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Our Weekly Bread: Feb20-Feb25

"...the week's readings in a single post"

A New Social Dimension?

"... the basic category of Christian existence..."

Idea Pinball

"...riffing off of one another..."

Christmas Eve Stream: December 24 @ 6:30

"After God's Christmas Pageant, with all its conflicts, characters, costumes and special effects..." 

Being Neighbourly

"The guy looked at me like I was an idiot..."

Pressing On (Philippians 3.12-15)

"... this is going to require some tenacity."

So you're going to die...

"...experience of significance?"

A Lengthy TO DO List

"...how we are to accomplish, through love, this peace of which Christ speaks..."

Gospel Synthesis

"...we may have created harsh, graven images and placed them over the loving face of God..."

Professional Development?

"... to draw from that message some insight..."

Running for Peace

"... we are set in a delicate network of interdependence..." (Desmond Tutu)

Welcome

"I don't remember shaking a lot of hands as a kid..."

Greatly Committed?

"the more traditional ministries are also an important part of the disciple-making..."

Agents of Mercy

"...how regular people can volunteer to be part of the help..."

When we're hungry for it

"...when we're free of the creature-comfort distractions..."

The Story: Unusually Perceptive

"And in a world where God has no face, those who bear the image of God are without identity..."

Streetwise

"...a blessing from one who wants to give something back..."

Closed or Open?

 "Because we all, as people, are closure addicts, eternity holds no meaning for us..."

The Story: Three Gardens

Within the time

Within the space

Everything in its right place

Easter Sunday Sunrise Service Song Sheet

"Who ever imagined that, when they were making the decision to plant grass on the old Regina garbage dump, this site would one day become a place to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ?"

What does 'Saved' mean?

"Facebook isn't just a forum for online banter..."

Dave, Nate and the No-Code

"... God has something else planned which makes more sense in the bigger frame..."

"From now on, birds are off my list!"

"...turning away from folly that just isn't worth the trouble..." 

Fair Enough. I Can Do That

"Pain is precious cargo. We don't unload it on just anyone..."

Copyright Infringement

"God has authored all musics- those we recognize as somehow holy and those that we don't..."

The Sign

"...the Holy Spirit has a hook to play with that has been placed there by faithful people...

Celebrating Lives

This weekend, two lives are being celebrated: 

Della Briniecombe (Friday 2:00)

Jean Huber (Saturday 2:00)

Conflict of Interest

"... that these preferences and passions would be submitted to those of Almighty God..." 

WE not ME?

"...being 'sent' as microcosmic expressions of the larger US is something that is going to transform us..."

Garden Party

"What good is a garden with no produce? What good is a church with no action?"

The Wall

"The wind was blowing and I think our community changed that day..."

HD Wilderness

"... we are unable to comprehend God's revelation in its fullness..."

Abdication?

"What is our responsibility to the other on a normal day?"

Graffiti of Growth

"What are the hallmarks...?"

(Midway, Wednesday at 7:00)

The Riddle Book

"There's answers there for all of us..."

(Midway Wednesday evening at 7:00)

Sermon Prep

"... trying to make sure that the loaves are fresh and the fish are cooked right through..."

Equipment

"I'm a reasonable man, get off my case" (Thom Yorke)

 (Midway on Wednesday at 7:00)

Pentecost and Priorities

"Still, the memory of the exchange of energy has neither faded nor fallen..."

Fisher + Men

"As disciples of Jesus, is this our call too?"

(Midway tonight at 7:00)

Fast Friday

Today is FAST FRIDAY!

Network Leaders

"It just seemed like the right thing to do..."

Preparation In Anticipation

"I am anticipating great moments of Spiritual clarity..."

Community

"Community is deep, not shallow... it isn't easy because it's so important."

Certainty?

"I get many emails, but this one is the epistle kind..."

Hymn #382

"Redeemed- His Child, and forever, I am..." (Crosby)

No Regrets

"Sometimes the truth has many acquaintances, but fewer and fewer friends."

Accounting

"as we move through the week between Christmas and New Year's..."

Soundtracks For The Nativity

"collection idea: something that you can bring out once a year when everyone displays theirs..."

Gyroscope

"Begin again? Interesting phrase..."

(Don't forget The Midway is tonight at 7:00 p.m.)

Magi

"Only at Christmas would I observe an eclipse and think of Jesus"

Your FACE Has No Point

"...whereas they may work for greeting cards, glib defaults and platitudes don't shape lives or give them meaning."

Signs Signs

"This shall be a sign unto you..."

(Don't forget The Midway tonight at 7:00)

Speak, Lord, Your Servants Are Listening...

 

One For The Road

"Hmmm... Now I have something to ponder on my quick day trip to Saskatoon."

LOVE

"What is love without object and expression, anyway?"

Service Station

"provided we are willing to listen and thoughtfully respond with loving action..."

What? No Angels?

"The stories attached to these photographs and videos have become important parts of our family culture..."

Subbing

"It's always an honour to participate in Christ's rest for another..."

Actively Faithful, Not Passively So

"... challenged there to earnestly seek the face of God, submitting our will, our motives, our desires..."

(reminder: Midway meets tonight)

One Voice

"One voice in harmony? Now THERE's a challenging idea..."

Two Men Walking Up A Hill

"on the cutting edge that separated that which had already been done from that which could be done..."

A Local Call

"... we feel the presence of God more readily in some places than in others and for many, Saskatchewan is such a place..."

A Word From God

"You are loved. You are worthy. You are mine and I am yours." -God

Intentionality

Misquoting Ignatius of Loyola affords us a reminder to come to The Midway tonight!

Out of the Comfort Zone

"I'm not sure where the Spirit will take this, but I'll try to hang on for the ride!!"

In the Secret...

"...that grace would be free to create a place of rest..."

Going to the Midway

"...neither a metaphor for Spiritual Warfare nor an invitation to go for a Holy Ghost ride that leaves your head spinning..."

Lower Case Grace

"...perhaps we're just not looking closely enough at life..."

Driving the Bread Truck

"He was not alone in his quest for aesthetic expression through fashion: a friend of his came dressed as a Wonder Bread truck..."

(Among other things: bread deliveries, homemade soup and tomorrow's all-church meal...)

Nothing to Kill or Die For

"to live the manifesto- there's the challenge."

Come Down From That Tree!

Silly Songs From a Bygone Past

By the rivers of Babylon where we sat down. 
There we wept when we remembered Zion. 
When the wicked carried us away in captivity, requiring of us a song... 

Well how can we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

Goofus and Gallant Go to Church

‎"placed at a beeblebroxian centre of the universe, he and those like him enjoy viewing the swirling, ever-expanding universe from its heart..."