

The Authority Question
“Oh those Pharisees and their silly sabbath rules.” If that’s our reaction to today’s gospel reading, if that’s what we’ve been taught,...
Jun 1, 2018


Thumbs Up!
There’s a lot of theology in Paul’s letter to the Romans, which we’ve been reading for the last few weeks. And because there’s a lot of...
Jul 15, 2017


Building Strange Communities
“Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.” Well, isn’t that a great gospel reading, now we ca
Jun 30, 2017


The Nicodemus Dilemma
How many of you are responsible for your own birth? I’m guessing not very many. Because it doesn’t work like that. You were born by...
Mar 10, 2017


Six Days Later ...
Six days later. Six long days later. Six of the longest days of Peter’s life. Almost a full week with Jesus’ words ringing in his...
Feb 25, 2017


Be Who You Are
One of the best places in the world to see moose is Algonquin Park. And the best time of year to see moose in Algonquin Park is in May,...
Feb 4, 2017


Reed Breaking & Wick Quenching
When I used to play high school football, one of our coaches would go and scout the other teams to determine their strengths and...
Jan 13, 2017


"God with us"?
We don’t read Matthew’s version of the Christmas story as often as we do the more familiar version from the gospel of Luke. Maybe that’s...
Dec 17, 2016


Can You See It?
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near!” Can you see it? Can you see the kingdom of heaven? God’s kingdom. The future God...
Dec 2, 2016


Wake Up!
On this first Sunday of Advent we begin by looking forward. And I don’t mean that we’re looking forward to Christmas, no, we’re looking...
Nov 26, 2016