Sermon – We are all Pentecostals… T hough tonight we’re gathered together in an Anglican context, using the liturgical prayers of the Anglican tradition, we’re all Pentecostals. Though many here are more likely to self-identify as Mennonite or maybe Baptist
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Sermon – “In whom we live”
a sermon on Acts 17:22-34 W henever I am called upon to open a meeting with prayer, I almost always find myself beginning with something like this: “Almighty God, still the hearts and minds of your people gathered here, and make
...read moreSermon – “Greater Works than these”
A sermon on Acts 7:55-60 and John 14:1-14 A fter hearing that reading from the Gospel according to John, I have a question or two that I would really like to ask Jesus. I suppose that puts me in pretty
...read moreConsuming Youth | A book launch
A book launch connected with SBT McNally Robinson Booksellers and Zondervan Books present John Berard launching Consuming Youth: Leading Teens Through Consumer Culture Prairie Ink restaurant at McNally Robinson, Grant Park Tuesday January 25 at 8pm About the book: Today’s
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Early in August, Jodi McLaren showed me this quite wonderful piece about how the old house that she and George had purchased was making a graceful transition into becoming a home. It is all about planting gardens and painting walls
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A Past, a Present, and a Future: an address delivered by Jamie Howison to the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Brandon on Friday, October 19, 2010 O ne of the great things about being asked to give an address
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Back in June, we received an e-mail from saint ben’s regular Sarah Chopee, informing us that she was spending a few months as a volunteer with Scotland’s Iona Community, and asking for permission to introduce that community to Jenny Moore’s
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This is just a brief follow-up on the recent series of events we hosted with the writer and new monastic Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. A longer reflection will follow at some point in the coming days… You can take a look at
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a sermon preached on Mark 7:24-30 W hat in heaven’s name is going on in this section of the Gospel according to Mark? A woman with a deep and pressing need – her daughter is afflicted with a spiritual evil
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a sermon preached on the Song of Songs 2:8-13 F or our reading from the Hebrew scriptures this evening, we’ve just heard a passage from the Song of Solomon, the Song of Songs. If you weren’t expecting it, it is
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