Sunday morning surprises!
I was doing pulpit supply at a 2-point charge just outside the city this past weekend.
The first service went pretty much as expected. We prayed, we sang, I preached, the usual stuff. No problem.
When I walked into the second service 10 minutes before it starts, the father of the usual organist (who’s graduating high school this week) came up to me to inform me that the replacement for his older daughter, who happens to be his younger daughter, has been struck by nerves and cannot play this morning.
No big deal, really. I had chosen some well known hymns, so we would sing without her accompaniment. I am not a bad singer, and have enough volume to lead, plus another woman was there who also is a good singer. So we made it through just great. As an added bonus, the son of the singer wished to play his recorder during children’s time, so I let him and that was the children’s time.
So it was a different service, but nice just the same.
Bible Kids!
The Canadian Bible Society has a new webite with hopes of reaching out to children to increase their awareness of the Bible. Check it out, it looks pretty neat.
Sermon – June 18, 2006
“Nurturing the Seed of Lifeâ€
Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk who lived in seclusion wrote this which later ended up in a book entitled He Is Risen
So we are called not only to believe that Christ once rose from the dead, thereby proving that he was God; we are called to experience the Resurrection in our own lives by entering into this dynamic movement, by following Christ who lives in us. This life, this dynamism, is expressed by the power of love and of encounter: Christ lives in us if we love one another. And our love means involvement in one another’s history.â€
What is this?
CBC Nova Scotia – MacKenzie’s new plan: ‘Premier Darrell’
This isn’t what we voted for yesterday? 40% of the province voted Tory, which only translated into a minority government. How does this give the two other parties (with different platforms) the right to run the province?
It’s going to be an interesting summer as it sounds like the Grits are trying to make themselves sound useful after a terrible campaign result (and a not so great campaign!).
Let’s give Rodney a chance, he ran a respectful, positive campaign, not lowering the partry to the level of aggresive attacks from the other parties.
Back home
Well, we’re back from visiting Bev’s parents for a couple of days. It’s nice to get out of the city once in a while.
It’s also nice to drop in and have a raid of my brother-in-law’s used books!
I found a couple that looked interesting, and took them back to the house to investigate. Three of them are a collection of sermons. One has a sermon by Thomas Merton (He Is Risen), another book has a series of sermons by Henri Nouwen (Out of Solitude) and a third with a series by Clarence Edward Macartney (The Faith Once Delivered). I’ve read the first two, and they were great pick-ups, very thought provoking. The third looks interesting in its topics, so it should be interesting.
I also found another Merton book called Spiritual Warfare which is very interesting read thus far. It also lead to some interesting dreams last night! 🙂 I found a second Nouwen book as well, The Wounded Healer, which also looks interesting as it explores the circles of suffering, from the world down to those in service to the church. The final book is a small commentary on Ephesians. I figured commentaries can’t be bad, especially free ones! 🙂
So, we’re back in the city. My phone number was taken by a minister while we were there for potential summer supply. So I look forward to hearing him call. He sounded pretty certain that he would be calling me, hopefully it will be during a time when I am available. He wasn’t sure when he was going away just yet.
So, it was good to get away, but now we’re back and it’s time to start making some money. Hopefully that will start up soon as I’m chasing some website design leads.
Anyways, Oilers are up 2-0, and I’m exhausted. Time for a snack and to veg out. Woohoo, I typed too soon, 3-0 Oilers!
Nick out… g’night!