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 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 11 February – Rev. David Coster – Transfiguration!
Transfiguration - 2 Kings 2:1-12 & Mark 9:2-9 The Transfiguration! For those of you who have been following your Daily Devotional I suspect you have, like me this past week, been walking step by step up the mountain that ascends to 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...