Christ as a Refugee
At this time of year many people all over the world are still engrossed in the hype surrounding Christmas and are slowly, perhaps sorrowfully putting away the decorations and the […]
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Rev. Chris Davis
Live a Life in Preparation for God’s Coming
Paul’s letter to Titus may not seem at first glance the ideal place to go for a message about Christmas. After all there is no mention in it about Jesus’
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In Need of a Saviour
Today, the sermon is simply based on the theme of Joy following the order for each Sunday of Advent. In this light, there are few passages as fitting as the
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A New Day Has come. Let’s Embrace It!
Most scholars agree that the writings that comprise the first half of the book of Isaiah are genuinely his writings. Beyond that there are disagreements about the extent to which
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Who is Your King?
Today is an especially important day in the life of the Christian body that we commonly call the Church. It is called ‘Reign of Christ Sunday’ in most Christian denominations
Lessons for All Children
In the United Church of Canada, this date the third Sunday of November is always recognised as Children’s Sunday though not all congregations may highlight this in their worship. The
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What Must We Remember?
On this Remembrance Sunday and throughout this week, our thoughts focus on the need to remember those who have fought in several wars over many decades in various places. We
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Dinner with the Despised or Perfect Love?
I have a special regard for the gospel according to Luke because no other gospel portrays Jesus as the friend of outcasts and outsiders as much as Luke does. One
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A Return to Fruitfulness and Abundance
We do not know a great deal about the prophet Joel except that he identifies himself as the son of Pethuel. Beyond that, most scholars use what little internal evidence
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A Church With the Heart for Justice
St. Luke chapter eighteen begins with two parables being told by Jesus about prayer. In the first parable, which is our text for today, we read about a widow who
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What’s On the Menu? It’s Time for Real Food
Today is a fitting time to talk about food given that tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day and today we are featuring through our Minute for Mission segment, the Essex Food Grains
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Keep Hope in Our Faithful God
The book of Lamentations as its name suggests is a book of lament. With this in mind, the questions then arise, who is lamenting and what is he or she
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