The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Let’s Meet Some Early Followers of the Way Part Two: Peter “Walls Broken Down” (Acts 11:1-18) My parents used to drive us children from Oakville into downtown Toronto for a Chinese dinner. It was supposed to be a …
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The Fourth Sunday of Easter
THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER, May 8, 2022 Let’s Meet Some Early Followers of the Way. Part One: Dorcas “All in the Family” (Acts 9:36-43) I hurried up the steps of Wesley United, Eady. After leading services at Waubaushene and …
Second Sunday after Easter-May 1, 2022
It was an odd feeling. Standing there by Old Vic, the Pratt Library in front of me, the grey stone walls of Emmanuel College off to my right. Undergraduate students, laden down with books, hurrying by. Nine years before …
1st Sunday after Easter
Recently, on CBC Radio, a researcher talked about “super recognizers”. This term, coined in 2009, is used to describe people with significantly better than average face recognition. These individuals have an uncanny knack for remembering faces even if they …
Easter Sunday
EASTER SUNDAY, April 17, 2022“A Garden Encounter” (John 20:1-18)The manse in Coldwater was strategically located between the church and thecemetery. Sitting on my back deck, I had a bird’s eye view of the comings and goings inthe graveyard. The committal …
Palm/Passion Sunday
Scene One: Entry into Jerusalem (based on Luke 19:28-40) Jesus and his disciples have walked from Galilee down along the narrow Rift Valley. They have climbed the steep and winding road from the oasis city of Jericho, and have …
Sermon for 31 October 3021
Sermon Ministry Carries Onhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZjwwJj8X_A When it comes to churches making decisions it is always difficult because there are so many people and understandings to consider. In the United Church there are many views on theology and progress. I like the …
Sermon for 24 Oct 2021
Sermon Demonstrating your Faith I start with a story of a minister who went to preach as a guest at a church. While he was preaching a woman kept holding up a selection of 3X5 cards with some writing on …
Sermon for 17 Oct 2021
Sermon Fred on Prayer Scripture Mark10: 35-45 Hi for those of you who don’t know me yet – I’m Fred – same as I was before. I have to look at this paper sometimes cuz I don’t always say everything …
Sermon for 10 October 2012
Sermon From Fear to Gratitude Joel 2: 21-27 I start today with the land acknowledgement that we have become familiar with. We are on the territory of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Ojibway/Chippewa, Anishinabek. The languages spoken were the Mississauga/Eastern Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) …