Westworth United Church

We tumble into our gospel lesson this morning in the midst of something. Jesus is in Judea, having tried to get away from the crowds yet again, but still managing to be surrounded. In the crowds this time are a couple of Pharisees who have some “really important” questions for Jesus about the law and …Read more

I would assume that most of you sitting here in the sanctuary are familiar with the story we just heard from Mark’s gospel. But maybe I shouldn’t assume that. Just in case the story isn’t one that you know well, let’s set the scene for the story so that we can dig into it a …Read more

You know, there’s a lot we don’t know about the story we heard this morning. What we do know is that all four of the gospels holds a version of the events, each with varying amounts of detail. It just so happens that the author of Luke decided to leave a great deal of information …Read more

Lent 1 – The Good News is so good it catches us by surprise I am pretty sure that you weren’t expecting to start Lent off with a wedding and a miracle. Usually we start Lent in the midst of the wilderness, wandering along side Jesus as he lives rough for forty days and is …Read more