Rev. Jim Short

The Rev. Jim Short preached at Crossroads this morning. His texts were Ephesians 2:11-22 and Psalm 89, and in the sermon, he suggests a bit of composting! “What do you need to let go of in terms of things you learned along the way about faith and life? And how challenging is that for you?”

Rev. Jim Short grapples with John 20:19-31 for this first Sunday after Easter. Imagine Thomas, looking for the Resurrected Jesus, bursts into the room where the disciples are hiding in fear from the temple authorities.  They say to him, “We saw him and the marks of his crucifixion.  We were filled with joy, and he…

Two major armed conflicts in our world alongside many smaller ones turn our attention to the topic of war and what Jesus would think or do. Despite numerous attempts at a peaceful solution to the Palestinian–Israel conflict which is rooted in the past, and profoundly affected by decisions made by Western nations in the breakup…

Sermon preparation felt like a game of snakes and ladders. I rolled the dice on Monday with a thought and hit a few snakes on the way and ended up on Friday where I least expected. I explore the importance of the current vision and values process and why it’s important and how it relates…

We explore what seems like a way passage: “Love God with your whole being and your neighbour as your self”. Asked by a Pharisee what is the greatest commandment Jesus links the “SHEMA” with Leviticus 19 and say they are one. We explore what that means and how the three loves fit together with a…

This is the Sunday we launch our stewardship campaign, and we reflect on Jeremiah’s words in the 29th Chapter. He is speaking to the people of Israel who have been deported to Babylon and their total way of life in Jerusalem has been destroyed including the Holy City. False prophets are saying they will only…

Luke is the only gospel that tells the story of Jesus in a “no man’s land” between Samaria and Judea. There, Jesus encounters ten men who have leprosy – a devastating contagious skin condition that was, in those days, impossible to cure and forced lepers to live in isolated areas in groups apart from their…

This is World Communion Sunday and we will join the Christian community all across the world sitting together at Jesus’ table. In our society do we value the space and grace and community or the “table” or are we to busy climbing the ladder of self accomplishment and success to worry about others and whether…

In an article by David Brooks from the Atlantic Magazine – entitled “How America Got Mean” he says that the lack of moral formation over the last number of years in North American Society has meant that selfishness and cruelty to others have been given free rein and we live in a society in which…

The disciple Peter whom Jesus says is the rock upon which his church will be founded understands clearly what others have not grasped — that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God. Having given a right answer to the question he balks at Jesus’s teaching about what it will mean to follow Jesus to…