Do you see what I see? Do you hear what I hear? This Christmas Carol has been playing in my head all week. Do you ever have a tune that you just can’t stop humming? It started with the sights and sound of Christmas that I noticed this past week. Or maybe it is the […]
Advent 4B – 2020.12.18 Ready or not Christmas is upon us. This Sunday is Advent 4 and we have but a few days remaining until Christmas. The Advent season has been a time of preparation, planning, getting ready for the coming of the Lord Jesus. In the workforce today there are all kinds of planning seminars for […]
Advent 3 Preparing for the joy set before us … preparing for the coming Messiah. We are approaching the 3rd Sunday in Advent. We should be gathering at St. Andrews and lighting the rose coloured candle on the Advent Wreath. Of coarse that is not possible this year with the COVID 19 restrictions. […]
Ann Weems reminds us in her book Kneeling in Bethlehem: In each heart lies a Bethlehem an inn where we must ultimately answer whether there is room or not. When we are Bethlehem-bound we experience our own advent in his. When we are Bethlehem-bound we can no longer look the other way conveniently not seeing stars […]
Nov. 22 is Reign of Christ or Christ the King Sunday. The Reign of Christ Sunday is like New Years Eve. We reminisce about the past year and look forward to the New Year; beginning with the First Sunday of Advent. Advent is a season filled with expectation and preparation and the year ends with […]
Today I watched the Remembrance Day Service broadcast from the War Memorial in Ottawa. I was once again struck by the sacrifice our men and women have given over the years. It was hard not to get chocked up as the 2020 Silver Cross Mother laid a wreath for all family members who have lost a loved […]
When I worked for Imperial Oil as a Power Engineer back in the 1970’s a popular phrase we used was: all things are subject to change or cancellation without further notice. This was the sentiment felt by many employees as management were making changes at the time. However this may be an accurate description of today’s […]
Feeding of the 5000 (Matthew 14:13-21) Our Grand-daughter Cara, when she was much younger, was caught up with the life of a princess. She would want to say Grace at the supper table and upon completion she would lift her hands and pronounce: “Let the Royal Feast begin.” Jesus turns to his disciples and says […]
Romans 8:28: “And we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” This week’s reading from Paul’s letter to the Romans is one of my favourite passages of scripture. I quote it often. God works for good in “all” things. Not […]
Matthew 13: 24-30 & 36-43 This week’s Gospel reading from Matthew is the familiar passage about the wheat and the tares or as the newer Bible versions translate it: the parable of the wheat and the weeds. Sue is the gardener in our family. She tells me what to pull, what to leave; especially in […]