The Parish

AFTER | Aaron Holbrough

In some ways, putting Christmas away is more difficult that getting it out.

ADVENT WEEK 4 | Making room for each other | Jan Hux

Mary believed what the angel had told her but no one else seemed to. She felt terribly alone until Elizabeth made room for her and created a space that was healing for both of them. 

ADVENT WEEK 3 | Making room for peace | Aaron Holbrough

When your desire to run is outmatched by your desire to stay, a beautiful kind of peace begins to appear. A peace that doesn't need outcomes to exist, it just needs the presence of God.

ADVENT WEEK 2 | Making room for mystery | Jan Hux

When Zechariah confronted a mystery that didn't fit into the tight and tidy quarters of his faith, he become overwhelmed with fear.  Mary’s more flexible faith allowed her to sit with the mystery and to ponder it rather than run away from it.

ADVENT WEEK 1 | Making room for story | Aaron Holbrough

We cannot begin Advent with angels and wise men and choirs. We cannot start where the tinsel and glitter is. We have to begin small, quiet, and unnoticed. We have to begin the way the story grew in Mary. The way it still grows in us.

What if we prayed like this | Jan Hux

Set prayers and liturgy can feel stiff and impersonal if they are not part of our tradition but they may hold unexpected riches.

More trouble than water | Aaron Holbrough

A new life iwth an old mindset isn't freedom-it's a more comfortable prison.

Troubling the waters | Steve Kennedy

Jesus stirs the troubled waters of our lives with a question that heals more deeply than any answer ever could.

Don't Worry | Jan Hux

 When we are stressed, being told "don't worry!" can feel at best insensitive. But what if we see it as an invitation rather than a critique?

Five Dollar Prayers | Aaron Holbrough

It’s strange how God meets us in the moments we often think are proof of His absence.

GOD'S WISH LIST | Jan Hux

If what mattered to God mattered to us, we might just realize what matters.

Asleep in the shape of God | Aaron Holbrough

The stories that we water, and the moments that we nurture are the ones that grow and shape the garden of our lives.

Treasure Hunt | Jan Hux

The world around us is eager to tell us what to value but Jesus has a different agenda for us.

Unicorns or Uniforms | Aaron Holbrough

What if the some of the conflict in our lives isn't about right or wrong, but simply about different ways of showing up in the same moment.

RELATE for DINNER | Aaron Holbrough

Leave your TV dinners in the living room, we have been invited into God's kitchen to learn how to make something beautiful together.

GENUINE | Jan Hux

As we come to understand Jesus' ethic of love, adopting loving behaviours is important  - but it's not enough. We are called to genuine love.

FABRIC of our LIVES | Aaron Holbrough

The thoughts we choose to rehearse will shape the people we become.  And over time, those choices become the fabric of our attitudes, and the outfit of our lives.

Fruit not Ashes | Jan Hux

When we repent, we need to radically change the way we think, not just our outward etiquette. The goal isn’t to become like Emily Post, it’s to become like Jesus!