Monthly Archives: August 2011
“Steve Bell rings true”
A bit of a heads-up on a webpost worth spending a bit of time exploring. Recently saint ben’s guy Steve Bell did a video interview for Roots Music Canada, which they’ve edited into a very nice six minute video. As
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Sermon – I will be there
A Sermon on Exodus 3:1-15 A few back weeks back when I was winding up a series of sermons based in Paul’s epistle to the Romans, I made the observation that as a preacher I tend to be drawn to
Sermon – Violating Boundaries
A sermon on Matthew 15:21-28 While Jamie is away on holidays Helen Manfield is covering the preaching duties. This sermon was preached on August 14th, 2011. S o Jamie goes on holiday and leaves me with the text where it
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Day Camp 2011 Report
Recently saint benedict’s table held a day camp. Here are some thoughts from it as well as pictures from the week. “As a remarkably persistent sun looked down on a mosquito-less Manitoba, 17 people congregated on a small patch of
music on a Sunday night
A l Fehr has blended together two songs – “40″ from the 1983 U2 album War, and “Be at Rest” by our own Gord Johnson – to produce some pretty striking music for worship. The song ”40″ is actually based on
Sermon – Paul’s midrash
A sermon on Romans 10.5-15 L arry Campbell claims that in the church in which he grew up, his Baptist pastor preached on the Epistle to the Romans for eight consecutive years; eight years. The very idea simply boggles my mind.
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Is summer passing by too fast?
H ere’s news on an upcoming retreat at St Benedict’s Conference Centre. Led by two saint ben’s members, this “Summer Sabbath” offers an opportunity to take some time to read, pray, reflect and rediscover your love for life and for
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Sermon – the wild olive shoot
A sermon on Romans 9:1-5 A s was the case a couple of weeks ago, with the forecast suggesting that this was going to be a hot and humid night, I decided to craft a slightly shorter sermon than usual… Oh
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Room for reality in religious music?
In this post, our favourite long-distance saint ben’s member Byron O’Donnell muses on the failure of much contemporary faith-based music to deal with the pains and challenges of life in the real world. A veteran musician and songwriter, Byron currently