A congregation of the United Church of Canada
Yr A ~ Easter Sunday ~ Matthew 28:1-11 Easter Sunday is always a tricky sermon to preach because more than usual the congregation is an interesting mix of first-timers, some-timers, and all-the-timers. And because it’s Easter, and it’s our biggest…
And Then There Was Nothing And then there was nothing. No future. No dreams. No Jesus. How did it come to this? A few days ago we were waving palms and singing his praises. Maybe we were too loud? It…
One Another John 13:34-35 It was so important and so innovative that they named a whole religious holiday about it. And yet it’s so obvious and such common sense. Or maybe not. Maybe that’s the problem. Maybe it should be…
Yr A ~ Palm Sunday ~ Matthew 21:1-11 I want to jump right to the heart of this story and really wrestle with its central question. Jesus and his disciples are arriving at Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. This is…
Yr A ~ Lent 5 ~ John 11:1-46 (A Monologue) Four days ago Mary and I sent a note to Jesus telling him that our brother Lazarus, who Jesus loves, was ill. We were hoping that Jesus would come right…
~ scroll down for video ~ Yr A ~ Lent 4 ~ John 9:13–41 Unlike some of the scripture passages we get to tackle, this one is not a particularly deep story. It’s obvious what the intention is from the…
~ scroll down for video ~ Yr A ~ Lent 3 ~ John 4:5–30 It was absolutely scandalous! If you knew more about their culture you’d know just how scandalous it really was. Women and men simply didn’t speak with…
~ scroll down for video ~ Yr A ~ Lent 2 ~ John 3:1-17 Sacred conversations that reveal deep things about theology are our theme for this season of Lent, and today we have a conversation that Jesus settled once…
~ scroll down for video ~ Yr A ~ Lent 1 ~ Matthew 4:1-11 As with many passages of scripture in the bible today’s reading from Matthew lends itself to multiple interpretations – and that’s a good thing because in…
Transfiguration Sunday featuring guest preacher The Rev. Bob LePage