“Yesterday, Today, Forever”- Misc. Texts   Christmas 1 – December 31, 2017     Yesterday Yesterday… The turning of the year always gives us the opportunity to look back on yesterday, doesn’t it? It gives us the chance to consider and to reflect upon what has happened during the past 365 yesterdays. When we do […]

“I Am the Lord’s Servant” – Luke 1   Advent 4 – December 24, 2017     Introduction: Gabriel’s two missions As we stand on the threshold of our celebration of Jesus’ birth – recorded in Luke 2 – we make a brief stop this morning in Luke 1. There we read about two missions […]

“In the Beginning… Again” – John 1:1-18 Advent 3 – December 17, 2017     Introduction: A matter of trust “We’re going to grandma’s for Christmas!” Do you remember hearing that declaration when you were a child? I do. When I was really young, it was almost a four-hour drive on Saskatchewan’s winter highways and […]

“The World’s Greatest Prophet” – Luke 3:1-20 Advent 2 – December 10, 2017     Introduction to Service: Who is the greatest….? (discuss as 6 or 8 people around you) actor, hockey player, painter, composer, baseball player, Canadian Prime Minister, American President, British Monarch, singer, scientist, inventor…prophet.   Introduction: Prophets When you think of Old […]

“Great is Thy Faithfulness” – Book of Malachi 1st Sunday in Advent – December 3, 2017   Introduction to Malachi Sometimes there are things or people or events that serve as a link or a bridge from one era to another. 500 years ago, when Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the church door […]

“Spare Me” – Exodus 6-11 Last Sunday of the Church Year – November 26, 2017     Introduction When I was growing up, we had a pretty homogeneous community in Regina. Homogeneous means similar, uniform, consistent. Most of the people in our neighbourhood were Caucasians of European descent. I don’t remember many school classmates that […]

“A Plague of Doubt” – Exodus 6-11 Pentecost 24 – November 19, 2017     Introduction About twenty years ago, I remember having three weddings on the same July Saturday. This coming Saturday, I have two memorial services. But that’s nothing compared to Martin Rinckart.   Martin Rinckart was a Lutheran pastor who came to Eilenburg, Saxony at […]