The Parish
The Parish, a re imagined faith community. Consider supporting our efforts to inspire a better world of faith and hope - goto www.theparish.ca and click on ’give’. Thanks for your support!
Episodes
Nov 25, 2023
Nov 25, 2023
21 min
Christians have been encouraged to eagerly await the coming of Jesus in glory as King. But what if we are supposed to be working instead of waiting?
Nov 19, 2023
Nov 11, 2023
Nov 4, 2023
Nov 4, 2023
20 min
Jesus not only taught beautiful virtues, he lived them out day by day... and he invites us to follow him on that path.
Oct 28, 2023
Oct 28, 2023
22 min
He is calling on us to interrupt the cycle of pain and harm, by responding in a completely different way. A way that creatively, intentionally builds and doesn’t do more harm.
Oct 21, 2023
Oct 21, 2023
21 min
Lewis Smedes has said that to forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
Oct 14, 2023
Oct 14, 2023
20 min
It is said that judgement and curiosity are mutually exclusive. But when we stay curious, we make space for love.
Oct 8, 2023
Oct 8, 2023
18 min
Love that isn't expressed...isn't love. It looks a whole lot different when it is out of the box.
Sep 30, 2023
Sep 30, 2023
17 min
What if everything has a cause but not everything has a reason….and what if God has invited us to give it a reason-which makes it meaningful.
Sep 24, 2023
Sep 24, 2023
21 min
Our problem it turns out isn't desire, but disordered desire.if we could find a way to understand what God values, then perhaps our own would line up accordingly.
Sep 16, 2023
Sep 16, 2023
21 min
When we come to a place where we can stop bolstering our ego by comparing ourselves to others, we may find that everyone wins.
Sep 10, 2023
Sep 10, 2023
17 min
It is amazing what Jesus has to say to us, if we would only let him speak.
Sep 3, 2023
Sep 3, 2023
22 min
Some questions can’t lead to answers because there’s no answer good enough, and they bounce off the heavens like a bird off a window.
Aug 27, 2023
Aug 27, 2023
25 min
Do you remember a time in your life when you were presented with a fork in the road? For me, the fork was clear - One path led to baptism in the Christadelphian church and taking my place as a brother. The other path let me into the wider world.
Aug 13, 2023
Aug 13, 2023
18 min
Most of us would stop doing the things that are destroying us, if only we believed we could.
Aug 6, 2023
Aug 6, 2023
17 min
Imagine if we not only experienced God in our filet Mignon, but also in our mustard.
Jul 29, 2023
Jul 22, 2023
Jul 22, 2023
17 min
Jesus may be less concerned about what we do with our money than what our money does to us.
Parishable
What if you believed that you could make the world a better place. How would that change the way you see and interact with strangers, your neighbors, your co workers, your family
And what if you weren’t the only one If there were others who shared this conviction - that God’s love for us desires to produce love in us and not just in us....but through us. Imagine all the great things we could do fuelled by the conviction that this is part of why we exist.
Belief is not just about knowing God, but joining God, It’s not just about trusting that God is at work in our world but believing that we can be at work in His, partnering with what he is already up to.
Our motivation to meet is outmatched by our motivation to matter…making a difference in our communities, our world.
A fresh expression of serving, loving, engaging. Part of a growing faith community, that is following Jesus wherever he goes, sharing his message of hope and love and extending his peace in our world.
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