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Back to Reality

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

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Rev. Beth discusses Mark’s gospel, focusing on the lessons it teaches about living in the everyday after a life-changing event — such as Easter — has occurred.

 

Dramatic Reading for Palm Sunday

Sunday, April 1st, 2012

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JE Buckingham, Tom Debley, and Jean Gregory perform a dramatic reading of ‘Jesus Enters Jerusalem’ for Palm Sunday.

 

Holding On or Letting Go

Sunday, March 25th, 2012

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Guest preacher Rev. Kathy Ray discusses Paul’s message of leaving behind that which is harmful or unnecessary in our lives– and how our lives are always an attempt to balance “holding on” with “letting go”.

 

How God Loved the World

Sunday, March 18th, 2012

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Rev. Beth discusses hospitality: how it has come to mean luxury for the wealthy, and how we can bring it back to its initial meaning of inclusiveness, welcome, and giving without any expectation of repayment.

 

Where God Puts Skin On

Sunday, March 11th, 2012

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Talking about the faith practice of discernment Rev Beth draws upon 1 Corinthians 1:10-31 and considers how Incarnation is lived out in the church today.

 

The Church of the Future

Monday, March 5th, 2012

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Rev. Beth discusses the ways a church can live out the principle of Sustainability, drawing from Mark 8:27-31: “whoever tries to save their life will lose it”.

 

Oh, the Choices We Make!

Monday, February 13th, 2012

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Rev. Beth discusses parallel healing stories from the Bible, relating them to her own stories of prayer and healing, and asking us to consider whether it’s better to underestimate or overestimate God.

 

From Grasshoppers to Eagles

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

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Rev. Beth discusses Isaiah 40:21-31—a message of encouragement for those who feel that God is not present in their lives—and relates it to our lives, showing how God can (and does) give us ‘wings of eagles’.

 

More Exorcisms

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

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Rev Beth discusses the common threads of exorcism stories in the Bible, focusing on how we are all called to name our demons and bring ourselves back into the community that God intends for us.

 

A Caring Wind

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

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Guest Preacher Rev. VInce Mok reflects on Exodus 14 (the parting of the waters) and the ways in which God’s wind still blows in our lives, often in ways we don’t expect, but always for the better.