A Centurion’s Response – Good Friday Sermon, April 22, 2011
“A Centurion's Response” Luke 23:44-56 This week we've been hearing about the various people around Jesus. We've looked at the religious leaders, the Pharisees and the Sadducees and what Rev. Peter reminded us was an explosive situation. We've looked at Judas...
Who Is This Guy? – Palm Sunday Sermon, April 17, 2011
“Who Is This Guy?” Matthew 21:1-11 Today is a day of celebration! Jesus has returned to Jerusalem! As he rides by on the donkey, people are dropping branches and coats on the ground, spreading them across the road as he passes. People are walking ahead of Jesus, and...
For the young people
I know I haven't been posting much besides political updates, and there's a reason for that. First, I haven't had a scripted sermon for a couple of weeks now, taking a Bible study approach to our readings lately. Second, I was away last week, and didn't have to preach...
From Where I Sit…
Earlier this week, I posted about what some of the needs of my community are in regards to the upcoming election. At the end of the article, I mentioned I would be mentioning my own personal issues, and here they are. 1. Help for small businesses. There has been a big...
Warming Up For An Election
Here in Canada, in case you haven't heard, we are in full election campaign season. So far there's been a lot of yelling back and forth about what so-and-so is going to do if we vote him into power. Personally, I don't have a care in the world about this kind of...
A Vacation Situation
This week is March Break for our schools. It is also a week I took for vacation so I could spend time with the family and get away for a few days. It worked quite well for us last year. This year was different. 3 of the 4 of us have been sick this week. So for the...