On my vacation, I spent 3 weeks not on Facebook or Twitter, and it was glorious. Just great. I chose to read the Harry Potter books, so my mind has been filled Quidditch and Hogwarts and teenagers yelling “Stupefy” more than any other news source. Which has also been simply delightful. But as I was …
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Grandma’s Cookies, Ice Cream, and Pirates
A sermon based on Galatians 1:13-17, 2:11-21. Think about the best handwritten letter you’ve ever received. Well, that may be tough, because many of us don’t even know the last time we received a handwritten letter, but try… Or at least imagine one. I think about all the letters Ash and I mailed to each …
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Stupendous Soup’s On Volunteers, Teenager Lovers, and Missing Bible Verses
Last week, I popped in for coffee break on Tuesday afternoon with the stupendous Soup’s On volunteers, and I asked them a question. “When you’re at church on a Sunday morning, do you like the sermons to be challenging or comforting?” The week before I had preached about climate change and how some scientists say …
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Orangutans, Paleo Diet, and Sympathetic Listeners
In February, Ash and I were on vacation and we had the chance to take our children to the San Diego Zoo. What a great place! We saw elephants and tigers and gorillas and giraffes and rhinos and pretty much all the animals. My highlight was the orangutan. When we started the day, we went …
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Seinfeld, CTV, and Rocks
As we work through the gospel of Luke, our text this week is the parable of the Good Samaritan. I usually have about 3 sermons going on in my head at a time, so weeks ago I was thinking to myself: “Great. What am I going to say about one of the most famous stories in …
Big Foot, Elephant and Piggy, and “Shake it Off”
Today I get to speak to you while wearing both my parent hat and my pastor hat. I am quite excited about this prospect. When Ashley and I were living in Winnipeg, we lived about two blocks from the church where I was working, so often I would walk to work. And on my way …
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Saskatchewan, Petulant Toddlers, and Abe’s Hill
Today’s story of Jesus teaching in the synagogue, and then people trying to throw him off a cliff, is one of my favourite stories in the Bible. But in order to understand what’s going on, we need to understand Isaiah chapter 61. And to understand Isaiah 61, we need to understand Leviticus 25. Let’s go. …
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Baby Sleep Patterns, Hockey Night in Canada, and Participation Trophies
A sermon based on Luke 2:21-38, Jesus being presented at the temple. Jesus is taken to the temple as a boy, and Simeon and Anna are there, and when they see baby Jesus, wow, do they ever nail it. When they were holding Jesus, they used words like salvation, redemption of Israel, a light of …
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Jail, Cosmopolitan Magazine, and Paw Patrol Stuffies
Traditionally, the third Sunday of Advent is called Joy Sunday, where we are supposed to rejoice in all things. And the primary scripture passage used for this Sunday used by churches around the world is… John the Baptist in jail, right before King Herod orders his head on a platter. Rejoice, right? And to make …
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Locusts, Indiana Jones, and Elsa
The story of John the Baptist takes place 30 years after the birth of Jesus, and yet we read the story of him in the wilderness every year on the second Sunday of Advent. Part of me is always frustrated that I have to try to make connections between the birth of Jesus and this …
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