by Bryce | Mar 26, 2021 | From the Rector's Study
John 12:20-33 Nancy Wright-DeKuyper, Christ Church Lay Reader Forty days and forty nights….the season of Lent. But it seems that we have been living in this period for a much longer time due to the global pandemic of COVID-19. It feels much quieter for me,...
by Bryce | Mar 26, 2021 | From the Rector's Study
Sermon for Lent 4 March 14 2021 Priest-in-Charge The Rev. Mary Bell-Plouffe Last Sunday during coffee hour,we talked about the challenge of the 10 commandment passage we’d heard, and God being a jealous God,punishing children to the 3rd and 4th generationsfor the sins...
by Bryce | Mar 26, 2021 | From the Rector's Study
Sermon for Third Sunday in Lent March 7 2021 Priest-in-Charge The Rev. Mary Bell-Plouffe Martha was preparing supper when Eli came in from the Temple that night. Eli sat down heavily on the bench, and sighed. Martha knew her man well enough, after all these years, to...
by Bryce | Feb 7, 2021 | From the Rector's Study
From the Rector’s Study Sunday, February 7th, 2021, Epiphany V, Wounded Healer ISAIAH 40:21-31, PSALM 147:1-12, 21C, 1 CORINTHIANS 9:16-23, MARK 1:29-39 I cannot help thinking of Henri Neuwen’s story in the “Wounded Healer”, after the verse in the psalm today, He...
by Bryce | Jan 31, 2021 | From the Rector's Study
From the Rector’s Study Sunday, January 31st, 2021, Epiphany IV, Authority Deuteronomy 18:15-20, Psalm 111, 1 Corinthians 8:1-13, Mark 1:21-28 Have you ever wondered what Mark meant when he writes that Jesus taught with authority? The thought is; it is with integrity....
by Bryce | Jan 24, 2021 | From the Rector's Study
From the Rector’s Study Sunday, January 24th, 2021, Epiphany III, Follow Jonah 3:1-5, 10, Psalm 62: 6-14, 1 Corinthians 7:29-31, Mark 1:14-20 It seems that the phrase which sticks in people’s mind is the part; I will make you fish for people, in whatever translation...
