I’m going to do something a little risky today. It’s risky because I know we don’t all think the same way about this … but I want to raise some […]

What makes a person great? It’s a hot topic these days, especially in politics, where politicians spend much of their time telling us just how great they are, and how […]

What does it mean to be a Christian? I’ve heard all kinds of different answers to that. Some say that to be a Christian means to go to church regularly. […]

Do you want to leave too? It’s a heartbreaking question. It comes at the end of John 6. The whole chapter has to do with food. It begins with the […]

Once upon a time, there lived a young prince. When his father died, the prince took the throne God had planned for him. He married a beautiful princess from a […]

I love bread. All kinds of bread. White bread, multi–grain, sourdough, kaiser buns, rye bread, French bread, raisin bread, the list goes on and on. While I was on vacation […]

Today’s gospel reading connects with us on many different levels. There are two stories here, one inside the other, each interpreting the other. We call it a Markan sandwich. The […]

About 30 years ago, when I was living in Edmonton, a massive storm ripped through the southeast part of the city. There were still large swaths of wooded areas there. […]

This gospel reading is a hard one. I discovered that I never preached on this reading before. So here goes. It’s hard for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it mentions […]

I still remember a sermon preached by my New Testament professor early in my studies at the Vancouver School of Theology. That was 40 years ago … so it must […]