This is the last sermon from my series on John Chapter 6. At the end of the audio section I’ve included a couple of songs in Swahili sung by the family who joined us from Mozambique. They are originally are from the Congo, and as I posted a couple of weeks ago they have faced difficulties since arriving in Winnipeg. The parish has rallied around the family and we have set up a Go Fund Me page to assist them.Previous…Continue readingSermon August 26, John 6:56-69
My August 12 sermon isn’t as much a sermon as it is an update. It’s more of a recap and place-setting for the net two weeks. One of the reason that this one is so short is that it was well into the 30 degree celsius range with high humidity on Sunday, and I thought it would be best not to hold either the congregation or myself captive to such heat. Although, I should add, I was very pleased that…Continue readingSermon – August 12, 2018, John 6:35-51
Kings, Power and Feeding Five Thousand: This week’s lectionary featured both John’s recounting of the feeding of the five thousand, and the story of David, Bathsheba, and the Uriah the Hittite. I was quite intrigued by the story of Jesus escaping the crowds attempt to make him king against the background of David using his kingly power to force Bathsheba into a sexual relationship and then killing Uriah, when Uriah fails to help him cover it up. As a result,…Continue readingKings, Power and Feeding Five Thousand.
