Reflections

Reflection 17 March – John 12: 1 – 8

Sermon on John 12: 1-8. by Josh Olds Over the last few weeks, we’ve been focusing on the season of Lent that we find ourselves within. A season that is more than just going without chocolate for 6 weeks; we’ve been reflecting on how Lent is essentially a time of self...

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’...

Reflection 4 February – Joy Kingsbury-Aitken

Reflection on 1 Corinthians 3:5-15 and John 4:31-38 by Joy Kingsbury-Aitken I have chosen to move away from the lectionary this week and instead seek out scriptures that may have something useful to say about the season we find ourselves in as a congregation; a season...

Reflection 10 December – A Voice Comes from the Wilderness

A Voice Comes from the Wilderness A Reflection by Dan Spragg Advent is a season of expectation and anticipation - well it is meant to be if we can get past the rush, which I'm sure every year we say, “Next year will be different…” Maybe it just is what it is, and what...

Reflection 19 November – Joy Kingsbury-Aitken

Reconsidering the Parable of the Talents   by Joy Kingsbury-Aitken Traditionally, the parable of the talents has been seen as an exhortation to Jesus' disciples to use their God-given gifts in the service of God, and to take risks for the sake of the Kingdom of God....

Reflection 12 November – The Good Samaritan, or…?

The Good Samaritan or, something else? a reflection on Luke 10:25-37 by Dan Spragg In her book, Grounded: Finding God in the World, author Diana Butler Bass talks at length about the idea of compassion and how she believes it is a critical factor in remembering and...

Reflection 5 November – Psalm 107

A Reflection on Psalm 107 by Dan Spragg About a year ago I got really angry. At God. I’m not one to get angry all that often - or at least I’m not one to show my anger. I do tend to be a slow burner and then I ride my bike and all is well in the world. But, about a...

Reflection 22 October – What is the Nature of the Kingdom?

Matthew 13:1-9 | What is the nature of this Kingdom Jesus talks of? Some of my favourite books to read when I was around 11 or 12 were those ‘choose your own adventure’ stories. Do you know the ones? At the end of each chapter you got to choose what happened next,...