Monthly Archives: September 2010
Into the abandoned and besieged places
How the prophet Jeremiah’s purchase of a piece of land 2500 years ago speaks into our community’s engagement with music: a sermon on Jeremiah 32:1-3, 6-15 N ow, I know that as we heard those words from the prophet Jeremiah read
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Prayers of the People | Sept 26
Father, we come to you this beautiful autumn evening aware of the abundance from the earth, grateful for the beautiful scents and scenes of our changing landscape, and thankful how the sunshine and wind have absorbed the water from days
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Fast for Change: 7 Days to Tend the Earth
Emily Cain offers a reflection on why you might want to get involved in a unique initiative of the Canadian Food Grains Bank. Emily works for the Food Grains Bank, and has been attending saint benedict’s table for the past
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Going to Church in the 1st Century
W e’ve now set the dates and locations for this autumn’s round of house communions, dubbed “Going to Church in the 1st Century.” These provide a great opportunity to gather in a smaller setting for a simple communion and a
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You call this a stewardship sermon?
A Note from Jamie Howison: What follows here is the audio recording and text of a sermon preached on September 19 at saint benedict’s table. It is my version of a “Stewardship Sunday” sermon, yet as you will see it
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Thinking about gifts and givings…
This is something of an open letter to the community of saint benedict’s table, though if you’re bouncing into this site from another place or community I’d say that you should think about how some of these ideas might apply
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"Music is Worthless"
Y ou might have seen notice of this recording a few months back, when we posted a piece about the adventure of hauling a B3 organ into Signpost Studio, but in case this is all new to you we need
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Who's Lost?
a sermon on Jeremiah 4:11-12, 21-28 and Luke 15:1-10 A note from Jamie Howison: Everything I know about the Parables of the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin I learned from Robert Farrar Capon, whose words appear toward the end
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Prayers of the People | Sept 12
L et us all pray together. God, you are the ruler over all creation, nothing escapes you and nothing we do goes unseen by you. You care and nurture each of the moments in our day. You are always present
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Bob Dylan’s "Saved": a reappraisal, 30 years later.
I t was a couple of years ago now that Mike Koop invited me over to his house to talk about Bob Dylan, and specifically about what Dylan songs might actually work in the context of worship. As he pulled