Isaiah 61: 1-11 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me As the national meeting of the United Church comes to an end and we prepare for another 3 years of living out our decisions, we find ourselves asking where is God leading us? This scripture from Isaiah invited us
Continue readingIsaiah 43: 1-21 I have called you by your name, you are mine. Do not remember the things of old for I am about to do something new. The United Church of Canada will be holding General Council 42 from Aug 8-15 in Corner Brook Newfoundland. This is our national
Continue readingGenesis 24: 1-4, 10-21Rebekah – when we first encounter Rebekah we are struck by her courage, her faith, her beauty, her kindness and her hospitality. She becomes Isaac’s wife and lands herself in a very dysfunctional family. By the end of Rebekah’s story, she is seen as deceitful and a
Continue readingGenesis 4: 1-16 Am I My Brother’s Keeper? Cain – bad boy number 1. Cain has the distinction of being the first murderer in the Bible. This story calls on us to explore the consequences of how Cain deals with rejection, and the assumptions that Cain makes from a place
Continue readingJudges 16 Samson and Delilah The story of Samson challenges us to explore the reality that we all have strengths and we all have weaknesses. Samson kept secrets, and had no self-control, yet God chose him as a leader. Why would God continue to support a man who was arrogant
Continue readingMark 1: 1-8 John the BaptistMatthew 14: 1-12 Beheading of John the Baptist For the month of June we will explore stories of both women and men who have been proclaimed as the bad boys and bad girls of the Bible. Herodias, the bad girl for the day, is the
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