In our gospel passage (John 13:31-35) this past Sunday was from John’s depiction of Jesus’ last supper with his disciples. It is a passage about the importance of love and how Jesus intended love to be a defining quality of his followers. A highlight of this chapter in John is when Jesus washed their feet as… Read More God’s grace reminds us to love
For the last two Sunday’s in church we have read from Jesus’ sermon on the Plain found in Luke Gospel, Chapter 6. It’s a reading that certainly reminds us of Jesus’ Sermon on the mount in Matthew’s Gospel. Yet there is one very important difference in Luke, it is that Jesus teaches not from a… Read More Jesus Stands With Us
I just want to remind folks that most people are good people. It is true. I know, I know, I read the news too and it certainly feels like it is pretty much chuck full of the rotten things people do to other people. But turn off the news and the fear mongers for a… Read More Most People are Good People
This month Messy Church is October 11 and the theme is “The Labourers in the Vineyard”. As usual there is a reflection piece (see below). The doors open at 5:00pm and we are on our way home by 7:00. The supper will be chicken fingers, fries and veggies with homemade apple crisp for dessert. The… Read More Justice And Love – Messy Church, Wed. Oct.11
The story of Jonah is a scathing criticism of prejudice. It was written at a time when the Hebrews were convinced that the problems they were experiencing were a result of ‘impurities’ within the nation. Intermarriage had polluted the purity of God’s chosen people they thought. A tribunal was set up to examine blood lines… Read More God’s love has no limits
