Westworth United Church

“I forgive you.” We Christians are supposed to be good at this forgiveness thing.  Someone wrongs us, we forgive and move on, right?  Then why do we sometimes find it so hard to say, let alone live into?  Why do we hesitate, preferring to say “I accept your apology” rather than “I forgive you?”  Why …Read more

Matthew 16:21-23 “Human Things and Wilderness Times” There are a few Bible passages that most ministers avoid at all costs…..Ephesians 5:22-23 for example, Psalm 137:8-9); pretty much anything from the book of Judges …and then there this one, Matthew 16:21-23.  Following right on the heels of Peter’s incredible confession from last week that Jesus is …Read more

Jesus walks on water.  What a great story! And one that you’d think would be easy to write a sermon about.  And it would have been easy, if it weren’t for one little verse in the middle that in some Bibles is recorded in red because the words are coming from Jesus himself: “You of …Read more