be a rhetorical question… I’m actually going to beContinue reading “Weary Hope”

Start Close In

It’s Remembrance Day next Saturday… A day set aside to remember all men, women and children who have died and who continue to die as a result of war. They lost their tomorrows… And we lost their tomorrows. The world lost and continues to lose the potential of so many people. Not just people living in this mostly safe countryContinue reading “Start Close In”

Leadership of the Saints?

This is a week where I have been heartily wishing that we hadn’t switched to the Narrative Lectionary! Even after doing A LOT of research, I was still wishing that. But part of the reason we made the decision to switch was so that we read passages like what you’re going to hear in aContinue reading “Leadership of the Saints?”

Are We Sarah?

I wonder what it was like for Abraham to be circumcised at the age of 98? Now that I have your attention! 😉 We actually don’t hear that in the scripture reading today, but it’s in the passage immediately preceding it. And in the BibleWorm podcast that I listened to last week, they speculated thatContinue reading “Are We Sarah?”

The Joy of Unexpected Leadership

We showed this clip from the movie Babe to start things off. Babe was the unexpected leader in the video clip wasn’t she. Whenever I think of herding sheep, we think of sheepdogs, nipping and barking. But Babe does it very calmly… demonstrating a different kind of leadership, in conjunction with the shepherd. Jesus wasContinue reading “The Joy of Unexpected Leadership”

Facing Our Doubts

Anyone who saw the brief intro video I made, knows that I have had lots of thoughts swirling around in my head this past week. • The wounds in Jesus hands, wounds of the earth• What wounds are we willing to look at?• What evidence do we need?• What miracles do we believe in?• TheContinue reading “Facing Our Doubts”