How would you like to have a cousin like John the baptizer? Clothed in camel’s hair and subsisting on a diet of locusts and wild honey, this man is the original survivor, the ancient Jewish version of Bear Grills. Every family seems to have one, the one who looks Read more →
January 3, 2021 – ‘A FORK IN THE ROAD”
The three wise men, or three kings, or the magi. Over the centuries we have made much about these travelers, these seemingly indispensable parts of the Christmas story. They have come to take a place of prominence around the manger on most Christmas pageants, never mind that they were Read more →
December 27, 2020 – “A CHILD CHANGES EVERYTHING”
Our Worship Service is prerecorded and then posted online. Watch on YouTube. Click here for PDF: “A CHILD CHANGES EVERYHTING”The Rev. Victor KimLuke 2:22-40(12-27-20) They’re about 20 inches long and weigh about 7½ pounds at … Read More
December 20, 2020 – “THE IMPOSSIBLE BEGINS WITH LOVE”
It’s a crazy story, this story of Christmas. Just think about it, think about what the story claims. It’s unbelievable! Angels appearing to old priests and young girls, to shepherds in the fields and to a man who would have done the honorable thing if he was allowed. An old woman well beyond Read more →
December 13, 2020 – “A MATTER OF TRUST”
You’d think that Mary would have been scared out of her mind. She’s a young woman, most likely just barely into her teenage years. She’s engaged to be married but before the marriage takes place, she has a visit from an angel, Gabriel, who tells her that Read more →
December 6, 2020 – “DON’T FORGET WHO YOU ARE”
Do you remember your first Christmas away from home? In my family my father made it a point to tell my brother and I, that no matter where we might be, when Christmas came, we would do our best to make it home, home being wherever my parents were at that time, which since 1972 has been Calgary. Since both my brother and I attended Read more →
November 29, 2020 – “O THAT YOU WOULD TEAR OPEN THE HEAVENS AND COME DOWN! “
Do not be afraid! Those words form the basis of our Advent theme this year and they certainly seem very fitting given all that has taken place in 2020. Of course, this year has been dominated by one story, the Covid-19 global pandemic. Read more →
November 22, 2020 – “Rejoice and be Glad”
Our Worship Service is recorded and then posted online. Watch on YouTube. Click here for PDF of sermon: November 22, 2020 – “Rejoice and be Glad” “REJOICE AND BE GLAD”By The Rev. Victor KimMatthew 5:1-12(11-22-20) … Read More
November 15, 2020 – “Blessed are you when people revile you…”
The Beatitude for this morning is a long one. “Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account…” It’s similar to an earlier Beatitude Read more →
November 8, 2020 – “Blessed are the Peacemakers…”
Well I suppose I should make some sort of comment on the events of the past week, after all a lot of people have been waiting 4 long years for this news. But the U.S. election has turned out to be very different than many of us might have expected. Yes, for those who wanted to see the end of the Trump presidency, it looks as though that will happen, but Read more →