Quiet Centre
By Fran Schultz Reading: Mathew 14: 22-23 and Philippians 4: 8-9 There is a hymn in our hymn book (Voices United) entitled “Come and Find...
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Nov 16, 20214 min read
What Lasts?
By Rev. Joan Kessler Mark 13:1-8 What lasts? It’s a question we are presented with on a regular basis. If I am considering a monumental...
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Nov 9, 20214 min read
Mite
By Rev. Joan Kessler Mark 12:38-44 On this Sunday before Remembrance Day, as we consider the ultimate sacrifices that were made in the...
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Nov 2, 20215 min read
Home
By Rev. Joan Kessler Ruth 1:1-18 Between 2016 and 2020, a span of roughly three and a half years, I moved house four times. It was a...
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Oct 26, 20215 min read
New Sight
By Rev. Joan Kessler Mark 10:44-52 “Change your words. Change your world.” For me there is something incredibly compelling about that...
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Oct 19, 20213 min read
Good Question
By Joan Kessler Mark 10:17-22 When I considered the gospel reading for this week, my memory went back to this story based on Leo...
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Oct 13, 20215 min read
No Worry - October 10, 2021
By Joan Kessler Reading: Matthew 6:25-33 Gratitude, it happens, needs less room to grow than one might think – is able to find purchase...
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Oct 5, 20214 min read
Greatness - October 3, 2021
By Joan Kessler Mark 9: 30-37 This passage from Mark has left me with more questions than answers this morning. I have been asking myself...
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Sep 28, 20214 min read
Mountain Sunday
By Joan Kessler Isaiah 65:17-25 The passage you just heard read is a favorite of mine. If I was asked what passaged summarizes the good...
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Sep 21, 20215 min read
Sky Sunday - September 19, 2021
By Joan Kessler Jeremiah 4:23-28 Ps. 19:1-6 When you look to the sky…what do you see? I have enjoyed receiving your sky photos...
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Sep 12, 20215 min read
Create - September 12, 2021
by Rev. Joan Kessler Genesis 1:26-28 Psalm 139:13-18 Yesterday, we saw the return of Art Walk to our community and for me, it was my...
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Sep 5, 20215 min read
Listening Well - September 5, 2021
by Rev. Joan Kessler Mark 7:24-37 Last Sunday, New Orleans observed the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. To mark the occasion,...
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Aug 29, 20215 min read
Tradition - August 29, 2021
by Rev. Joan Kessler Mark 7:1-8, 14-16 Our reading from Mark you heard Melanie just read has me reflecting on ritual and traditions and...
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Aug 22, 20215 min read
Interesting Times - August 22, 2021
by Rev. Joan Kessler Interesting Times Psalm 84 Preparing for this reflection today, I encountered a Chinese Proverb that hasn’t left me...
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Aug 5, 20215 min read
Mustard - July 11, 2021
by Rev. Joan Kessler Mark 4:26-34 Mustard seed has a long history I discovered this week. According to archaeologists and botanists, the...
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Jul 4, 20214 min read
Blue - July 4, 2021
by Rev. Joan Kessler Psalm 104 If I were to ask what your favorite color was this morning, I wonder, how many of us would respond with...
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Jun 27, 20215 min read
Strawberries - June 27, 2021
by Rev. Joan Kessler 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 On a hot summer Sunday morning, I thought we would take time to celebrate our congregation’s...
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Jun 20, 20216 min read
Storm - June 20, 2021
On this eve of National Indigenous Peoples Day, I want to share with you Wally Bearhead’s words about what this has meant to him...
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Jun 6, 20214 min read
Family - June 6, 2021
...the story of the family, once a dense cluster of many siblings and extended kin, fragmenting into ever smaller and more fragile forms...
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May 30, 20214 min read
Fridge - May 30, 2021
by Rev. Joan Kessler Fridge Luke 14:1, 7-14 I have a question to ask you this morning… what is something the average person does 22 times...
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