The Parish

GRACE IN A WHEAT FIELD | Jan Hux

 If we're obsessed with doing the right things for God, we may miss the good things God has for us.

I DON’T BELIEVE IN MONSTERS | Christian Harvey

Christian is the Co Executive Director of One City Peterborough, in this message he discusses the non violent resistance as the beautiful way of Jesus.

NO SUBSTITUTIONS | Aaron Holbrough

The right things brought together in the right way can create something completely unexpected and greater than the sum total of their individual parts as long as they don't include sliced cheese and hotdogs.

WOUNDED and BEAUTIFUL | Jan Hux

The resurrection body of Jesus still has visible wounds. But those wounds are the source of comfort and healing for us.

EASTER UNEXPECTED | Aaron Holbrough

Sometimes just opening our eyes and getting out of bed is an act of faith that has us participating is the resurrection story God is telling all around us.

FRIDAY | AARON HOLBROUGH

It can be hard to see things the same way when we are standing in different places.  It's when we come together that we can see how deep and wide love can be.

WORDS FROM THE DEPARTURE LOUNGE | Jan Hux

When the disciples prepared that Thursday night seder meal, they didn't know it would be their last supper with Jesus. But he knew, and he had some special words for them.

SMELLS LIKE FAITH | Aaron Holbrough

Move over Versace and Gucci there's a new fragrance and it is even stronger than the stench of death.

THE REWARDS OF RETHINKING | Jan hux

If we depend on our faith as the solid foundation of our lives then it can be threatening to rethink it. But what if it isn't supposed to be the foundation?
 

THE mENDING OF THE WORLD | Aaron Holbrough

Jesus didn't come to end something, he came to start something.

JUSTUS | Jan Hux

Exclusive religious systems ensure that the only people who get in are “just us”. But to those places, Jesus brings his justice.

AMBIVALENT | Aaron Holbrough

Easter isn’t just a date on a calendar it’s part of the human experience and I don't know how I feel about it.  But what helps me, is experiencing it from the crowd instead of the cloud.

INTO THE WILDERNESS | Jan Hux

Lent invites us into the wilderness - to escape the noise and to find our true self.

BLANKET | Aaron Holbrough

If your spirituality does’t offer you any hope for the things we struggle with in in the hear and now, I wouldn’t trust it to deliver anything in the here after

LOSING THE BIBLE AND FINDING JESUS | Jan hux

Many things can tarnish the bible for us - bad teaching, confusing content or even just familiarity. But it's worth scraping off the tarnish, because there is gold inside

FROM SCARCITY TO ABUNDANCE | Jan Hux

When we give, we may feel virtuous for helping someone in need. But maybe there is a better reason for doing it!

THE REST OF GOD | Aaron Holbrough

What happens when our eyes are shut can alter our perception of what happens when they are open.

MORE THAN A PEELING | Aaron Holbrough

If you can experience the presence of God in small things, you can experience it in all things, because faith after all is more than a peeling....it's a practice.