Sermons
Spirit of Truth
Sunday, June 09, 2019 Westworth United Church Winnipeg, Manitoba Year C: Pentecost Texts: Acts 2:1-11 John 14: 8-17, 25-27 Sermon preached by the Rev. Earl M. Gould In my eyes Thomas Keating is one of the top ten Christian Spiritual Leaders of these past decades. He died late last year. He was very ecumenical. In his …Read more
Whose Voice are you Listening to?
Sermon May 12, 2019: Marilyn Anderson Corkum A man decided his wife was getting hard of hearing. So he called her doctor to make an appointment to have her hearing checked. The …Read more
Our Damascus Road
Rev. Earl M. Gould Sunday, May 05, 2019 Text: Acts 9:1-20 Luke likes this account of Paul’s dramatic experience on the road to Damascus so much he tells it three times in the Book of Acts. Luke is credited for being organized – so it must have been very important to him. And it …Read more
A Commissioning of Discernment
Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd April 28, 2019 John 20:19-23 (24-31) May words of my mouth and the mediations of our hearts be acceptable to you, our God. This has been quite the week! Once again, countless volunteers have stepped up to the plate to make the rummage sale another success. And other volunteers helped in …Read more
Living Christ
Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd April 21, 2019 John 20:1-18 May the words of my mouth and the mediations of our hearts be acceptable to you, our God. Over two millennia ago, something happened in the Garden of Gethsemane that profoundly altered the world. We have differing first-hand accounts and …Read more
I am About to do a New Thing
Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd April 7, 2019 Isaiah 43:16-21 May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable to you, our God. It is difficult to hang onto hope when our world seems so hopeless. Some in this congregation have said that they come here …Read more
Unfair Mercy
Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd March 31, 2019 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable to you, our God. The elders of long ago were great story tellers. They would …Read more
We Are Family
Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd March 24, 2019 Luke 13:31-35 May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable to you, our God. What does family look like? Our modern society has been built on the foundation of the nuclear family but this type of family is a relatively new …Read more
A Longing for Lovingkindness
Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd March 17, 2019 Isaiah 55:1-9; Ps 63:1-8 May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable to you, our God. What do you long for? Some long for a new car, others long for a relaxing vacation, all of us long for the coming of …Read more
Mountain Top Highs and Valley Lows
Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd, March 3, 2019 Luke 9:28-43 May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable to you, our God. Today’s enlightened theme casts a glow on the face of the transfigured. Recently, I have been seeing tanned glows on the faces of those returned from warmer climes. …Read more
