Sermons and other Reflections
St. George's welcomed Rev. Dr. Richard Topping, Principal of Vancouver School of Theology as our guest preacher.
Church can be a sanctuary where we withdraw from the chaos of the world. Nonetheless, even the best protected sanctuary can have its predators.
Bad religion creates people who are self-serving, privilege gathering. Good religion creates people who live sacrificially for love of God and neighbor.
Read MoreIn these three little verses, Jesus is all about how to be in relationship with God, flipping societies’ expectations on their head. He says, this ain’t no insiders club – truth, is, its easier if in all the rest of your life you just don’t fit.
Read MoreWhen we think of God as powerful, we assume that God's power is like human power: destructive, fearful. Jesus suggest God's power is more like mustard.
Read MoreOur job is to scatter the seed of God's grace indiscriminately, with the trust that the outcome, the fruit, is God’s doing.
Read MoreWith Jesus, it’s both/and. Hearing and doing. Receiving and giving. And this is the pattern he sets for the Christian life, the whole human life.
Read MoreChristianity is often thought of as a "family-friendly" faith. Jesus in the temple seems to suggest otherwise.
Read MoreJesus is not only the messenger--he himself is the message. And he brings with him both the message of God's reconciliation with humanity, he embodies it.
Read MoreIf you read the Bible, Christmas isn't very nice. But that's the point: it doesn't have to be.
Read MoreChristmas needs the season of Advent because Advent provides the diagnosis for which Christmas is the cure.
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