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”
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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”
Unlearn and Learn
I thought I knew a fair bit about Indigenous Peoples in Canada. I lived in Labrador for three years and went to school with Indigenous students, although it was as a teenager. I was married to an Inuit man. I did my grad project at AST on Residential Schools. NOTHING however, prepared me for aContinue reading “Unlearn and Learn”
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 – 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”
Light and Life
A few weeks ago, I attended a reading by Marie Wilson, one of the commissioners to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. And of course, bought her book, North of Nowhere! I’ll get back to a story that she told in a minute. Did any of you attend one of the public sessions when it wasContinue reading “Light and Life”
Midweek Message – June 4, 2025
I was supposed to be on Study Leave from June 4-10, but my mother-in-law died in the early hours of Tuesday morning, so I’m on Bereavement Leave instead. I’ll still be participating in the combined worship service at Woodlawn on Sunday, June 8th. Thank you to those who responded to the request for cookies! IContinue reading “Midweek Message – June 4, 2025”
Open Hearts
One of the ways I prepare to write my sermon is to read the scripture slowly… Then I read it again… slowly…. The third time, I pick up a pen and circle the words that jump out at me… This week, the three words that jumped out were opened, heart and listen. I was alsoContinue reading “Open Hearts”
Midweek Message – May 21
We conclude our Who Are the People in Our Neighbourhood series by welcoming Elder Debbie Eisan from the Mi’Kmaw Native Friendship Centre. We are going to leave the little houses up until we close for August, so if you haven’t brought one in yet, you still have time. Last week, Lauren Cullen and Kayla HeislerContinue reading “Midweek Message – May 21”
St. James United Church Dartmouth 