Contemplation as we enter Holy Week on the 3rd Passiontide Week, 2020 In light of the gospel reading, John 8:1-11Dear Congregation, Right now, in so many parts of the world, on every continent, doctors and nurses are trying to bring care and support to human beings who are suffering the effects of a world-wide disease. One […]
Contemplation for Palm Sunday In light of the gospel reading, Matthew 21 Most each and every one of us over the past week including myself, has woken up at least once at 2 or 3pm, with fear in our hearts, fear of sickness, fear ultimately of death. In this time, we seem to be […]
I once went to an arboretum and saw an exhibit of valuable and exotic woods. Some of the most beautiful of them had swirling twisting grain, or little black marks sprinkled through them. I learned that these special grains form in a tree where it has been injured. A burl or gall may form. One […]
Dear Friends, We live in challenging times, apocalyptic times. Apocalypse means ‘lifting the vail’. It is not so much the destruction that gives apocalypse its meaning but the experience that everything is being exposed, challenged to the core. Apocalypse is that what is on the inside is revealed- both the good and the bad. Egotism is being revealed. […]
The Weekly Word Reflections on The Sunday Service for Children By Brenda Hammond I left my beloved Richmond Hill community to come to Ottawa and give day-care to my grandson, who was about to turn one year old. He is now thirteen, and his younger brother eleven. They do not attend a Waldorf school, and so […]
It is perhaps surprising that the first encounter that the Son of God had on earth, the first meeting that the living creator had on earth was not a disciple, was not even a human being. The first encounter that the Son of God had on earth was with a spiritual being, a fallen angel, […]
What are we “worth?” Sometimes people measure their worth by the size of their income or investments, although we know there are many ways we cannot measure our worth to others in terms of dollars or euros… But it is deeply ingrained in our economic life that income is compensation for labour or merit. Effort, […]
What are we “worth?” Sometimes people measure their worth by the size of their income or investments, although we know there are many ways we cannot measure our worth to others in terms of dollars or euros… But it is deeply ingrained in our economic life that income is compensation for labour or merit. Effort, […]
On Becoming a Member of The Christian Community-by Richard Chomko I’ve been coming to services at the Christian Community in Toronto since before the turn of the century. I was even married in The Christian Community, brought our children to Sunday school and had them confirmed there. However, officially, I was not a member. My […]
The Weekly Word At Epiphany, not only do we celebrate the kings, we also celebrate the great baptism of Jesus. We celebrate the reception of Gods light and warmth coming down. We celebrate the Cosmic Sun-star of Grace gradually descending more and more into Jesus, more and more into the world, more and more into our hearts. […]
