All Saints’, Dorval Proper 27, Year C October 5, 2025 The sign for Clementine’s Peace Rug. I want to tell you a story. It comes from my friend and colleague Andrea Roske-Metcalfe, a brilliant Lutheran pastor, who wrote it three and a half years ago, right after the invasion of Ukraine, as part of her commentary about a teacher strike… View Post
The mammon of unrighteousness
All Saints’, Dorval Proper 25, Year C September 21, 2025 This was a tough one. I preached it twice, at 8 and 10 am, and it wasn’t quite the same sermon on each occasion. If you perceive gaps or have questions, leave a comment – it would certainly make a nice change from deleting endless identical spam comments on this… View Post
Holy Cross in the Season of Creation
All Saints by the Lake, Dorval Year C, Holy Cross September 14, 2025 And once again, I’m encountering a preaching situation that’s new to me, even almost 20 years into this career. In the US church that I come from, Holy Cross Day does not take precedence of a Sunday; today is simply the fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost. But the… View Post
Makers in the image of the Maker
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
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