The Parish

Sometimes you have the good fortune to find something that you had thought was lost forever, When you do, you may find that it's even more precious to you than it was before.
 

We may all have dreamed about finding buried treasure - or at least a loonie under the couch cushions. But what if we could get the treasure without having to find it or dig it up?

We weed our gardens to get rid of the plants we don't want so that the good plants can grow. But sometimes weeding is more harmful than helpful.

Yeast granules are unattractive and insignificant looking. But despite that, they can have a transformative impact.

Welcome to week two of Christa's series on the soul.  This message includes several spiritual practices.  "Spiritual practice is to pierce the illusions that God is distant or absent"  ~Thomas Keating
So we practice these not for perfection but for presence.

What is the soul?  And where would we look to find it?  Our Guest Christa inspires us today in this busy chaotic time to slow down enough to catch not just a glimpse, but the experience of our Souls.

Misperceptions of what God wants generally grow out of a kernel of truth yet they can, nonetheless, be misleading. But don't worry, God is great at busting out of any box we try to confine Him to!

Orphan Trains and the power of community with Charlie Mashinter (Bishop of our Denomination the Be In Christ Church of Canada).

As we try to live a life of faith, we get the opportunity, in a myriad of individual decisions, to let fear keep us stuck where we are or, instead, to move forward toward joy.

Everybody loves a parade. But not all parades are created equal and some require a commitment to more than just waving a palm branch.

Feeling broken and bruised doesn't mean we're done or useless. In the good news story of Jesus, not only are you allowed to feel broken, but you're a perfect candidate to do good in this world. 

When we follow Jesus, he calls us to deny ourselves - a call to loss. But the paradox of the kingdom of God is that the space created by that loss is filled by a new joy we couldn't have expected.

There is a path to create no more victims in this world which is deeply human and close to God's heart.  Building that path is happening in Peterborough and around the world.

“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” — Albert Schweitzer

If you realized that you had lost Jesus:
How would you go about searching for Him? 
How long would it take you to find Him?

The ashes that are used to mark the beginning of Lent feel quite discordant in contemporary culture. How can they help us to a more meaningful journey toward Easter?

Trusting God is not an escape from trusting people, instead, it becomes a safe platform from which to do so.