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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →