Janet Sermons

Dwelling in Dissonance: Belief and Uncertainty John 11:1-45 Janet Bauman 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 […]

Matthew 25:31-45 The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats Introduction When I was teaching at Rockway I participated twice in an urban plunge called Toronto Outdoor Opportunity for Learning and Service (TOOLS for short) in downtown Toronto with a group of our grade 9 students (I think there were a couple of

Matthew 4:17-25 Even as the smells of Christmas still linger–the special baking, the pine boughs, the wintergreen scented candle, the cinnamon spiced cider–we catch a whiff of something different. Something else is wafting in, on a breeze from the Sea of Galilee. Do you smell it? Something smells a bit…fishy! And there is

Luke 1:26-56 Part 1: The Visitation  (Shirley Redekop) In place of a traditional sermon this morning, we will, as Mary, mother of Jesus did, ponder what was told to her by the angel Gabriel, and Mary’s reaction to this news. In the spring of 2014 and again in 2024 Fred and I attended

Matthew 1:18-25 Introduction When I was teaching, parent/teacher interviews always made me a bit nervous. Most of the time, these were good conversations–a way to communicate with parents about how their children were doing, and what kinds of things we could do to support their learning. But every once in a while something

Meditation for Eternity Sunday 2025 Ezra 1: 3:7-13; 6:13-22 Coming Home to God God, you have been our dwelling place,  our refuge in all generations.  Before the mountains were brought forth,  or ever you had formed the earth and the world,  From everlasting to everlasting you are God (Psalm 90:1-2).  And it is