Ephesians 3:14-21 Go into any book story, or dive into an online search, and you will find all kinds of self-help books, memoirs, websites, blogs, Ted talks and more, all on the topic of spirituality. You could dive down any number of rabbit holes about how to pray, how to meditate, different sacred […]
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Scriptures: Isaiah 25:6-10, Philippians 4:8-13 This evening we’ll be starting another series of storytelling evenings at church that we’ve called “The Food That Nourished Me.” We’ve done this a number of times over the past few years, using different angles that give people a creative way to share about their life and experience.
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Matthew 28:1-10 We began Lent with a clump of clay! (pick up clay) Nothing really – just this heavy, almost dirty sticky lump in our hands, just this piece of potential, held by the children, the Lent Journey Group, within each of our lives – to be shaped and formed and stretched and
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Called to Worship Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11, Isaiah 40:3-5 Well, here we are on Palm Sunday again. At the beginning of Holy Week, and the final stage of Jesus’ journey to the cross. It’s always a paradoxical and disorienting part of the story. A triumphal entrance into Jerusalem made in a way that is anything but
John 9:1-41 I am going to eventually get to our John 9 story of the healing of the blind man, but in a rather circuitous route. But first some stories, comments and a totally different Scripture to start from. Sometimes the most profound truths are found in children’s books. One of my favourites
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John 3: 1-17 How many of you will admit to being afraid of the dark? In our culture, especially in our Western, more industrialized, urban settings, we tend to fear the dark, and so we turn on the street lights, porch lights and lights in our homes so we can eliminate or at
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