Mark 8:27- 9:8 Peter’s confession, passion prediction, bearing the cross, transfiguration It is very easy to glorify the power of God, and to place our own ideas and expectation on the Divine. Like most humans, Peter, is fearful and uneasy about Jesus’ words proclaiming doom and gloom and goes so
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I went to the Taizé service that Robertson-Wesley hosted in November. It was the first Taizé service that I had been to in a long time. And after the first chant, all the memories of why I love this style of service came flooding back to me. I used to
Continue readingMark 4: 1-34 Parables of sower and mustard seed In the scriptures we learn from Jesus, as the disciples did, about parables. Jesus teaches in parable which requires us to listen AND pay attention. In the parables today, God is the sower and sows the Word. What we hear will
Continue readingMark 2: 1-22 Jesus heals a paralytic and eats with a tax collector The scriptures remind us that there are some thing we shouldn’t do like put new wine in old wine skins. Sometimes we have to make decisions that may not be popular or expected. Sometimes we are called
Continue readingWhat will it take for us to truly believe in what God has proclaimed and called us to do? Shall we stand in disbelief as Zechariah did and end up rendered mute and unable to speak aloud? This story reminds us of the importance in listening to God and others,
Continue readingThis Sunday is the Christmas Pageant. The Kids’ Church will lead us through the story of The Jesse Tree which tells the story leading up to Jesus Birth. It shares the story of the faithful people who came before. This will be a day of pageantry and joy as we
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