Isaiah 28:10; 1 Corinthians 3:10-11 Introduction: Skyscrapers of Stone By all accounts, the cathedrals of Europe are magnificent structures. When you walk in your gaze is drawn up, up, up, along the columns and arches to the vaulted ceiling overhead–where the stones seem weightless–as if the whole thing is reaching for heaven. These
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Psalm 18: 1-6, 16-19, 46 Introduction One of my favourite rocks is found in Eastern Ontario within Bon Echo Provincial Park. It is Mazinaw Rock, rising 100 m above the lake below. The name Mazinaw comes from an Algonquin word meaning “painted-image lake,” for along its rock face there are 260 Algonquin pictographs–figures
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Luke 4: 31-39, 40-44; Luke 5: 1-3, 12-16 Introduction Many of us watched NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) recent Artemis II mission. Four brave astronauts blasted into space on a rocket. They spent the next 10 days orbiting Earth, and taking a voyage out beyond the moon, further than any other human
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I Have Seen The Lord! John 20:1-25 Introduction When my son was little, probably around age 5, I remember this one time we went for a hike as a family. And as children often do, he picked up a stick along the way. It was good for turning over stones to see what
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Dwelling in Dissonance: Belief and Uncertainty John 11:1-45 Entering the Season of Lent This week in our worship service we enter the stories and season of Lent. It doesn’t seem that long ago that we lit the Advent candles, and celebrated the coming of the light to us and to all nations. And
