Reflection 14 April – What it Means that Jesus was Raised!

by Rev. David Coster Acts 3:12-19 & Luke 24:36b-48 Living out what it means that God raised Jesus! This morning, I am helping some of you to reminisce, for I am quoting two of your previous Ministers. I suspect that at some point or other both shared something of...

Reflection 7 April – Joy Kingsbury – Aitken

Reflection on John 20:19-29 and 1 Cor. 15:1-11 by Joy Kingsbury-Aitken The earliest written testimony to the resurrection is not to be found within the four canonical gospels but in Paul’s first letter to the Christians in Corinth.  While the gospels are thought to...

Reflection 10 March – Joy Kingsbury-Aitken

Reflection on Numbers 21:4-9, John 3:14-21, & Ephesians 2:4-10 – by Joy Kingsbury-Aitken Today’s gospel reading contains the most quoted verse in the New Testament.  Those of us who are retirees will remember how as Sunday school students we were encouraged...

Reflection 3 March – Joy Kingsbury-Aitken

Reflection on John 2:13-22 & 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 by Joy Kingsbury-Aitken The temple incident was so important in the life of Jesus that all four gospels recorded it.  However, John places this incident during the lead-up to a Passover at the beginning of Jesus’...