Our reading from Hebrews this week continues the theme of faithful witness that I spoke of last week: “Therefore, since we are surrounded...

“Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen,” we hear in our reading from Hewbrews. The letter goes on...

One of the things that I loved about doing my PhD was how much time I got to spend examining so many lives in so much detail. One of the...

"Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples." Jesus said to them, "When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your...

"Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; but Mary has chosen the better part, sitting at my feet and listening to...

Have you ever had an encounter with a person or a group in the church which made you think, “that was terrible, I don’t want to be here...

At some point, all of us usually come to realize that we actually aren’t as self reliant as we think we are. Why? Because we all run into...

Today is a good day to celebrate freedom. Canada Day July 1st is just around the corner. Sometimes we take for granted how lucky we are...

Acts is my favorite book of Scripture because it tells of the exuberant joy that propels Peter and his brothers and sisters out to share...

“At that time the festival of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico...

One of the outcomes of the Church’s division in the 16th century and ensuing thought about the end times being near, was a shift in how...

I have yet to experience an Incarnation tradition for reading the Passion narrative on Good Friday thanks to COVID restrictions. In other...

I want to begin this sermon with an obvious recognition of the stark contrast, a contradiction to be precise, between the Kingdom...

I’m going to summarize our Gospel lesson for this Ash Wednesday: Don’t use God to point to yourself, Jesus warns the disciples. Don’t...

One of the huge struggles I’ve had as a Christian is coming back down the mountain where I’ve seen Jesus transfigured before me. What I...

One day I was talking to one of my professors about not wanting to be a parish priest, as he and others were encouraging me to consider....

How many of you, at any point in life, have found yourselves coming up empty? Empty maybe with respect to energy or motivation, or empty...

In our Gospel lesson from Luke today, we have the conclusion to Jesus going into the synagogue, unrolling the scrolls, and making a...

When you think of laws, what usually comes to mind for you? I tend to think of laws as rules that help order and govern a group of...

One of the things I’ve been encouraging folks to do this year when reading the Scriptures, is to seek the spiritual meaning of a passage....