Homily – St. John the Apostle Anglican Church

http://www.stja.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20170416h.mp3 Matthew 28:1-10 See, and Go” I had been called to the hospital bed of an elderly woman whom I had visited before.  She was frail and forgetful but now there were major health problems, and her family was concerned that she might not have too much longer.  Upon arrival, I went up to the …

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http://www.stja.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20161023ho.mp3 I am very conscious today that for many of you, this may be the last time we ever connect in person; I am also conscious that this is most likely the last time I will ever speak from this pulpit.  Over the last eight years, I have preached to you something like 350 times […]

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THE 15TH SUNDAY OF PENTECOST-AUGUST 21, 2016 http://www.stja.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/20160821h.mp3 A year ago I accepted an appointment to Vancouver School of Theology  (VST) as Director of Anglican Formation, a position which seems to suit me and which I love. Initially, it looked like the arrangement – of working 1/3 time there and 2/3 time here — had […]

http://www.stja.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20160522h.mp3 I pray in the Name of the One who gave birth to creation, who gave birth to Jesus, who gave birth to the life of the Church, and who is with us always, birthing, reconciling and guiding, and inviting us into the dance of life. I want to say emphatically that we celebrate Trinity […]

http://www.stja.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20160515h.mp3  About 23 years ago, Archbishop David Moxon, of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, and the local Roman Catholic bishop made an agreement that apparently still makes him feel hopeful. The two church leaders decided to share the rite of imposition of ashes on Ash Wednesday, and 23 years later, they […]

Manifesto http://www.stja.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20160501h.mp3 I am tired I am tired of living I am tired of living in a world like this one: In this world the Name of God no longer evokes the Holy the awesome mystery of the One who gave birth to the Cosmos and all the wonders of Creation the Source of Love…the […]