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Text: Genesis 18:17-33 Old Testament for Proper 12, Year C Grace to you and peace from God our Father. (Col 1:2.) One of the biggest obstacles to faith today is the presence of suffering in the world. This objection is often intensely personal and emotional. Those who have deeply experienced pain, suffering, abuse, and loss,Continue reading “Sermon: Questioning God’s Justice”

Text: Luke 10:38-42; cf. Col. 1:21-29, Gospel & Epistle for Proper 11, Year C Grace to you and peace from God our Father. (Col 1:2.) Imagine for a moment you have an important guest coming to your house for dinner. How busy do you think you’d be preparing for it? You would scrub, polish, planContinue reading “Sermon: Hearing Jesus’ Word”

Text: Luke 10:1-20
 Gospel for Proper 9, Year C, RCL. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Ga 1:3). Introduction Imagine for a moment, you have to go to Service Ontario. Perhaps when you went there were, already a ton of people there. You sat there waiting forContinue reading “Sermon: Ambassador’s of God’s Peace”

Text: John 15:26-16:4 Gospel for Exaudi (Sunday after the Ascension). In the name of Jesus. Amen. A few weeks ago, on the morning of Easter Sunday, a man walked into a Catholic Church in Sri Lanka, and detonated a bomb during Mass, killing fifty people. At almost exactly the same moment, another suicide bomber killedContinue reading “Sermon: Kept in the True Faith”

Text: Psalm 98:1-6, Rev. 21:1-7. Introit and Epistle for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, RCL Year C In the name of Jesus. Amen. Have you ever needed to be reminded of God’s promises? When we suffer the loss of a loved one, when we’re knocking on death’s dark door, when we’re going through financial difficulties,Continue reading “Sermon: More Important Than Remembering a Promise”

Text: John 1:1-14 & 1 John 1:1-4 Christmas Day In the name of Jesus. Amen. Back in 1995, Joan Osborne released a song called, “One of Us.” “What if God was one of us?” she sings, “Just a slob like one of us, just a stranger on the bus, tryin’ to make his way home?”Continue reading “Christmas Sermon: God is One of Us”

Text: Jeremiah 23:5-8 Old Testament Lesson for the First Sunday of Advent, 1yr. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Introduction Can you think of a government that isn’t plagued with problems? Even in Canada, we don’t have leaders who are always just and wise. Even well-intentioned politicians fail. More often than not, most of ourContinue reading “Sermon: The Messiah’s Righteous Reign”

Text: Matthew 22:1-14 Gospel Reading for the 20th Sunday after Trinity In the name of Jesus. Amen. Introduction When was the last time you were invited somewhere for dinner? Perhaps it was last weekend when you gathered with relatives for Thanksgiving. Perhaps you went to a simple dinner at a friend’s house. Maybe you didContinue reading “Sermon: Invited to the Feast”

Text: Mark 9:14-29 Gospel for Proper 19, Series B In the name of Jesus. Amen. Introduction Many of us have grown up watching movies and TV shows made by Walt Disney. Disney productions try to be somewhat inspirational. One of their big themes is “faith”. Quite often this comes in the form of “believe inContinue reading “Sermon: When Faith Fails”