The renovations are coming along, the offices should be ready for painting very soon. The first picture is where I’ll be hanging my hat for the remainder of my time with you and the second is where you will find Cathy. Isn’t that a great built in unit, you may not be able to tellContinue reading “Midweek Message – November 12, 2025”
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Midweek Message – November 5, 2025
I’m back after 2 weeks of productive Study Leave and a couple of days of comp time! My time away was refreshing and renewing as I did a deep dive into Advent and then attended the Lester Randall Preaching Festival, which included listening to some great preaching as well as attending/ participating in 3 workshops.Continue reading “Midweek Message – November 5, 2025”
Midweek Message – October 15, 2025
Worship – We continue with the Theological Banquet series this week and this week we will be worshipping in the ‘spiritual’ style.’ Worship will be much less lively than it was last week. One of the way that people who feast in the ‘spiritual’ stream live out their faith are those who are mystical, thoseContinue reading “Midweek Message – October 15, 2025”
Deep Spirituality, Bold Discipleship, Daring Justice
Welcome back to Theological Banquet! We’re in a five-part series inspired by Undivided Love and Rev. Janet Gear’s research, using a banquet metaphor for different faith expressions. Understanding these categories helps us see how people are motivated by faith and even when they disagree with us—all paths are valid. Last week, we focused on thoseContinue reading “Deep Spirituality, Bold Discipleship, Daring Justice”
Midweek Message – October 8, 2025
Worship – We continue this week with the Theological Banquet series, this second course in our banquet focuses on those who identify as ‘ecumenical.’ Many of us know that word; it speaks to people of different faith traditions coming together for a shared purpose. It might look like gathering to pray for peace, organizing aidContinue reading “Midweek Message – October 8, 2025”
Midweek Message – October 1, 2025
Worship – This week we start a 5 week series entitled The Theological Banquet; it’s based on a book by the Rev. Janet Gear, a United Church minister, who did extensive research on the lived out theologies in congregations, theology is just a fancy word for what undergirds our faith and how we live itContinue reading “Midweek Message – October 1, 2025”
Midweek Message – September 24, 2025
Worship – This week you are going to hear Genesis 27:1-4, 15-23… if you were in church 2 Sundays ago, it was read then to set up the story of Jacob, but I didn’t preach on that section. This week I’m preaching on that part. It’s a story of betrayal and trickery. Themes that areContinue reading “Midweek Message – September 24, 2025”
Midweek Message – September 17, 2025
“What will the future need from a congregation like ours?” What a profound question! It turns most visioning upside down and/or inside out. Instead of thinking what WE need/want, what is God calling us to be in the future. I encourage you to read the article that is linked; the question was posed by theContinue reading “Midweek Message – September 17, 2025”
Midweek Message – September 10
I’m back! 😉 Most of you know that I wound up having an emergency appendectomy this summer; thankfully we were home from PEI! I spent most of the next two weeks on the deck under the pergola. Between that an wildfire smoke induced migraines, (I stopped sitting on the deck!) the rest of the summerContinue reading “Midweek Message – September 10”
Midweek Message – June 25, 2025
This will be my last message until September, I may post on my personal blog occasionally over the summer. the summer schedule is below. We had a great time at Open Streets Dartmouth last Sunday! So many people expressed appreciation for our ministry and presence. The Leadership Team had a productive meeting with folks fromContinue reading “Midweek Message – June 25, 2025”
St. James United Church Dartmouth 