All Saints, Dorval II Epiphany, Year B January 14, 2024 John Singleton Copley, “Samuel Relating to Eli the Judgments of God upon Eli’s House,” 1780. I confess: Whenever this set of lessons comes around in our three-year lectionary cycle, I am less than thrilled to see the lesson from I Corinthians. The passages from Samuel and John are so rich… View Post
The God who needs us
All Saints by the Lake Christmas Eve, Year B December 24, 2023 Amanda Seebeck as the Donkey in the Christmas Pageant, with her children Jack D’Entremont (shepherd) and Sarah D’Entremont (baby Jesus), December 17. *** And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no… View Post
The child in the rubble and John the Baptist
All Saints by the Lake Advent II, Year B December 10, 2023 Munther Isaac is the pastor of Christmas Lutheran Church, in Bethlehem, in the West Bank. Last Sunday, he posted a remarkable picture to his congregation’s Facebook account – the picture you can see in the slide accompanying this sermon. It shows this year’s Christmas crèche at Christmas Lutheran:… View Post
“On call” for Christ
All Saints by the Lake Advent I, Year B December 3, 2023 [Robin Stuchbery, son of Ben (Incumbent in St.-Agathe and Arundel) and his wife Erica, who very politely waited to be born last December 18 until his parents’ doula had finished directing the Christmas pageant] It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and… View Post
Christ’s power, our power
All Saints by the Lake Reign of Christ, Year A November 26, 2023 This is the sixth Reign of Christ Sunday that I’ve been at All Saints’ (although I haven’t preached every one of those, thanks to our excellent team of Lay Readers). If you’ve been taking notes on the sermons I have preached, though, you’ll have gathered that I’m… View Post
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