Hope United Church - Reflections

Grumbling About Change 24.09.2023 8:52 ↓

God always provides. Every Gift is freely given to a grumbling crowd. How do we respond to these gifts. Only you can do the hard work of Love, there is no APP for that.

Accountable to God 17.09.2023 10:14 ↓

Be careful what you pray for you may just get it. God forgives us. But are we so full of passion and mercy. We are not called to judge others. We are called to forgive.

A New Song 10.09.2023 11:45 ↓

What will the new song look like.

Whats community Got to Do With It? 03.09.2023 12:01 ↓

The Christian Faith is a Community Endeavor.

Gifts & Good News 27.08.2023 13:03 ↓

Experiencing God in our whole self and whole body. Using your Gifts in the service of God.

Great was her Stubbornness 20.08.2023 10:49 ↓

Jesus being wrong, challenged and changing his mind. We can welcome all with open arms.

That Sinking Feeling 13.08.2023 4:19 ↓

Peter was not the first to try. He was not the first to fail. Risking the sinking feeling of failure to do God's work.

Enough for All 06.08.2023 10:22 ↓

Companions and sharing bread. Feeding of the Five Thousand. Preparing the disciples for leadership, and Dinning with the wrong people.

The Gift of Pride 23.07.2023 12:11 ↓

God created us in his image a wonderous divine diversity. That is how this all got started. You are a unique expression of the divine and world is a better place for you being in it.

Sowing Seeds 16.07.2023 11:39 ↓

Sowing Seeds. Reflection on a parable.

Go Play 30.04.2023 12:38 ↓

God wants you to have fun, just don't do it at some ones else's expense. The loving Parent God has prepared everything for everyone.

The Trurth (Guest Pastor Lisa Clarke) 16.04.2023 12:59 ↓

Doubts about our God versus doubt about our faith. Doubt are the fleas of faith. Doubts are not bad they are natural, but we do about our doubts is important.

Jesus Is A Weed 09.04.2023 21:34 ↓

What differentiates Dandelion from a rose. Why is a Rose desired more that a Dandelion. The only flowers ROME wanted growing those that could be controlled like a Rose. They got Jesus the Dandelion. But they couldn't eliminate him just like you can't eliminate a

Sign of the Times 02.04.2023 16:52 ↓

Sikh in the gospel. Jesus arrival in Jerusalem a mocking of the Romans. Jesus's turn over of the money changers tables, a disruption of the finical system of the day.

The Truth 26.03.2023 15:48 ↓

Ezekiel from the field of bones.

Forgiveness 20.03.2023 16:50 ↓

What it means to forgive.

Who is my neighbour 12.03.2023 18:00 ↓

An exploration of parabel of the good Samaritan.  The reasons the Priest and Levite couldn't help, and the risks the Samaritan took.

Standing on the Edge 05.03.2023 23:25 ↓

Mental illness and depression. God is there.

Tempted 26.02.2023 21:11 ↓

Max the classic Devil, temping you to breaking point. But rejoiches when you don't fail. Meeting our needs, and temptation. How far are we prepared to go.

Finding hope 19.02.2023 22:13 ↓

Pursuing the difficult. With without the sense of Awe we loose hope. It was the same in the days of Jesus. How do we restore hope, lift your faces out of your devices to retrieve your sense of Awe.

Show and Tell 22.01.2023 20:14 ↓

Questioning the rituals of Worship Services.

Getting righteous 08.01.2023 17:43 ↓

There are no do overs in life. Benefiting from our relationship with God and getting the relationship right,

An Old Tradition 11.12.2022 8:43 ↓

Traditions and Symbolism of the Christmas Tree.

A New Tradition 01.12.2022 11:45 ↓

The history of the Christmas Reef and Candles

Whats up with Issac? 20.11.2022 16:42 ↓

God will need you to do somwthing else.