We begin our Halloween-themed series of articles this week with one of my favourite topics; Vampires. I love vampires. So, when the new Netflix show Midnight Mass finally dropped, you bet, I was all about it. But get this, not only was this a show about vampires, which I love. But this was a show … Continue reading Vampire Priests, and The Eternal Life in the Blood (Spoiler alert)
Sermon Sept 5; BE OPENED
BE OPENED Isaiah 35:3-7, Mark 7:31-37 This week, for many of you, has been bitter-sweet. Yes, I have arrived, and am here to serve you as your interim pastor, and your vacancy is over. But my greeting to you cannot be as high spirited as one might expect or desire, because as most of you … Continue reading Sermon Sept 5; BE OPENED
John 6:1-21
July 25th A Need as Common as Hunger, A Christ as Universal as Bread Bread. A common thing. A common need. A common custom. Bread is part of every culture. It is everywhere the staple of all staples. So much so, that extremely meagre living, the bare necessities of life, that which is often given … Continue reading John 6:1-21
Ephesians 2:11-22
July 18th We begin as those separated. Separated from God, and separated from one another. If yu don’t believe me? Just look around. We are always, always drawing lines of division between one another. Between the us and the them. We draw lines across racial, financial, political, and religious divisions. And then we go and … Continue reading Ephesians 2:11-22
God Is Not A Capitalist
Ephesians 1:3-14 July 11th As some of you know, I did my undergraduate at a Baptist Seminary. As such, I am no stranger to the Baptist and Evangelical world. Even before that, as a teenager, I went to youth services and events at Evangelical and Pentecostal churches. And even before that as a little child, … Continue reading God Is Not A Capitalist
July 4 Sermon
2 Cor 12, Mark 6:1-13 Grace All Sufficient We begin with Jesus’ return home. The irony is already set. A place that should be characterized by comfort and familiarity, would not be a place of welcome for His ministry, but a place of rejection and coldness towards Him. See, it was precisely their familiarity with … Continue reading July 4 Sermon
June 27 Sermon
2 Sam 1:11 We begin with a death, namely, with the death of Saul. The first king of Israel. A great man. Anointed of God. In a way, we always begin each sermon, each bible reading, each divine service with the lingering notion of death. It’s all around us. In our families, our friends, our … Continue reading June 27 Sermon
Sermon June 20
Father’s Day 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 Job, a righteous man. In a single day he suffered a raid from the Sabeans, which killed nearly his entire workforce, a raid from the Chaldeans who stole all his camels, a fire, which consumed all of his sheep, and a great wind, which collapsed the house of his eldest … Continue reading Sermon June 20
Who Then is This?
Mark 4:35-41 The other day I heard a story, I’m pretty sure I’ve heard this story maybe 100 times by now, in this particular story, a young man of about 17 or 18 was driving his father’s vehicle, a nice vehicle. One that he wasn’t supposed to be driving at all. On top of this, … Continue reading Who Then is This?
Genesis, New Beginnings
In the beginning With these words, many a New Year resolution, a sermon, a bible reading plan, and even an argument have begun. Beginnings are important, the beginning of the Scriptures is no exception to this rule. This book marks the beginning of all time, the beginning of God’s relationship with humanity, the beginning of … Continue reading Genesis, New Beginnings
