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2022/09/11

Found? Found! And found again!

This past week has been one to remember, even if we might wish to forget it. As a community, Saskatchewan grieved the loss of more than ten people at the hands of a murderer. We joined with the rest of the world, especially the countries of the Commonwealth, in losing Queen Elizabeth II. Many of […]

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2020/08/06

Stress Leave 6 – Maybe this is part of it

Most of us don’t like getting old. Our culture has privileged youth to such an absurd degree it is common to hear about people getting all sorts of surgical interventions not to make them healthier but to make them look younger. We are told it is impolite to ask someone’s age, as if continuing to […]

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2017/11/12

Memory and hope

This is the Sunday closest to Remembrance Day and as such we had some moments of remembrance in the service. As I specifically mention in at least one of the sermons, I don’t preach on secular calendar events. There is nothing wrong with those events but we are Revised Common Lectionary churches and it is […]

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