The Third Sunday in Lent: Exodus 20:1-17 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22 Through high school and part of university I worked at the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market. Once I was even on the cover of the Toronto Star in some story about the Market. It remains one of the more famous features of […]
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The Second Sunday in Lent: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Mark 8:31-38 I remember years ago, I think changing for karate class, an acquaintance of mine saw I was wearing a cross around my neck. He remarked: “What a weird thing, to wear a cross, and hang them up everywhere. If Jesus had died in an electric […]
Continue Reading: The Way of the Cross: Sunday, February 25 2024The First Sunday in Lent: Mark 1:9-15 At his baptism, “[Jesus] saw the heavens torn apart.” At his death, “the curtain of the Temple was torn in two.” At his baptism, “the Spirit descend[ed] like a dove on him.” At his death, he exhales the Spirit when he breathes his last. This is a likely […]
Continue Reading: Lent and Lengthening Days: Sunday, February 18, 2024Wednesday, February 14, 2024 (evening) Joint service with The Church of St. Columba, Waterloo Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 I’ve gotten in the routine of making our ashes with the Sunday School kids on the Sunday before Lent. Last year, as we were burning the palms outside I tried to explain […]
Continue Reading: Finding Joy(!) in Lent: Ash Wednesday (evening)Sunday, February 4, 2024: Mark 1:29-39 “Those who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” May our ears be open to this good news today. Amen. Carrying on from last week, where Jesus […]
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