Good Friday – Atonement

It’s a story of people who denied knowing him. It’s a story of abandonment as his friends were no where to be seen. It’s a story of a mob crying out for his execution. It’s a story of an unjust trial, manipulated by leaders in his community....

A time for prayer

In my last message on this blog, I asked people to join me in prayer for our church. Since then, my friends in Cruxifusion have formed a team who are praying together daily for our church and those preparing to head to General Council 42 this summer in Newfoundland....

a need for prayer

Yesterday I shared the following on Facebook (inspired by my friend Richard Bott): Hello, FB friends. Many of you know that I’m a minister in The United Church of Canada. Some of you may know that The United Church of Canada is going through a massive...

invited to the party

Scripture Reading: Matthew 22:1-14 Doesn’t everyone love a wedding party! You celebrate the love of a young couple and wish them a long, long life together. There is the partying with friends and family. There’s food, dancing, drinking, laughter, tears,...

Fairness and God

I became a Christian when I was 27 years old. 3 years later I was enrolled in seminary to begin training to become a minister. I often wondered what would have happened had I taken the opportunity to go to church when I was younger. What did I miss? How many years of...