Sermons
Sermon May the Fourth, 2025 by Tricia Gerhard
Reflection I want to share with you a reflection on Christian themes in Star Wars. Now before you get all anxious about either not wanting Christianity to ruin your watching experience of Star Wars, or about not having watched any Star Wars before (there are some of you out there, shocking, I know), or you …Read more
Sermon April 20, 2025 by Tricia Gerhard
“The women” – we know some of their names – though not all of them – Mary Magdelene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James. The others, well, time has softened them to a blur. Their namelessness doesn’t negate the fact that they were there, counted with the named three. We know they were there because …Read more
Reflection April 13, 2025 by Tricia Gerhard
Luke 19:29-40 Silence and Shouting Palm Sunday Adapted from a skit written by Paul Glass Reader: The king enters the city on his war horse while across town love rides a donkey. Guns and towers, vast machines, engines. Generals boast of victory, parade their glory. The powerful strut and shamble, loudspeakers announce their lies. If …Read more
Sermon April 6, 2024 by Tricia Gerhard
Zacchaeus was a wee little man, a wee little man was he He climbed up in the sycamore tree For the Lord he wanted to see And as the Saviour passed him by he looked up in that tree And he said, “Zacchaeus! You come down, for I’m going to your house for tea. I’m …Read more
Sermon March 30, 2025 by Tricia Gerhard
Don’t you just love parables? It’s delightful to imagine Jesus sitting around telling these stories, trying to help us humans understand what God’s love is like – truly, an impossible task, believe me I try every week and I certainly can’t claim to understand it fully. Jesus told these stories while gathered on a mountain, …Read more
Sermon March 16, 2025 Mary & Martha: The Better Part by Tricia Gerhard
Adapted from Grit & Grace by Caryn Rivadeneira Mary’s Journal Entry # 476 Dear Diary, Ugh. My sister is driving me nuts! Again! “Pick up your sandals, Mary.” “We need more eggs, Mary.” “Sweep off the porch, Mary.” “Quit rolling your eyes Mary”. All day long, that’s all I hear. You’d think after Jesus himself …Read more
Sermon February 16, 2025 by Tricia Gerhard
When you think of chaos what comes to mind? The formless void that existed before God moved and life burst into being? A natural disaster: Flood, tornado, forest fire? The current state of the world perhaps? How about an epic temper tantrum by a three year old in the middle of the grocery stores? Puberty …Read more
Sermon February 9, 2025 by Tricia Gerhard
Valentine’s Day is coming up quick. The season of love represented by cute cards, pretty flowers, and sweet candy/. A day to celebrate romantic love, and the love shared between friends, colleagues, classmates… really it’s just a chance to tell those special people in your life that you love them. Who can argue with that? …Read more
Sermon February 2, 2024 by Tricia Gerhard
“I have a dream…” I would suspect that most of us only need to hear those four words to know that we’re talking about a very specific moment in history. A moment in 1963 when 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC to show their government and the world that the segregation …Read more
Sermon January 26, 2025 by Tricia Gerhard
Sometimes the scripture we hear on a Sunday morning ends up hitting a little closer to home that usual. Our world is fraught with division at the moment and the divide seems to be growing at an unstoppable rate. We know this scripture. We quote it offhandedly to remind folk of how important they are …Read more
