Most weeks, our worship leader offers a 15–20 minute sermon based on the Scripture texts for the day.
Our regular preacher is pretty versatile. She’ll tell stories, pull together different ideas, lead a meditation, give the congregation an “assignment” to talk about in twos or threes, show a slide show or video, or sometimes even sing to the congregation. The sermon functions to deepen our reflection on the Scripture themes of the day, and often leaves us with a challenge or a question.
Scripture texts are outlined in the Revised Common Lectionary.
Real Nourishment
Rev. Cari preaching on Isaiah 55:1-9 and Luke 13:31-35 for the third Sunday in Lent.
Trust in the Dark
This sermon for the second Sunday in Lent was based on Genesis 15 and Luke 13:31-35 and also tangles with the question, “Was Jesus political?”
Tempted
Rev. Cari preaching on the account of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness as found in Luke 4. With thanks to the late Henri Nouwen for his work on Christian Leadership in In Jesus’ Name.
A Refugee Story of God’s Love in Action
Special guest Shazia Neelam, who is a member of our ND Refugee Project Steering Committee, shared the story of her family’s departure from Pakistan, and journey to Canada, as UNHR convention refugees.
The Body of Christ. Encounters in Freedom
The first of two sermons on I Corinthians 12. Rev. Cari references an article in the Globe & Mail.
Recognizing the Voice of Love
A sermon from Rev. Cari on the Baptism of Jesus as found in Luke 3:21-22 and Isaiah 43:1-7. Thanks to Glennon Doyle Melton, “recovering everything” and evangelist who blogs at http://momastery.com/blog/.
The Other Wise Man
A story for all ages, originally written in 1898 by Henry Van Dyke and retold by Rev. Cari on this Epiphany Sunday at Crossroads.
On the Third Day of Christmas
Dr. Bruce Harding led worship and offered this reflection on the Sunday following Christmas.
Detours to Reverence
The Christmas Eve sermon at our “late” service focussed this year on Luke 2:1-14.