View Archived Sermons Listen to this Sermon No matter what, to preach a Peace Sunday sermon is of necessity to stride right into the middle of the debate about whether or not Peace is possible, or where or how it is possible. Doug and Jane gave us a glimpse of that debate. Person A writes: “nonviolence” Person B writes: “naive” A: faithfulness B: effectiveness A: God’s peace B: peace in the real world A: God’s peace is…
View Archived Sermons Listen to this Sermon It’s a beautiful day in early autumn, the warm light of the late-afternoon sun filtering through the yellowing leaves of mature trees. A bearded Jesus, wearing the white robe, sash and sandals in which he so often appears, sits beside a young person, one hand resting gently on the back of the park bench on which they both sit. On the ground beside the young person, a male in his…
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View Archived Sermons Listen to this Sermon 2nd Corinthians 9:6-15 Today my sermon begins at the end. Starting with the last verse of our text from Corinthians: New Revised Standard version of our Bibles: Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift. King James version: Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. English Standard Verson: Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift. New Living Translation: Thanks be to God for this gift too wonderful for…
View Archived Sermons Listen to this Sermon I Corinthians 10:15-18 As many of us are painfully aware, several Mennonite churches in British Columbia have cut themselves off from TUMC, in effect excommunicated themselves from us, as a result of our process several years back regarding human sexuality.1 Excommunication in the history of the church has generally been reserved for much more important and grave situations. For instance, around the year 190, the first “strong” Pope in the Roman…
View Archived Sermons Listen to this Sermon Intro: As I immersed myself in today’s lectionary texts, reflecting on our fall theme “Room for All” and on our congregational life, what emerged were three “words” for us today. Foundational words for our community, first from Jewish scriptures, then from Paul’s letter to the church at Philippi, and then thirdly from the Gospel of Matthew. Umm, a three part “Trinitarian” sermon – you never expected that from me, eh? … Let’s…
View archived sermons Listen to this sermon Matthew 20:1-16 And Jesus told them this parable. The kingdom of Heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard…. In this way, Jesus begins a story like so many of the stories that he told in order to create a worldview that we are invited to take residence inside. I have heard that with his parables or stories, “Jesus creates…
View Archived Semons Listen to this Sermon Ezekiel 33:7-11; Romans 13:8-14; Matt. 18:15-20 If you heard me preach two weeks ago and you experience a bit of déjà vu this morning with today’s gospel reading it will be understandable. It’s either a déjà vu or a second chance. I have a sense that the winds of the Spirit that we want to pay explicit attention to this summer are giving me a second chance this morning to preach on a…