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Unexpected glory

in Sermons on 05/21/26

All Saints’, Dorval Easter VII, Year A May 17, 2026 Icon of S. Irenaeus The word “glory” or “glorify” is used six times in eleven verses in today’s Gospel reading from John. But what does “glory” mean, in this context? If you were guessing based on the word alone, you might expect extravagant pomp and circumstance: crowns and robes, streets… View Post

Are we all infants?

in Sermons on 05/06/26

All Saints’, Dorval Easter V, Year A May 3, 2026 Part of the Alberta baptism working group. Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation – if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. Just over eighteen years ago, as the parent of a two-month-old, I preached a… View Post

Looking sad and being sad with Jesus

in Sermons on 04/23/26

All Saints’, Dorval Easter III, Year A April 19, 2026 Anne Simpson and friends at the 2024 Christmas bazaar And he said to them, “What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?” They stood still, looking sad. What does sad look like? What does sad feel like? When we’re first teaching children about their emotions (and other… View Post

In the garden

in Sermons on 04/16/26

All Saints’, Dorval Easter Sunday, Year A April 5, 2026 Icon of Mary Magdalene and Christ the Gardener, Kelly Lattimore, 2024 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” Supposing him to… View Post

Defying expectations

in Sermons on 04/09/26

All Saints’, Dorval Great Vigil of Easter, Year A April 4, 2026 Russian icon of the Anastasis, c. 1700, Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht. Wikimedia Commons. As you know if you were here on the third Sunday of Advent, I am not a fan of AI, at least not the “large language models” that power apps like Claude and ChatGPT and which… View Post