Abigail Makes Peace 1 Samuel 25:1-35 Introduction Is it just me, or does this peace season feel more fraught than usual? Coming from a peace church tradition, Remembrance Day can be tricky at the best of times. How do you show honour and respect for the courage and sacrifice made by soldiers, without […]
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Solomon Asks for Wisdom 1 Kings 3-11 It’s a matter of the heart! When Mathieu and I met a few weeks ago to read the Solomon scriptures and plan for this service, one of the first things Mathieu said was ‘I don’t like the character of Solomon. He seems pompous and showy and
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Introduction How is your heart doing? In our modern Canadian context, a question about your heart condition would likely elicit one of two responses: In our modern Canadian culture when we think of the heart we think of it as a physical organ, or the centre of our emotional self. Biblical meaning of
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Leadership in the Book of Ruth Ruth 1-4 Today is Thanksgiving Sunday, a Sunday where we give thanks to God for the many blessings in life, where we celebrate the harvest and bounty of the earth, and where we reflect on the gift of family and friends and good food. That is our
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When I went to Indiana to take the course on the Trail of Death Pilgrimage, I had only been here at St. Jacobs for 2 weeks. In those 2 weeks we’d had camping, baptisms, new members, a leadership council meeting and 2 funerals. To say it was a whirlwind introduction to ministry, is
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Living as God’s People: Leaders in the Land Calling The Young 1 Samuel 3 There was an age and era of family life and parenting where children and youth were told to ‘be seen and not heard.’ Some of you may remember that or have grown up like that. It was a time
