Reverend Marco Ste-Marie

Luke 24:13–32 I want to begin with something simple and human. Not seeing clearly is part of life. A little while ago, I spent several minutes looking for my phone. I checked the table, the kitchen, my coat pocket, the couch cushions. I was growing frustrated. And then I realized I had been holding it… Read more

The water we swim in There’s an old story that goes like this. Two young fish are swimming along, and they pass an older fish swimming the other way. The older fish nods at them and says, “morning, boys. How’s the water?” the two young fish swim on for a while. Eventually one of them… Read more

Luke 10:25–37 A man is travelling from jerusalem to jericho. He is attacked, stripped, beaten, and left half dead on the side of the road. A priest comes by and passes on the other side. A levite comes by and does the same. Then a samaritan, someone the original listeners would not have expected to… Read more

The injustice we can actually touch Luke 10:25–37 But today i want us to pause somewhere else. Not at the moment when the samaritan helps, but at the moment just before that. I want us to stand for a while with the priest and the levite. Because they are not cartoon villains. They are not… Read more

RESTOREJohn 11:1–44 Bethany is not a safe place for Jesus to go. That matters. When Jesus says he is going back to Judea, the disciples do not respond with calm trust. They respond with fear: “Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and are you going there again?” They are not being… Read more

Today Our scriptures are taken from Luke 15:11-24 in the First Nation Version In this Lenten season, we often speak about repentance. But repentance is not only about feeling sorry. It is not only about naming what we have done wrong. At its heart, repentance is a changed direction. Lent is about turning. A conscious… Read more