The Preachers’ Table
Preaching is a communal, multi-layered act; listening, reading, writing, proclaiming, absorbing. This is a place for us to share our preparations for our sermons. Share your first impressions, new discoveries, old favourites, burning questions. This is a place for preachers and listeners alike, to prepare our hearts and minds for the Word.
August 25, 2013 14th Sunday after Pentecost
God grants us a great trust and authority when we are called. It’s quite unbelievable to me. How do we receive this trust? Do we cower away from it? Do we bury our authority under the guise of good manners and respect? How do we claim this authority that God has granted to us? Continue reading
July 21, 2013 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Until our meetings spend more time in Bible study and prayer than we do on discussing which lightbulbs we will purchase or how we will raise money to replace the windows, we need to be convicted by this story of Mary and Martha. Continue reading
July 14, 2013 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
As Christians we desperately lean on the grace of God to be forgiven of our sins. But grace does not excuse us from being judged. In fact, God’s love would mean very little to anyone of the pain we inflict on one another were simply dismissed. Continue reading
July 7, 2013 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Sometimes, our task is to force the powers that be to recognize they are not above the law or humanity. No corporation, no government, no agency has a divine right to use the law or money to exploit others. Continue reading
June 30, 2013 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
This week, as Nelson Mandela lies gravely ill in hospital, the readings speak to me of the joy and the heavy price of freedom. Continue reading
June 23, 2013 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
This can be a good Sunday to reinforce some your ideas about the Holy Spirit you may have preached on Pentecost Sunday. Continue reading
June 9, 2013 Third Sunday after Pentecost
Any time there is a widow or an orphan in a story, it’s time to pay attention. From the most vulnerable in Scripture, we learn a lot about trust and faithfulness. Continue reading
June 2, 2013 Second Sunday after Pentecost – following the lectionary through Ordinary Time
The selections in Ordinary Time give us so much to choose from, and, in order to be effective preachers and offer something our listeners can absorb and meditate upon, choices need to be made. What paths do you anticipate following this season? Continue reading
May 26, 2013 Trinity Sunday
Since the exact Trinitarian formula that we use is not logically outlined in Scripture, sometimes it seems we scramble to find four readings for Trinity Sunday. Continue reading
May 19, 2013 Day of Pentecost
The challenge with these readings, as with many like this, is to take this single, transformative event that became the birth of our church, and make it a real experience in the lives of Christians today and in how we share the good news as a Church. Continue reading
