2nd Sunday of Lent
Virtue Us: “Love”
Christians are called to love God, and to love our neighbours as ourselves. But how does the love of Christ that God has shed abroad in our hearts differ from the love that the ...
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Good News for the Poor: “Fatherly Gifts”
The basis for all prayer is the object being prayed to. For many “God” can be a foreign “thing” that we need to manipulate with fervency to “get what we want.” But, Jesus change...
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Praxis: “Submission for Service”
While Canada isn’t a class system type of culture, most of us want to be taken seriously and treated with respect. In order to have this we find it necessary to present ourselve...
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Greed: God Doesn’t Care
Greed moves beyond having what we need to live. Instead, if focuses on accumulation to define our self and status. It is ambition gone wrong. We are called to practice kindness ...
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No Time to Fool Around
Our culture tells us that its okay to look as long as we don’t touch. But, the disciple of Jesus knows that looking will lead to touching. So, the disciple maintains the attitud...
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Benefit of the Doubt
From our vantage point and limited understanding, it can be very difficult to know just what God is doing. So, it’s important that we don’t jump to a negative conclusion. We nee...
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Women’s Work
We have recognized that in Christ Jesus there is no distinction between male and female, that God has called us all to be his ministers. However, we have to also recognize that ...
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Say What!?
Blood is thicker than water is a message that some of us have had drilled into us. That seems to be the natural bent — look after your own. What about outsiders though? Ho...
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