saint benedict's table

In the third chapter of the Gospel according to John, Jesus presses Nicodemus to drop his assumptions, overcome his night-blindness, and make his way into a whole new way of being. And he issues the same challenge is issued to us.

A sermon on 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 and John 2:13-22

An insider's look at issues of faith and politics with Bill Blaikie. An ordained minister of the United Church of Canada, Blaikie served as a Member of Parliament from 1979 to 2008 and as Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 2009 to 2011.

Why is that Jesus calls Peter, the disciple with whom he seems to share the most significant connection, a "satan"? And what do we stand to learn from this narrative from the Gospel according to Mark?

Picking up on Mark's assertion that after his baptism Jesus was "driven" into the wilderness by the Spirit of God, this sermon explores why it is that sometimes the desert is where God most needs us to be.

A sermon challenging many of our assumptions as to what sin is all about

A sermon dealing with two healing stories, as told in 2 Kings 5;1-14 and Mark 1:40-45

A sermon preached on the Feast of the Presentation, inviting us to attend to the insights of Anna and Simeon (Luke 2:22-40)

A sermon reflecting on the way in which saint benedict's table understands the connection between word and silence.

An inside look into what it really means to live in intentional community in all of its joys and complexities, led by Jamie Arpin-Ricci, urban missionary and author of "The Cost of Community."

In this session in our ideaExchange series Jane Barter-Moulaison challenges us to move toward a deeper understanding of the person and work of Christ.

Three scholars consider whether there is more than one way to read the Bible’s apocalyptic literature. Join Brian Froese, Lissa Wray Beal and Michael Gilmour as they wrestle with this key question.

Seattle-based Image Journal hosted a Winnipeg evening to celebrate connections between faith and the arts. The panel for event - which included SBT's Jamie Howison - was joined by the renowned neo-folk artists Over the Rhine.

Dr. Pierre Plourde, Dr. Donald Dyck and spiritual care provider Helen Mikolajewski offer perspectives on the intersection of faith and medicine in health and healing.

Gord Johnson – the artist-in-residence for SBT – offers an evening of music and conversation. Gord is best known around saint benedict’s table as the composer of music for worship, and many of the songs have become standards in our liturgies.

Rabbi Neal Rose and Jamie Howison in conversation around how the Jewish and Christian traditions have read and understood the story of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac, as told in Genesis 22:1-19.

Ignatius Mabasa is a writer, “gospoet” and dub poet based in Harare, Zimbabwe. In this edition of ideaExchange he leads us on an exploration of story-telling, poetry and the life of faith. 

Jamie Howison offers one of the periodic explanations common to saint benedict's table that help us make sense of our liturgical practice and symbols. It is an “instructed Eucharist”.

Well-known author and teacher Mark Burch, looks beyond our collision course toward economic and ecological collapse and challenges us to consider ways to find an alternative pathway of personal, spiritual and cultural development.

Stuart Taylor, the Executive Director of International Development Enterprises Canada, shares his passion for markets that work for low-income customers and producers in the poorer parts of the world.

Author and university professor Gerry Bowler and publisher Aiden Enns tug and pull at what it means to celebrate Christmas.

Dr. Christopher Holmes, a professor of theology at Providence Seminary, considers Bonhoeffer’s view of ethics; a view which challenges many of the assumptions we think of what makes for an ethical life.

The second - and final - installment in the discussion about the Christian music subculture and the place of the church in the cultivation of the arts.

Andrew Beaujon - author of Body Piercing Saved My Life - in conversation with musicians, students and interested church people about the Christian music subculture and the place of the church in the cultivation of the arts.

Using a series of poems by the monk-poet Kilian McDonnell and music created by an ensemble led by Gord Johnson, we unpacked the parable of the Prodigal Son in a dramatically new way.