I’m back from Ottawa and will be back in the pulpit on Sunday. Worship: We are marking All Saints Day, remembering the ‘saints’ in our lives; you are invited to bring in photos of your loved ones that you would like remembered. Scripture is 1 Kings 5:1-5; 8:27-30, 41-43 and I have NO idea whereContinue reading “Thoughtful Thursday! October 24”
Category Archives: Midweek Messages
Midweek Message – October 16
It’s World Food Day! If I were going to be in church this Sunday, we would be marking it in some way, but since I’ll be in Ottawa for my final week of Study Leave, participating in Hunger on the Hill. This is a Canadian Foodgrains Bank initiative, where a group of 20 people fromContinue reading “Midweek Message – October 16”
Midweek Message – October 3
Monday was National Day for Truth and Reconciliation; a holiday for many people. I try not to think of it as a holiday, but more as a day set aside to learn some more about Indigenous History and present day realities. So, while I spent some time in the morning at my computer, working onContinue reading “Midweek Message – October 3”
Midweek Message – September 25
It’s been a week! And it’s only Wednesday! Late last week, I thought I had burned my mouth on coffee, my throat was a bit scratchy on Friday, I didn’t feel great on Saturday, and felt steadily worse on Sunday. Adrenaline gets me through worship when I have to… Sunday afternoon all the adrenaline leftContinue reading “Midweek Message – September 25”
Midweek Message – September 18
Worship this week continues our focus on creation; this week fauna. Considering my love/hate relationship with deer lately… 😉 Scripture: Psalm 104: 1-2, 10-24 Right now, I’m imagining a dialogue between science and faith, about creation and the animals. My Week: Monday – Doing sermon prep, bulletin prep, starting my reflection for Yvonne Bannerman’s memorialContinue reading “Midweek Message – September 18”
Midweek Message – September 11
September 11th will likely always have a poignancy to those of us who remember the skies going silent, whether we were glued to our TVs or deliberately stayed away from them, not wanting the images burned into our eyeballs. It’s a day that the aftermath has been memorialized in Come From Away. It’s one ofContinue reading “Midweek Message – September 11”
Midweek Message – September 4
Ah September… so much start up… even when we’re not in school! Worship this week starts the Season of Creation series; this week focusing on the earth as a whole. The choir has a piece to share. With a new season, all the music changes, the opening and closing, as well as a new songContinue reading “Midweek Message – September 4”
Midweek Message – August 28
Worship – This is the last week of our Reel Theology Series: Connecting Faith and Film This week I’m reflecting on the movie The Glass Castle. The scripture passages are Galatians 5: 1, 13, 14, Romans 8: 18, 22, 23, and John 8: 31, 34-36; the title of my reflection is Families and How toContinue reading “Midweek Message – August 28”
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”
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”
St. James United Church Dartmouth 