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Connected to Heaven and Earth

Highs and lows… Terror and joy… Heaven and earth… Advent asks us to open our hearts to all of it. The nativity story itself holds this tension: a birth surrounded by angels and shepherds, yet set within a world marked by empire, fear, and displacement. (Rev. Janice MacLean) Let’s listen to the words we areContinue reading “Connected to Heaven and Earth”

Born Again and Again

This is the 5th and final week in the Theological Banquet Series. I’ll recap in case you missed the earlier installments. This series is based on the book Undivided Love by Janet Gear, a United Church minister and theologian. She uses the metaphor of different courses at a banquet to describe different ways in whichContinue reading “Born Again and Again”

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”

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 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”

Presence

Surely, the presence of the Lord is in this place. As I pondered the very long reading this week, that line from the hymn we sang a few minutes ago, kept ringing through my head. Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place. I could remember singing it… I went searching in theContinue reading “Presence”

Look! Here is Water!

Look! Here is water! Those words, spoken by an Ethiopian eunuch from the passage of scripture that you’re going to hear in a few minutes, kept ringing in my ears this week! Look, here is water! Nova Scotia has 7400 km of coastline. No matter where you are in NS, you are never more thanContinue reading “Look! Here is Water!”

Don’t Throw Hope Off the Cliff

Last week, if you were here, you heard Jesus in his hometown of Nazareth, reading from the scroll of Isaiah these words: 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,    because he has anointed me        to bring good news to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives    and recovery of sight to the blind,        toContinue reading “Don’t Throw Hope Off the Cliff”

Midweek Message – January 22

There are a couple of things that are weighing on my heart and mind today. One is the amazing witness of Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, at the Washington National Cathedral yesterday. You can watch her entire sermon below, or if you just want to watch the part that stirred up such a storm, youContinue reading “Midweek Message – January 22”