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Yr C ~ Lent 5 ~ Psalm 126 Communion On one level, our text today, Psalm 126, is simple to interpret. The psalmist is clearly in one of those in-between places in life, remembering when life used to be great,…
Yr C ~ Psalm 32 ~ Lent 4 Sin, confession, and forgiveness. It’s a big, heavy topic today (yes, that means the sermon is long!), and it’s a topic that we tend to avoid in our church tradition (which is…
[began with a body prayer of Psalm 63 in Kids’ Time] You are my God (hands on heart) I seek you (hand horizontal at forehead) I need you (palms up) Like water in a desert (acting parched) You are the…
Yr C ~ Lent 2 ~ Psalm 27 [monologue paraphrasing Psalm 27] This is so great! I never could have imagined it – it’s better than I’d ever hoped! I have sensed God’s Presence. I am savouring God’s Presence. This…
Yr C ~ Lent 1 ~ Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 Back in the 1970s when the television show Saturday Night Live was in its infancy there was a hilarious character created by Gilda Radner named Miss Emily Litella. The joke was…
Yr C ~ Transfiguration Sunday ~ Luke 9:28-36 Imagine you are Peter, or James, or John. Here’s what’s happened to you in Luke chapter 9. You and the rest of the 12 main disciples were sent out to preach about…
Yr C ~ Epiphany 6 ~ Luke 6:17-26 (This was our Annual Meeting Sunday, so the sermon needed to be shortened to accommodate the extra meeting time. A fuller version was preached at the Sunday Night Worship service. Both are…
Yr C ~ Epiphany 5 ~ Luke 5:1-11 Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been looking at the inauguration of Jesus’ public ministry according to the Gospel of Luke, and we’ve learned that Jesus began his ministry by laying…
Present Company Excepted Yr C ~ Epiphany 4 ~ Luke 4:21-30 This sermon may be uncomfortable. It might be uncomfortable for you to hear, and parts of it are definitely uncomfortable for me to preach. Are you nervous? You shouldn’t…
Yr C ~ Epiphany 3 ~ Luke 4:14-21 Let me set the stage for you. A couple of weeks ago we looked at Jesus’ baptism in Luke 3. Right after that Luke 4 begins with the Holy Spirit leading Jesus…