saint benedict's table

A podcast featuring a 2001 conversation drawn from the archives of Signpost Music, in which Steve Bell interviews the Rev'd Chris Vais about living with A.L.S. (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), and what he'd come to understand about life and faith as his body weakened. It also features a conversation between Steve and Glen Soderholm, which includes Glen's recording of his song "...

Jamie Howison's sermon for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 6, 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. The full service is available as a video on our website. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend thi...

A music podcast featuring two songs by Lois Gillespie, both from her 2017 album,  Entanglements , which was produced by Murray Pulver and recorded with a host of very fine musicians. For more information on Lois's music and voice coaching, please head to her website . Lyrics for the two songs are available on the post on the saint benedict's table website , where you can also explore oth...

Rachel Twigg's sermon for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 30, 2020, on Exodus 3:1-15 . 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. The full service is available as a video on our website. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends...

Rachel Twigg's sermon for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, August 23, 2020, on Exodus 1:8-2:10 . 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. There were just five of us present to lead the liturgy and provide the music, with a much larger congregation being gathered through Facebook Live. The...

Rachel Twigg's sermon for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 16, 2020, on Genesis 45:1-15 . 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. There were just six of us present to lead the liturgy and provide the music, with a much larger congregation being gathered through Facebook Live. The...

Rachel Twigg's sermon for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 9, 2020, on Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 . 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. There were just six of us present to lead the liturgy and provide the music, with a much larger congregation being gathered through Facebook Live. T...

Rachel Twigg's sermon for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, August 2, 2020, on Genesis 32:22-31 . 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. There were just six of us present to lead the liturgy and provide the music, with a much larger congregation being gathered through Facebook Live. The fu...

A music podcast featuring Gord Johnson’s song “I Will Not Curse You,” from his 1992 album All of These Changes .  Please visit the web post for this podcast , where you'll find a bit more information. And please do take the time to explore other good music from this ongoing series of music podcasts . Stay up to date on how the church is dealing with these unprecedented events on our For A Tim...

Jamie Howison's sermon for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, July 26, 2020, on  Genesis 29:15-28 . 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. There were just six of us present to lead the liturgy and provide the music, with a much larger congregation being gathered through Facebook Live. The...

A music podcast featuring Trish Vrolijk's song, "Evening Prayer." The song is a setting of a prayer from the Evening Prayer service in the Church of England's Common Worship book. Trish's version is one we often use in our Sunday liturgy, with this recording done as part of her series of home-recordings during the time of pandemic. Please visit the web post for this podcas...

Jamie Howison's sermon for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, July 19, 2020, on  Genesis 28:10-19 . 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. There were just six of us present to lead the liturgy and provide the music, with a much larger congregation being gathered through Facebook Live. The...

A music podcast featuring two liturgical settings written by our folks: Mike Koop's "Agnus Dei" and Jenny Moore's version of The Lord's Prayer. Both were recorded for our 2006 album We Will Not Be Silent: music from saint benedict's table . That album is currently available for download on Apple Music .  Please visit the web post for this podcast , where you'll f...

Jamie Howison's sermon for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, July 12, 2020, on Genesis 25:19-34 . 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. There were just six of us present to lead the liturgy and provide the music, with a much larger congregation being gathered through Facebook Live. The fu...

A music podcast featuring two songs from Byron O'Donnell: "Beautiful Mercy", recorded from his home in Dryden, and Steve Bell's cover of "He Will Know" from his 2008 Devotion album. For a bit more information and to read the lyrics for these songs please visit the podcast post on our website . Byron is what you might call a "long distance" member of the sain...

Jamie Howison's sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, July 5, 2020, on Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 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. There were just six of us present to lead the liturgy and provide the music, with a much larger congregation being gathered through Facebook L...

A music podcast featuring a new song by Gord Johnson, "Eleanor May", based on his experiences working as a Spiritual Health Practitioner at a downtown Winnipeg hospital which also serves as our province’s trauma centre. Gord recorded the song at Signpost Studio, with engineering by Murray Pulver and mixing by Dave Zeglinski. Along with Gord's vocals, guitar and harmonica, Marc Arnou...

A rerelease of an ideaExchange episode from 2011 in which Jamie Howison and Rabbi Neal Rose engage the story from Genesis 22:1-14 , called "The testing of Abraham" or "The Binding of Isaac." Because this story was read as our first scripture lesson on Sunday June 28, 2020, we thought it timely to offer it again. To read a bit more about his session, please consult the post on o...

Jamie Howison's sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, June 28, 2020, on  Genesis 22:1-14 . 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. There were just six of us present to lead the liturgy and provide the music, with a much larger congregation being gathered through Facebook Live. The f...

A music podcast featuring Mike Koop's song "He Walked," from our 2006 CD We Will Not Be Silent: music from saint benedict's table, an album currently available for download on Apple Music .  You can access more of Mike's music on Apple Music , while his album with a band called The Leftists is available on Bandcamp . He has also posted an array of his original songs on You...

Rachel Twigg's sermon for the Third Sunday after Pentecost, June 21, 2020, on Genesis 21:8-21. 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. There were just six of us present to lead the liturgy and provide the music, with a much larger congregation being gathered through Facebook Live. The full...

A music podcast featuring Jenny Moore's song "Be Our Light," from our 2006 album We Will Not Be Silent: music from saint benedict's table . Based on a 19th Century hymn text by Frederick Faber, this song has become a treasured part of our community's musical canon. That album is currently available for download on Apple Music .  Please visit the web post for this podcast ,...

Jamie Howison's sermon for the Second Sunday after Pentecost, June 14, 2020, on Genesis 18:1-15 & 21:1-7 . 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. There were just seven of us present to lead the liturgy and provide the music, with a much larger congregation being gathered through Facebo...

A music podcast featuring two songs from a collaborative project we produced back in 2010, combining the musical gifts of Alana Levandoski with the Shona language spoken word of the novelist and storyteller, Ignatius Mabasa. For more information on Alana Levandoski, please visit her website , where you can also find information on how you can support her newest project, Hymns from the Icons .  Ign...

Rachel Twigg's Sermon for Trinity Sunday, June 7, 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. There were just six of us present to lead the liturgy and provide the music, with a much larger congregation being gathered through Facebook Live. The full service is available as a video on our...