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2019/06/16 By Barry Leave a Comment

Another one!

Today is Trinity Sunday which is another of those Sundays which happens every year. The texts are different from year to year but it is still Trinity Sunday, just like last Sunday was Pentecost. So what does one, in this case what do me, have to say this year? I’m glad I am not under […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: father, holy spirit, preaching, relationality, relationships, Son, Trinity

2018/05/27 By Barry Leave a Comment

Not a mystery to be solved

Ah, Trinity Sunday. This is one of the Sundays that preachers might wish never made it into the liturgical year. The Trinity is not exactly the easiest doctrine to explain . . . because it is essentially un-explainable. That doesn’t mean there aren’t things we do know about it, things we can say about it; […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year B Tagged With: Church History, doctrine, father, holy spirit, Isaiah 6, preaching, relationality, relationship, Son, Trinity

2017/06/11 By Barry Leave a Comment

One hundred years!

This Sunday the two congregations I serve got together for a joint service to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Knox Presbyterian! That’s right, a century of faithful witness in the town of Briercrest. I am very proud to be associated with this church and to have contributed my small bit to it. It is an […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year A Tagged With: 100, 100 years, celebration, centenary, centennial, preaching, relationality, relationship, the Trinity, Trinity

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