As we continue in our series on the Beatitudes, let’s do a quick reset of the context. Remember that the Sermon on the Mount took place, in Matthew’s gospel account, near the very beginning of Jesus’ ministry. It was his proclamation of what his ministry would be about, what the kingdom of heaven was all about. Read more →
October 25, 2020 – “Blessed are the Pure in Heart…”
When you think of the word “Pure” what comes to your mind? Maybe you think of Dove soap, which we’re told is 99.44% pure, as long as you consider that any kind of soap, which is mostly made up of vegetable oils and animal fats, is pure. Or you might be thinking Read more →
October 18, 2020 – “Blessed are the Merciful…”
Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. Mercy. What exactly is mercy? How is mercy different from another word, grace? Grace might be best understood as the act of endowing unmerited favour while mercy is the withholding of deserved punishment. Read more →
October 11, 2020 – “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst…”
Have you heard of this thing called intermittent fasting? It’s a way of controlling your weight and also perhaps strengthening your health. My brother told me about this sometime ago and he has been doing it for a few months. When I saw him this summer, Read more →
October 4, 2020 – “Blessed are the Meek…”
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Our beatitude for today raises a number of questions. Among them, what is it to be meek, who are the meek, and how exactly will they inherit the earth? Read more →
June 28, 2020 – Vices and Virtues | Envy and Kindness
When preachers preach on this parable of the workers in the vineyard, we often remark on how unjust the labour practice of the vineyard owner seems to be. I know that I’ve said that in sermons I have preached on this parable in earlier years. Read more →
June 21, 2020 – What makes a good Father?
Today is Father’s Day, in case you didn’t know. And there are more people than you might think who don’t know. Father’s Day isn’t like Mother’s Day, which no one forgets. You don’t want to compare Read more →
June 14, 2020 – Vices & Virtues | Pride and Humility
I want to begin a series of sermons over the summer called Vices and Virtues and they will be sermons that deal with what are commonly known as the seven deadly sins or vices, and their perhaps less well-known counterparts, the seven virtues. Read more →
May 10, 2020 – A Conversation of Gratitude for Mothers
Ruth 1:15-22 Click here to watch our worship service and the dialogue: May 10, 2020 A Conversation of Gratitude for Mothers Dialogue Sermon between the Rev. Victor Kim and the Rev. Dr. Ross Lockhart Victor … Read More
May 31, 2020 – A Congregation of Dreamers
On the first Pentecost our scripture reading from Acts 2 says that the Spirit came upon the followers of Jesus like the sound of a rushing, violent wind, and Read more →