Monthly Archives: June 2010
Prayers of the People | June 27
Heavenly Father, we pray for your holy catholic church. Govern us by your Holy Spirit so that we may live in truth, faith and righteousness for your name’s sake. We pray for your Chosen People of Israel and for the
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Leads for the Winnipeg Jazz Festival
A note from Jamie Howison: Realizing that this post reflects my own personal tastes and biases, and that not everyone will share my sense that jazz music has the potential to “enact” theology and to embody something of the human
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"The sound of sheer silence"
a sermon on 1 Kings 19:1-15 L ast Sunday night I spoke about the nature of the prophet’s task, and how it had much to do with “speaking truth to power.” That night we read the story of how King
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Prayers of the People | June 20
I invite the community into a time of prayer. Let us pray with confidence to the Lord, responding to the invitation “Lord in your mercy,” by saying, “Hear our prayer.”Creator God, we pray for all who call themselves Christians: that
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Roots Among the Rocks: theatre and theology
Last week when I was at General Synod in Halifax, we were treated to the debut performance of a unique theatre project written and performed by group of five young people. Coming from various church backgrounds, this theatre troupe has
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News on the work in Haiti
Over the past two years, saint benedict’s table has cultivated a bit of a relationship with a vibrant mission in Haiti, and what follows here is the latest update on how things have unfolded over these challenging months of rebuilding
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Naboth's Vineyard
a sermon on the texts 1 Kings 21:1-21 and Luke 7:36-8:3 W alter Brueggemann identifies one of the key roles of the prophet as being that of “speaking truth to power.” In the world of royal Israel – a world in
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Done!
Over this week, saint ben’s members Jamie Howison and Dan Draper have been in Halifax serving as delegates to the General Synod of the Anglican Church in Canada. This is the third in a series of occasional updates. S o,
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"The councils of the Church"
Over this week, saint ben’s members Jamie Howison and Dan Draper are in Halifax serving as delegates to the General Synod of the Anglican Church in Canada. This is the second in a series of occasional updates. I t is
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How do you stand on the shoulders of a giant?
a sermon on the texts 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 and Luke 9:51-62 L ast year I wrote a piece for the national Anglican Journal, which was ostensibly a review of an album by Ravi Coltrane, but was in fact more a meditation