Sermon: Thirsty Voices
It always amazes me how, with just a few words, Jesus can flip things on their heads. It was high noon, the hottest time of the day. Jesus, weary from his long...
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Sermon: Dazzling Reign
Each year, during the time of Lent, I like to get away for a few days of retreat. The first real retreat I ever participated in took place at the Jesuit retrea...
From the Heart
Our words have consequences sometimes when we don’t even know it. A passing comment, a snide remark, a joke, to the person listening, these words can be ...
Monty Python and the Sermon on the Mount
I am a fan of British comedy. I do not know why, most of the time I do not understand the type of humor, but there is something about it that I guess refreshin...
Hope of Things to Come
Waiting, Watchfulness, Expectation, Longing, Preparation, Hope these are all words that we can use to describe the Season we are beginning today. Today not onl...
The Sermon I was not allowed to Preach
In my previous post, I related an incident where and invitation to pray and to preach had been withdrawn. The invitation was to pray at breakfast and to preach...
Sermon: The Sin of Pride
Pride is one of those things that can be a positive and a negative it is however in inwardly directed emotion. If we view this from, the negative meaning of th...
Sermon: The Greatest of These
You have heard me preach about love before, well I think I mention love in almost every sermon I preach. I do this because love is central to the Gospel messag...
Counting the Cost
Very often in our day to day lives, we want to know what the cost of something is. We go to the supermarket or some other store to buy something, and we are in...
Healing Hands
I would like to start with a little story this morning. As many of you know, I am involved in disaster relief work. In the past, the Church has deployed me to...