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The Gift and the Burden of the Blind Spot
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…
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The Forgotten Currents of Society
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…
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LEARNING TO SEE
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…
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Who Is My Neighbor? Insights from the Good Samaritan
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…
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The Power of Restoration in John 11: Lessons from Lazarus
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…
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The Parable of the Lost Son: A Journey of Change
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…
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The Fig Tree Parable: A Call to Life and Transformation
The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree6 Then He told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard. He came and looked for fruit on it and found none. 7 So he said to the vinedresser of his vineyard, ‘Now these three years I have come…
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Finding Freedom in Lent: Release What Weighs You Down
Release: Setting Down What Was Never Yours to CarryHebrews 12:1–2 Friends, Lent invites us to tell the truth. Not to shame ourselves. Not to beat ourselves up. But to tell the truth in the presence of love. Unfortunately, Hebrews 12:1–2 has often been use to glorify suffering or to tell…
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Walking the Talk: Embracing Change and Accountability
Luke 19:1–10 There are words we love in church: grace, love, welcome, justice, mercy. We can say them beautifully. We can print them in bulletins. We can sing them in hymns. But Luke, again and again, asks a sharper question: When do those words become visible in our lives? Because…
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The Dangers of Unchecked Power
WORDS FROM REV MARCO I’ve been thinking a lot about power lately—not only the kind we see in governments and institutions, but the quieter kind that lives in ordinary life. Power is not always loud. Sometimes it is simply the ability to shape a room, steer a decision, set the…
Reverend Marco Ste-Marie 