In the Way with Charles St-Onge

Jesus is no chicken. He portrays himself as a mother eagle longing to gather her wayward eaglets under her wings. We're reluctant to be gathered, but he comes to do it anyway. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

When people look at Christians, do they see holy people? What makes us holy?  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Jesus calls us to follow him. But you cannot follow one whom you cannot rightly see. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Jesus warns his disciples that it would be easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than the rich - or anyone, really - to enter the Kingdom of God. How so? Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

What gives you identity and purpose? Your wealth? Your family? Your children? Or your Lord? Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

A short passage from Mark 10 speaks of divorce and children, but really it's about our lives of death and Christ's death to give us life. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you. But he does bless you. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Sermon for the commissioning and installation of Deaconess Emilie Stoller-Prozenko at Ascension Lutheran Church, Montreal, Quebec. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

"From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, these things ought not to be so." (James 3:10) Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

James warns Christians not to show partiality. After all, Jesus showed no partiality towards us and our sins. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Christianity is not the smoothest path, the fastest path, or even the most direct. But it is the right path. So teaches the life of John the Baptist. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

When a baptism and a funeral coincide with the reading of Mark 7:1-13, how can one not talk about the power of baptism for life and in death? Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

On Sunday, August 15 we remember Mary, the mother of our Lord, and how good ideas can get warped quickly over time.  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Elijah is given food from the Lord because, without it, the journey will be too great for him.  Without the spiritual food Jesus provides, the journey of life will be too great for us. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. " (2 Cor. 12:9) Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

"Your abundance at the present time should supply their need, so that their abundance may supply your need, that there may be fairness. " (2 Cor. 8:14) Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Christ sends his Spirit to broaden our hearts, so often limited by our own affections and affectations. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Our earthly "tent," our body, is hardware infected by the malware of original sin.  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Jesus has come to bind the Strongman and plunder his house, to divide Satan's kingdom and bring his house down. What is he doing if not a coup?  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Today is not a day to remember that God is Triune. It is a day to reflect that the Father, the Son and the Spirit are together one God. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

The Spirit of Jesus is always at work in and among us, growing fruit that abides and leads to life.  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

On Ascension Sunday we spend time reflecting on the question, "Where is Jesus Now?" Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Children may not obey, but children will listen. A child of God is not first one who does, but one who hears.  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

John urges us to test the spirits. Is that something we should still be doing today? Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

How should children of God by the merit of Jesus treat one another?  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org .