Community, Peace, Ecology
GAMBLING ON GOD March 15, 2014 Westmount Park United Church I have been told that Canadians spend more per capita on life insurance than anyone else in the world, and that within Canada Quebecers are well above the national average. We are very security conscious. One place we look for security, for comfort and assurance, […]
NEW LIFE IN CHRIST March 8, 2014 Westmount Park United Church Today we heard readings from the first book of the Old Testament (Genesis) and from the first book of the New Testament (Matthew). Each reading describes a crisis moment, a time when extremely important decisions had to be made about what direction the lives […]
WHEN LIGHT BREAKS THROUGH March 1, 2014 Westmount Park United Church Many years ago Jane and I went hiking with some friends on a trail that went high up in the mountains near Jasper, Alberta. It was a three day hike and all the first day was cloudy and cool. The second day we […]
PAUL’S FIRST LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS PART VI CHRIST THE FOUNDATION February 22, 2014 Westmount Park United Church We are now at the end of a six week series of sermons based on epistle readings taken from the beginning of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. In the past five weeks I have been […]
PAUL’S FIRST LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS PART V ONLY GOD GIVES THE GROWTH February 15, 2014 Westmount Park United Church We are now at the fifth in a series of six epistle readings from the opening chapters of Paul’s First letter to the Corinthians. Paul begins this letter with the declaration that it is […]
PAUL’S FIRST LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS Part IV FAITH THAT RESTS ON THE POWER OF GOD February 8, 2014 Westmount Park United Church We are now at the fourth in a series of six sermons based on our epistle readings from the opening chapters of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. I have chosen […]
PAUL’S FIRST LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS Part II OVERCOMING DIVISIONS January 25, 2014 Westmount Park United Church A week ago we began a series of six readings from the opening chapters of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. I said last week that where Paul begins is of vital significance because he starts his letter […]
PAUL’S FIRST LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS Part I I Corinthians 1: 1‑9 THE GRACE OF GOD January 18, 2014 Westmount Park United Church The southern part of Greece is a large peninsula separated from the rest of the country by a narrow isthmus. Near that isthmus, at the northern end of the southern peninsula of […]
THE IMITATION OF CHRIST January 11, 2013 Westmount Park United Church Early in the fifteenth century a German monk named Thomas a Kempis wrote a book called “The Imitation of Christ.” That work has stood for centuries as a text book for Christian devotion and Christian living. As the title suggests it counsels how one […]
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX January 4, 2014 Westmount Park United Church In the early years of the Christian Church there was a great debate between the missionary apostle Paul and the leaders of the Jerusalem church, who were Peter and Jesus’ brother James. It was a hard fought debate but in the end the […]