Good Friday

The Passion of Our Lord according to the Gospel of John

What events and life circumstances have impacted you most in your life?

Often we hear people say:

I remember where I was here when …..

People often remember vividly where they were and who they were with when a major event occurs, both good and not so good.  

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I’ve had it. This is not sustainable. We’ve put in our 10 000 hours to make us quote unquote experts, but we have nothing to show for it. How are we suppose to live if we can’t catch any fish to feed our people? Only one fish, if you count that one that minnow. Look at those empty nets and we’ve been fishing all night....

Narrative Gospels such as the Wedding at Cana invite us to enter into the story with the life giving currents of abundance and hospitality. What causes you to engage in dialogue with the text? What is meaningful and enters you into Gospel living? What do you push back against.  

The wedding at Cana is the place where Jesus begins his public...

Christmas Eve

That night the shepherds were wistful.  

Under the night sky, the shepherds lay beside their flock of sheep.   On the cooler nights, they kept warm this way, nestled among the sheep, the bleating hushed.   Sheep know the voice of a good shepherd - who lays down beside them.   A welcomed calm blanketed them. The...

25th Sunday after Pentecost

Hebrews 10: 11-25

During my seminary time, a beautiful quilt made by Lutheran church ladies was given to each graduating student.   On the day they were gifted, the quilts were draped in the seminary chapel.   The students walked around admiring the work.   I identified my favourite. It was boldly...

A Grassroots Movements Among Lutherans

Today we recognize the extraordinary work of Canadian Lutheran world relief. A grassroots movement started by Lutherans in Canada in March 1946 in response to the needs for relief and refuge following the Second World War.   Thousands of refugees were assisted in finding a new home in Canada.   As...

Season of Creation Sunday

Hello dear children of God,

Do any of you like to help make food creations in the kitchen? Do you pull a chair or stool up to the counter so you can work alongside a grown up? Maybe you like to measure the flour, sugar, salt, eggs, milk, butter and baking powder for pancakes like my kids. Maybe some of you are at the...

Season of Creation

Mark 10:2-16

You may remember the hydro blackout in summer of 2003. Many homes were without power for up to two days.  Do you remember what you were doing? At the time I was a young teacher in my early twenties on summer break staying with my parents. And on that weekend I had a side gig of preparing the meal for my...

Mark 8:27-38

The Gospel opens with Jesus in conversation with the people, Who do people say that I am? He asks of his followers. 

I am reminded of a poem penned by Dietrich Bonhoeffer while in a prison. He compares the exulted way in which others sometimes see and speak of him, with the more uncertain and vulnerable way he sees himself....

Feeding the 5000

The crowd gathered. It was a big crowd gathered near Jesus.  Or as close as they could get.  The hillside full. Five thousand people, John’s Gospel says. And that’s likely just counting the men. A crowd that could fill the Aud at or beyond capacity. 

On the grass, the people came together. The place...