Sunday August 9, 2020 My name is Lani Kerbl. I’ll give you a little general background of my faith journey. I was raised Catholic, In high school, I was a member of the inter school Christian fellowship, and had a couple of years walking the walk of a “born again” Baptist. I sang in church choirs, folk choirs, and finally landed at…
Solo Lee McWebb “Little Shoeshine Boy” Oneness in the Church Ephesians 4 says, “Everything you are and think and do is permeated with Oneness.” But, for most of my life, I was denied that feeling I longed for – a feeling of unity, oneness and compatibility in Christian community. I wasn’t baptized as a child. I was an interracial child born in…
I think there’s something so cheeky and resilient in choosing passages that were weaponized against me to reflect on for my faith journey. I’ve had painful relationships with religion and God. This isn’t an easy story but I promise, there is light. When I was growing up, “Home” was always God’s House. Weekly masses, Catholic schools, choirs, and altar serving. At one…
Solo by Colleen Usaty https://youtu.be/ezLGwbjRGMg
Parkminster June 21, 2020 Three and a half years ago, I left my work with the then, Aboriginal Ministries Circle, now Indigenous Ministries Circle, a place that had been my work home for the previous eight years. In those eight years I heard so much and my heart broke in so many places. This work brought me great joy and enabled me…
The Band: Be a Light https://youtu.be/Od3qJVEkzy0 Parkminster Choir: Be a Light https://youtu.be/Od3qJVEkzy0
Black Lives Matter Matthew 28:16-20 Parkminster United Church, Sunday, June 7, 2020 Rev. Heather Power There have been times over the length of my life when I have stopped to wonder how I ever got the idea that I wanted to be a minister. I was a minister’s kid after all – born and raised in The United Church of Canada. In…