saint benedict's table

A sermon by Jamie Howison preached on on the First Sunday in Advent, November 29, 2020. For links to some free resources for the season of Advent, please see the web post for this podcast . This sermon was offered on yet another Sunday on which our community was unable to gather in the church building, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend t...

The eighth episode in our serialization of Dr. John Badertscher's book Ten Steps on Freedom Road: Why the Commandments are Good News . In this episode John reads the eighth chapter - "Freedom to be Yourself" - which explores the commandment to honour your father and mother.  Each of the podcast episodes will be made available on the main podcast webpost as they are released, so you...

A sermon by Rachel Twigg on Matthew 25:31-46 ,  preached on Sunday November 22, 2020. This sermon was offered on yet another Sunday on which our community was unable to gather in the church building, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Po...

The seventh episode in our serialization of Dr. John Badertscher's book Ten Steps on Freedom Road: Why the Commandments are Good News . In this episode John reads the seventh chapter - "Freedom to Rest and Enjoy" - which explores the commandment on the importance of Sabbath practice. Each of the podcast episodes will be made available on the main podcast webpost as they are released...

A sermon by Jamie Howison on Matthew 25:14-30,   preached on Sunday November 15, 2020. This sermon was offered on yet another Sunday on which our community was unable to gather in the church building, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple P...

The sixth episode in our serialization of Dr. John Badertscher's book Ten Steps on Freedom Road: Why the Commandments are Good News . In this episode John reads the sixth chapter - "Freedom for Listening" - which explores the commandment against making wrongful use of God's name.  Each of the podcast episodes will be made available on the main podcast webpost as they are releas...

In this episode Jamie Howison takes excerpts from a sermon preached at St Margaret's Anglican Church in Winnipeg and folds them into a reflection on the nature of giving, and how it can be a spiritual discipline that sets us free from the pressures of consumerism. The text for the sermon is Matthew 22:15-22 . Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to you...

A sermon by Rachel Twigg on Matthew 25:1-13 , preached on Sunday November 8, 2020. At the conclusion of the sermon you will also hear an excerpt of an old Gospel blues song written by Blind Willie Johnson and offered here by Mike Koop, Charles Garinger and Larry Campbell. This sermon was offered on yet another Sunday on which our community was unable to gather in the church building, due to the CO...

The fifth episode in our serialization of Dr. John Badertscher's book Ten Steps on Freedom Road: Why the Commandments are Good News . In this episode John reads the fifth chapter - "Freedom for Imagination" - which explores some of the ways in which the matter of idolatry is not one confined to the ancient world.   Each of the podcast episodes will be made available on the main podc...

A sermon for the Feast of All Saints by Jamie Howison, preached on Sunday November 1, 2020.  At the conclusion of the sermon you will also hear an excerpt of a song written by Trish Vrolijk and sung by Rachel Sutton.  This sermon was offered on yet another Sunday on which our community was unable to gather in the church building, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscribe to the show wherever you lis...

The fourth episode in our serialization of Dr. John Badertscher's book Ten Steps on Freedom Road: Why the Commandments are Good News . In this episode John reads the fourth chapter of the book - "A Faithful Atheism" - and quite happily challenges some of our assumptions around that term.  Each of the podcast episodes will be made available on the main podcast webpost as they are rel...

Jamie Howison's sermon for the Twenty-First  Sunday after Pentecost, October 25, 2020, on  Deuteronomy 34:1-12 . This sermon was offered on yet another Sunday on which our community was unable to gather in the church building, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review...

A music podcast featuring an impromptu home recording of the song "You Have Seen My Trouble," by Samantha Klassen and Anass Quinten. The song was written by Samantha, based on Psalm 31:7-8, and is performed here with Arabic background vocals by Anass. Lyrics for the song along with a few of Samantha's reflections on its significance are available on the post on the saint benedict&ap...

The third episode in our serialization of Dr. John Badertscher's book Ten Steps on Freedom Road: Why the Commandments are Good News . In this episode John reads the third chapter of his book, "The Big Picture", offering a sweeping overview of the whole of the biblical story in just over 13 minutes.  Each of the podcast episodes will be made available on the main podcast webpost as t...

Rachel Twigg's sermon for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, October 18, 2020, on Exodus 33:12-23 . This sermon was offered on yet another Sunday on which our community was unable to gather in the church building, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we...

The second episode in our serialization of Dr. John Badertscher's book Ten Steps on Freedom Road: Why the Commandments are Good News . In this episode John reads the Preface of his book, along with chapters one and two:  "The Shape of Freedom" and "Law and Story." Each of the podcast episodes will be made available on the main podcast webpost as they are released, so you n...

*Please note that there was a recording problem during the opening portion of the sermon. Sound quality vastly improves at the one minute mark. Rachel Twigg's sermon for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 11, 2020, on Exodus 32:1-14 . This sermon was offered on yet another Sunday on which our community was unable to gather in the church building, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subs...

In this podcast you will be introduced to Andrew Krahn, who will be joining the saint ben’s community for the next eight months as our ministry intern. Andrew comes with rich ministry experience, having served ten years at Fort Garry Evangelical Mennonite Church. He has quite recently completed his theological studies at Canadian Mennonite University, and has decided that rather than jumping strai...

In the Autumn of 2019 Resource Publications released Dr. John Badertscher's book Ten Steps on Freedom Road. Subtitled "Why the Commandments are Good News," the book offers fresh and timely new takes on the 10 Commandments, and on the shape and nature of human freedom itself. We have serialized this book into a series of podcasts which will be released weekly over the fall of 2020, a...

Jamie Howison's sermon for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 4, 2020, on Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 .  This sermon was offered on yet another Sunday on which our community was unable to gather in the church building, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a revie...

A music podcast featuring a new version of the saint ben's standard, "Be Our Light." Written by Jenny Moore and inspired by a 19th Century hymn text by Frederick Faber, on this podcast the song gets a fresh treatment by Anass Quinten. Lyrics for "Be Our Light" and a few of Anass's thoughts about the song are available on the post on the saint benedict's table web...

Rachel Twigg's sermon for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 27, 2020, on Exodus 17:1-7 . This sermon was offered on yet another Sunday on which our community was unable to gather in the church building, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what...

A conversation with Jim Cornelius recorded on September 21, 2020, reflecting on the twenty-three years he spent as Executive Director of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. For more information on the work of the Foodgrains Bank, please visit their website . You can also view the web post for this podcast by clicking here . Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to...

Jamie Howison's sermon for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 20, 2020, on Exodus 12:1-14 and Matthew 18:15-20 . This sermon was offered on yet another Sunday on which our community was unable to gather in the church building, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or wr...

Rachel Twigg's sermon for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 13, 2020, on Exodus 14:19-31 and Matthew 18:21-35 . This sermon was offered on yet another Sunday on which our community was unable to gather in the church building, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or wr...