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Connections“How’s that for a small world?!” Recently my spouse and I had the director of the community choir we sing in and their spouse over for dinner. We are just one year into the choir, so we are still getting…
Yr B ~ Epiphany 4 ~ Mark 1:21-28 Mark’s gospel tells the Jesus story at a breathless pace, and he leaves us befuddled and off-balance with the wild stuff in this first chapter. The heavens get ripped open and God’s…
Quick-Fix vs Process“Faith needs you!” I very nearly purchased another new guitar pedal last night. I probably still will do so, but I’m going to hold off for a little bit. As I did more reading about the sound issue…
Yr B ~ Epiphany 3 ~ Mark 1:14-20 Have you ever heard a one-sentence sermon? Today you will. Oh, not mine, of course. Mine will have many, many sentences. It’s Jesus who has the one-sentence sermon, and it was his…
Called to Music“This is my great epiphany.” It’s the Season of Epiphany, and as many of you already heard, I’ve had a doozie! I actually had it through the Autumn, but wanted to be absolutely certain before I spoke of…
Yr B ~ Epiphany 2 ~ Ephesians 3:1-12 I’m going to break a cardinal rule of preaching today. I’m going to make it all about me. Well, it’ll start being about me, and then it’ll be all about you. The…
Choir“Might we sing in tune better?” You may recall from past Noticings that my wife and I are members of a community choir in Cobourg called the Oriana Singers. This week marks our one-year anniversary of joining the group. It…
Yr B ~ Epiphany 1 ~ Mark 1:4-11 In stark contrast to the season we’ve just emerged from – Christmas – there is no nativity or birth story for Jesus in the Gospel of Mark. Well, perhaps there is, as…
Un-Decorating“Just kidding, mostly.” Is your street a little darker and less colourful since Monday? Have some of the giant, inflatable Christmas lawn decorations disappeared? We’ve noticed both things on our neighbourhood dog walks this week. It was still Christmassy up…
The Mood of Christmas“It is an iridescence of sheer delight…” As Christmas week goes on, and people make various connections with friends, or families, or social gatherings, I offer these words from one of my very favourite theologians, the Rev.…