by Susan Kerr | Dec 19, 2024 | Rev. Susan, Uncategorized
Advent 4 Love and Pizza Luke 2:19 Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. Mary’s been through a lot. The pregnancy, the uncertainty before Joseph said he would protect her, the changes she feels in her young body. Thank God for her cousin...
by Susan Kerr | Dec 11, 2024 | Rev. Susan, Uncategorized
Advent 3 Joy and the Big Scene To think about: Luke 2:8-20 It would’ve been chaos. Sheep falling over, dogs barking, bright lights, snoring shepherds stretching and yelling, angels singing. It has all the makings of a rock concert gone horribly wrong. One angel...
by Susan Kerr | Dec 4, 2024 | Rev. Susan, Uncategorized
Advent 2 An Old Word Isaiah 9:6-7 Ok, I’ll admit it. There are quests that send me down internet rabbit holes. Coming from a background in language, words are one of those quests. I love looking at old manuscripts, reading the Hebrew on the pages of Esther...
by Susan Kerr | Nov 26, 2024 | Rev. Susan, Uncategorized
Hope and Boxes A reading for this week :Romans 15:12-13 (the ‘root of Jesse’ that is talked about here was the apostle Paul referring to Jesus). We’ll light the first candle of Advent on December 1 this year. It’s often called the candle of Hope. But...
by bepcwpadmin | Oct 13, 2024 | Rev. Susan
Epilogue John 21:24-25 This reading takes place at the end of the gospel of John, and it’s kind of wonderful. The disciple is the one who told all of this. He wrote it, and we know he is telling the truth. Jesus did many other things. If they were all written...
by Susan Kerr | Oct 13, 2024 | Rev. Susan, Uncategorized
Blog 8 Masks Psalm 139:13-18 I’m watching our neighbourhood transform into mounds of orange blow up pumpkins, spiderwebs and some scary stuff. The conversation on the school busses and in the parent/guardian’s huddle at the bus stop is all about what...