Sunday School Activities How much can change with a little time?In two years we have gone from wondering when a vaccine would be made to now talking aboutfourth doses. Masking all the time everywhere to learn how to be comfortable in situationswhere we can have the mask off. I think it is a testament to how quickly things can change. Touse a…
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Sermons on Luke
Luke 24: 1-12 Voices United – Hallelujah(Beethoven) Bell Choir – All Glory Laud and Honour Sunday School Activities One of the challenges of being a preacher in a liberal Christian Church is you spend somuch time trying to explain the unexplainable (healings, miracles, resurrection) that youonly have a little time left to get to the heart of the message—how we live out…
Sunday School Activities Sanctus – Voices United I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say – Cast in Bronze To Be Continued – Luke 19:28-40 A few weeks ago, when I preached last, I cheekily ended my sermon with a “to be continued” cliff-hanger – and today, our cliff-hanger begins to unfold. Are you ready?! Palm Sunday has always been a bit perplexing for…
Luke 15: 11b-32 4th Sunday in Lent Sunday School Activities An adaptation of a sermon byRev. Barbara Brown Taylor1 If you’ve ever complained about your dysfunctional family, let me tell you you’ve got nothing onthe bible. Scripture is full of them—Cain and Abel, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brother andof course the prodigal and his family. That’s why the parable of…
Sunday School Activities Luke 13:1-9 We Shall Overcome – Voices United In this age of Netflix and other streaming services for television shows it’s harder to remember a time where you had to wait each week for the next episode of your favourite show. Sure, some series are doing this now – dropping one or more episodes over a series of weeks…
Sunday School Activities Shall We Gather at the River – Bell Choir Luke 13: 31-352nd Transfiguration Sunday“If you have ever loved someone you could not protect, then you understand the depthof Jesus’ lament.” That’s what American Episcopal preacher, Barbara Brown Taylor saysabout this scripture. “If you have ever loved someone you could not protect, then youunderstand the depth of Jesus’ lament.” Do…
In Terra Pax – Voices United Choir Sunday School Activities We have now moved from the season of Epiphany into the season of Lent. Remember you are dust, and to dust you will return. These are the words many of us hear at an Ash Wednesday service as we begin our Lenten journeys. In her essay, In the Barren Places, Debie Thomas…
Sunday School Activities Luke 4:14-21 After Christmas we did our usual post-holiday clean up and clear out and I came across one of the first sermons I preached as a student minister. As I read it, I literally cringed and while I tried to practice some grace, I also felt a little remorse for ever inflicting it upon anyone. But as I…
She Pondered the Words in Her Heart—Luke 2: 1-20 If you love a bargain, scripture is an amazing two for one deal. When we read or hearscripture, we are always reading at least two stories; the actual words on the page andthe story behind the words that consider the motivations and historical situation of thewriter. Tonight, I want to focus solely on…
Luke 1: 39-56 (Third Sunday in Advent) Sunday School Activities Voices United Choir: Born on Christmas Day In Mark’s gospel, Jesus is quoted as saying that in order to enter the kingdom of heaven we need to become like children. It is no accident then that some of the finest children’s books are deeply spiritual works. For years, I have thought of…