St. Paul’s Church, Winchester Sunday, May 3, 2015   “Staying Connected”   Today’s gospel lesson from John is all about staying connected – staying connected to the one who gives…

ReciproCare in Mission

April 26, 2015
Reciprocare “Is this really a word” Yes it is  it is Latin and means to move back and forth. Other meanings Help each other Interact Interdepend Isn’t this what mission…
We are truly the product of our experiences. For us today our experience of church and even how we express our faith in God is so much shaped by the…

If Clauses

April 12, 2015
Different people describe life differently, but no one will disagree that it’s anything but perfect.  We all believe life can be better if we do this or that or if this…

For the Love of Peter

April 12, 2015
For the love of Peter – Mark 16:1-8   Perhaps it is hard to imagine life without Easter because the experience of Easter has been with us our whole life…

The Meaning of the Palm

April 5, 2015
The Meaning of the Palm – Mark 11:1-11   The palm tree is something that we associate with countries both in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. When we think of…
News is for sharing.   In 1965 I came over from Scotland to Canada to work in summer mission.  I was appointed to Lake Ainslie pastoral charge.  I was amazed that…
    Paul Maier muses that perhaps Herod’s reaction to the Magi visit would have been different if they had asked their question in a different way. But in spite…
In Galatians 4, Paul makes his famous comment that the Nativity happened “in the fullness of time.” God’s sense of timing is unlike anything the world has ever known.  But…

THE UNTOLD STORY – PART ONE

December 28, 2014
For the next few Sundays I would like to take us on a journey of exploration looking at the background of the story we know so well as The First…