Heartwood is a café and bistro in Vancouver—and much, much more. The home of Trinity United Church, which gave up its church building in Kitsilano in 2013, in many ways the café is an expression of Christ’s table, at which Christians are nourished and freed to become communities of justice and love. Heartwood provides radical,…
Hello all Hope you’re enjoying the summer. Here’s some wisdom. 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 The Message I’m not trying to order you around against your will. But by bringing in the Macedonians’ enthusiasm as a stimulus to your love, I am hoping to bring the best out of you. You are familiar with the generosity of…
Hello all. Half way through June. Hope you’re taking time to enjoy it. Here’s the wisdom I’ve found for this week. Mark 4:35-41 4:35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” 4:36 And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in…
Dear all Hope you are enjoying June. Here’s the wisdom I’ve found for this week. Mark 4:26-34 4:26 He also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, 4:27 and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know…
Chris Pullenayegem, who works in New Ministry Development with The United Church of Canada, shares these stories of intercultural ministry: Embracing others can be challenging—extending your arms, inviting others into your personal space, risking vulnerability. Knox United Church in Winnipeg rose to that challenge when it opened its arms to Nepalese-speaking Bhutanese refugees, initially unsure…
Dear all Here we go into June. And here’s the wisdom. First, the Gospel for this week: Mark 3:20-35 3:20 and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. 3:21 When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his…
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