All Saints by the Lake, Dorval Year C, Proper 23 September 7, 2025 Every year at Messy Church, we begin with the story of Creation and Adam and Eve. God creates the world, earth and sky and sea, sun, moon and stars, birds and fish and animals, and finally humans. The script with which I tell the felt board story… View Post
Welcome at the wedding
All Saints by the Lake, Dorval Year C, Proper 22 August 31, 2025 My cousin Katie’s daughter Louise dancing with the bride at Tim and Brenda’s wedding. When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honour, he told them a parable. “When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place… View Post
Jeremiah’s call, our calls
All Saints by the Lake, Dorval Year C, Proper 21 August 24, 2025 Jeremiah, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling. An image search for depictions of Jeremiah as the boy or very young man he is in this passage, came up empty … Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I… View Post
Anticipating God’s rest
All Saints by the Lake, Dorval Year C, Proper 20 August 17, 2025 A picture of a stranger’s cat on the internet. I was all ready to preach a sermon on today’s Gospel, about how Jesus’ words may sound scary but they encourage us not to be afraid of conflict, because conflict is part of life and it’s important to… View Post
The substance of things hoped for
All Saints’, Dorval Proper 19, Year C August 10, 2025 Tissot, “God’s Promise to Abram” Extraordinarily, 25 years after my first sermon, roughly 20 of those years in active parish ministry of one kind or another, I don’t seem to ever have preached on this set of readings. Which are just another example of how you often get some of… View Post
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