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After preaching for two weeks in the prophet Jeremiah, Rev. Cari turns to the Christian Scriptures, to the first verses of 2 Timothy. Today’s text offers another opportunity to remember what keeps us going in tough times, and to set our hope in God. She explores the function of memory – putting things together that…
This week Rev. Cari entered into the long prophetic career of Jeremiah at another point (Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15) from last week, when Jeremiah has been placed under house arrest by the ruler of Judah, Zedekiah, because of his doom and gloom message. The City of Jerusalem is under seige by the Babylonians, and sure…
Rev. Cari invites the congregation into a reflection on the last few years, returning to the topic of the “covid curve” introduced early in the COVID pandemic (see attached image) and wondering where we currently find ourselves on that curve. She then introduces Jeremiah 8:18-9:1, a cry of grief from the heart of the prophet…
The final Stump the Preacher request for the summer of 2022 lands on Labour Day weekend, and invites Rev. Cari to reflect upon what Jesus might have had to say about self-love. In particular, in his response to the question, ‘What is the greatest commandment of all?’ in Mark 12:28-34. Along the way, she touches…
Today Rev. Cari returned from vacation to take up this 7th Stump the Preacher question: Is Heaven a Real Place? Her texts were Psalm 82 and Luke 17:20-25. She opens with a discussion of “heaven” then quickly pivots to the Luke text (which includes within itself a “Stump the Incarnate God” question from the Pharisees…
Stump the Preacher returns today as Rev. Jim Short picks up the mantle. The question centres around the images in Matthew 12:42-45) Matthew says that, when one evil spirit is cast out of the house and the house is empty, the spirit circles back and brings seven more with it. What does this mean on…
Continuing with Stump the Preacher series, Rev. Cindy Terry chose the great question “Is Jesus the only Way to God?” This is what she was taught in Sunday School, Bible Camp, and some Bible Study groups. There are Bible verses, especially in the Gospel of John, that declare this to be true. Jn14: 6 —…
In today’s sermon, Rev. Jim Short takes the Stump the Preacher torch around the question — why do the scriptures have so many references to fearing God? Does God wants us to shrink in fear and focus on thinking, doing or saying something that might bring punishment down upon us? Why are so many religious…
What makes you happy in life? What do you need to be happy? Those questions can spark a lot of conversation and we can turn many places for the answers. Followers of Jesus often pause to reflect on Jesus’ teaching in what we call The Beatitudes. This Sunday, Rev. Paul Ivany encourages us to…
For the third sermon in this summer’s Stump the Preacher series, Rev. Cari preached, as requested, on the parable of the Prodigal Son (found in Luke 15:11-32) but focussed on the elder son (mostly). The request was for a good hard look at resentment, and in particular, what to do as a person who has…
