Willingdon Church Podcast

In every culture, and with each generation, food brings people together. Birthdays, wedding ceremonies, festivals … gathering around a meal unites us to one another.   Our language groups share meals to remember their countries of origin, and your life group might share a meal to remember an important moment in your spiritual journey together. In our passage today, people share meals for different...

Sermon from March 30th, 2025 Separating things is part of daily life. We separate apples and oranges, cows and horses, boys and girls, Canadians and Americans, Liberals and Conservatives, and on and on. We are familiar with separation.  What we find unsettling in today’s passage is not the separation of sheep and goats, but the finality of the verdict for the goats. As Jesus sits on the Mt. of Oli...

Sermon from March 23rd, 2025 Watch for the Signs. Wait with Readiness. Work with Faithfulness. Reflection Questions: Jesus says no one knows the day or hour of His return. How does this truth impact the way I live my daily life? If I knew Jesus was coming back tomorrow, what changes would I make today? How can you share the Good News of Jesus with yourself and others?

We live in uncertain times. The sands of US-Canada relations shift daily. Tariffs are on at 25%, now at 50%, maybe 250% on dairy. Now they’re off, maybe. Oh no! Now they’re delayed, maybe. Who knows? People in business are paralyzed by the instability. Even before the tariff wars, things were changing very quickly on multiple fronts. We see global realignment on the political and economic fronts....

“Practice what you preach.” It’s frustrating when we encounter someone who doesn’t keep their word. Hypocrisy breeds distrust and breaks down relationships. But what happens when we’re the one caught in hypocrisy? And what do we do when we sense that we’re falling short in our relationship with God? Jesus has a hard word for hypocrites – and extends his healing hand to the hurting. Hypocrisy Unmas...

Full Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETb-Nv4IAc4&t=3s Pastor: Ray Harms-Wiebe A few years ago, I watched a very good debater, Mehdi Hasan, a British-American broadcaster/author. Then I read his book, Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking. If you are going for marriage counselling, you will probably not be asked to read this book! One of the things Has...

We live in a complex world. Our times present us with cutting edge and controversial developments in artificial intelligence, transhumanism, robotics, and data security. We try to process mountains of information and navigate many different relationships. In order to live well, we must carry a vision of what can be. We must have some positive picture of the future in the midst of fast-moving techn...

This Sermon was recorded on February 16th, 2025. 2000 years separate us from Jesus’ earthly life, but his brilliance transcends all these centuries.  In today’s passage, he gifts us with his way of seeing marriage, singleness, and children. Jesus provides guidance for all ages, all times, and all cultures.   In today’s passage, Matthew 19:1-15, Jesus makes his final withdrawal from Galilee and emb...