Rev. Jim Short

Peter is asked by Jesus the question: “Who do you say I am?” It’s the central question of Christian faith through the centuries and still hotly debated. A internet search of the question that I did this week registered two billion hits along with 1.3 billion hits for images of Jesus. We will tackle the…

In this sermon for Trinity Sunday, Rev. Jim really digs into this famous text from the end of Matthew’s gospel, when Jesus sends the disciples out to “go make disciples of all nations.” Rev. Jim takes an honest look at what has come of that project, including a warning about the growing trend of Christian…

For the fourth Sunday in the season of Lent, guest preacher the Rev. Jim Short opens up the story of the healing of the blind person in John 9. After introducing the idea of a “critical incident debrief,” Jim portrays all the characters in the story to invite the congregation to name 1) what is…

For the third Sunday in our Stewardship season, Major the Rev. Jim Short preached on Luke 19:1-10, which is the story of Zacchaeus. After referencing last week’s sermon (and the quote from Fr. Richard Rohr about merit) Jim leads us through the text, weaving his way with quotes from Sunday School era songs of his…

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…

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…