Category Archives: Matthew Kieswetter

Trinity Sunday: Genesis 1:1-2:4a 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Matthew 28:16-20 A baptism on the occasion of the baptism of Lena Almost every Sunday of the Church year begins the same: “the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship (or community-making) of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.” It’s a […]

Trinity Sunday (8:00 AM service): Genesis 1:1-2:4a 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Matthew 28:16-20 Whether seriously or not, we often come to Trinity Sunday with some hesitation, or with some self-deprecating humour about preaching on the mystery of the Trinity, or about our understanding of it at all. I’d hope that over the years there’s been something […]

Sunday, May 28, 2023: Acts 2:1-21 1 Cor 12:3b-13 John 20:19-23 Last week Leslie and I watched that new “Air” movie about Nike. How a struggling shoe company redefined itself around the person of, at the time, newcomer Michael Jordan, and subsequently both the athlete and the shoes bearing his name went on to superstardom. […]

Sunday, May 21, 2023 Acts 1:6-14 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11 John 17:1-11 [This sermon came about in a sort of hybrid fashion, after the scheduled preacher had to head out of town to attend to a family emergency.] I gathered with our seminarian, Brent, on Saturday, to discuss the readings, and where one might go […]

In the early years of this century I was growing into adulthood. Like a shopkeeper bringing out things from the storeroom, finding what old and what new things to keep as I gradually grew into independence. And like a shopkeeper, juggling these many items, I’d sometimes inevitably stumble and drop something to the floor, with […]