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Mental Health, Spirituality, and the Christian Faith

Mental Health is in the news these days. I know, some people struggle with the idea of speaking about subjective and psychological weaknesses. Some even think that it doesn’t have
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There’s that P-Word: Predestination

I had a couple of people ask me about it after services this week. Our Epistle reading from Romans 8:28-39 made reference to being “predestined” for salvation – and that
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There’s that P-Word: Predestination
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Vines and Branches

Jesus description of the Christian life in terms of a Vine and its branches is a favourite for many (John 15). It’s a cool image by which to think about
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Vines and Branches
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There’s Vigilance … and then there’s Hypervigilance

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil prowls about like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8). Lions can certainly be frightening – especially
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There’s Vigilance … and then there’s Hypervigilance
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Who May Ascend?

King David once mused: “Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart…” (Psalm 24:2-3a).
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Who May Ascend?
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Who’s that Matthias Guy?

Our first reading from this past Sunday tells the account of the calling of Matthias to replace Judas as one of the Apostles. We don’t often talk about him though.
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Who’s that Matthias Guy?
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Humility, Humility, Humility – 1 Peter 5:6-8

Great things always start small. This is what Jesus reminded us of when He compared faith to a mustard seed. St. Peter, here too, reminds us that humility is one
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Humility, Humility, Humility – 1 Peter 5:6-8
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Enter His Gates with Thanksgiving – Psalm 100:1-5

With news of Phase 2 here in Manitoba and the loosening of restrictions on group-gathering size, Council has discussed our next steps too. We will be looking at scheduling four
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Enter His Gates with Thanksgiving – Psalm 100:1-5
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Jesus is God and Baptism now Saves you

Sometimes we get so caught up with cultural forms of Christianity that push their own spin on these points – and yet, a simple reading of 1 Peter 3:13-22 highlights
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Jesus is God and Baptism now Saves you
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Thinking those things that are right…

I’m not sure how much time you spent looking at the ‘Collect Prayers’ week after week. It’s easy to overlook them – as just another prayer that the pastor usually
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Thinking those things that are right…
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