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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2022/07/31

Almost Enough

This Sunday’s sermon is courtesy of Nehemia Neuhisa, a student at the Vancouver School of Theology who is working with the Synod of Saskatchewan this summer. I hasten to add the quality of the recording does not do him any justice at all and I also apologize for not being able to improve the sound […]

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2019/09/29

Contentment and giving

 Contentment is a tricky word. For some people, the connotations of contentment include a fatalistic “settling” for what is and giving up on anything else or anything better. I hasten to point out, this is not what is meant by contentment, especially not when Paul uses it in 2 Timothy. Contentment isn’t settling for what […]

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2019/08/04

How much is enough?

How much is enough? If you are an exasperated parent, “enough” is usually enough. If you are a hoarder, there is never enough Our texts for this Sunday give us a couple of perspectives on possessions; one pessimistic and one optimistic. The interesting thing about these two perspectives is they are both wrong. As anyone […]

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