Westworth United Church

Holy Humour Sunday Jesus was walking through heaven one day, a little bored, when he passes by the Pearly Gates and sees St. Peter talking with an elderly gentleman and decides to go over to hear the man’s story. “Where are you from, sir?” Jesus asks. “Well, I lived my life on the shores of …Read more

“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