by Tyler Callum | Jan 3, 2019 | Worship
Dear Friends, In the church in which I grew up, I recall being fascinated by the church crèche. We didn’t have any kind of nativity scene at my home, so this immense crèche, dragged out from storage each year, was very impressive. Many years before, some faithful...
by Tyler Callum | Jan 3, 2019 | Worship
Dear Friends, God has put a dream in our hearts. It is a dream of a world where hatred, prejudice, conflict, and violence will have cease. A world where the “enough for all” is actually shared among all. A place where sickness and suffering are no more. We are called...
by Tyler Callum | Jan 3, 2019 | Worship
Dear Friends, Advent is about expanding our vision. It is about aligning ourselves with God’s dream for the creation. Amidst the rush of our lives, it is all too easy to imagine there is no alternative to the daily struggle. We are so easily mired in the complications...
by Tyler Callum | Nov 14, 2018 | Worship
Dear Friends, The words of next Sunday’s gospel will seem disconnected from our own experience of life. Despite ourselves, we are already responding to prospects of Christmas, warm fires on dark nights, Christmas gift lists, and good food. Meanwhile, Jesus predicts...
by Tyler Callum | Nov 5, 2018 | Worship
Dear Friends, Scripture is very concerned about the least among us, because God is very concerned about the least among us. Jesus directs hard words at those filled with self-importance, who say long prayers but then steal from the poor. He goes on to remind us that...
