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2018/11/04

No such thing as a one-sided coin

It struck me about five minutes ago that these are my last sermons in this Liturgical year. I’ll be away from both Knox and St. Mark’s Presbyterian churches until the second Sunday of Advent. Both congregations are in excellent hands so nothing to worry about there but if you come here for the next few […]

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2018/10/28

You don’t have to be blind

No one chooses to be blind. Well there was that one character in a middling-bad science fiction book who intentionally blinded himself to concentrate on science but a) he’s fictional; and, b) that’s dumb. But, does everyone choose to see? We are looking at the Gospel lesson for this Sunday, Mark 10:46-52, which is the […]

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2018/07/01

A story about a father

Happy birthday Canada! You are looking pretty good for 151. This Sunday coincided with Canada Day so we sang the national anthem at both services but I look at Canada Day much like Mothers and Fathers days, if the texts don’t take me toward it, well, that’s fine. All that to say, this Sunday’s sermons […]

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