Monthly Archives: October 2009
A song and a story
At last week’s Gospel Music Association of Canada Conference, a song written by saint ben’s member Gord Johnson won a Covenant Award for Jazz/Blues song of the year. Performed by Steve Bell on his Devotion album, the song “Embrace the
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Prayers of the people | October 25
L et us pray to the Lord saying, Lord in your mercy… hear our prayer. “Lord our God, you find us gathered here to speak and hear your Word, call on you, praise you, and ask you for what alone
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Books by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
I n mid-November, we’ll be bringing the writer, speaker and new monastic Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove to Winnipeg to take part in a series of events, and in preparation for that we’ve ordered copies of his various books to make available for
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On Not Domesticating God:
a homily from Job 38:1-7, 34-41 This is the text of a sermon preached at saint benedict’s table on Sunday October 18, 2009 by Dr Chris Holmes, Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics at Providence Seminary. Chris is scheduled to
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Prayers of the people | October 18
G od our creator… In these days of rapid technological advances where more and more discoveries are being made almost on a daily basis, it is hard for us, your creatures, to humble ourselves before you, the source of all
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Why I'm just not fussed by Richard Dawkins
A reflection on a new book by Richard Dawkins W ith the publication of The Greatest Show on Earth – subtitled “the evidence for Evolution” – the evolutionary biologist and celebrity atheist Richard Dawkins is once again positioned to sell
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Prayers of the people | October 11
I call the community into a time of prayer. God, we come before you having lived a great deal over this past week. We have seen much, experienced much and reflected much on our world around us. At times we
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"Lectio Divina"… just what is that?
This fall, saint benedict’s table will be offering a four-session introduction to the ancient practice of lectio divina, a model for praying with scripture. There are two more sessions in the series, set of November 3 & 10 at 7:00pm
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Running the Niverville Half-Marathon
This is the final installment in a series of four posts written by Nancy Constantine, on her experience of training for – and successfully completing – the Niverville half-marathon. In this series, Nancy has offered up some insights about what
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A Modest Proposal: resisting relevance
This is the text of a workshop address delivered by Jamie Howison at The Great Emergence, a conference held in Winnipeg on Saturday October 31, with featured speaker Phyllis Tickle. Several people connected to to saint ben’s were involved in