What is your name?
August 6, 2017 | Genesis 32: 22-31 | Nancy Talbot We’ve all heard the saying “sticks and stones can break my bones but names can never hurt me.” If you’ve ever been called or called yourself fat, or stupid, slow or old, or any number of derogatory names referring to your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental […]
Where are Your Holy Places?
July 9, 2016 | Song of Solomon 2: 1-13 | Anne Ellis Back in May, I shared with the congregation my experiences at some of the Holy Places I visited in Israel, on that day, I asked, all of you, the congregation where some […]
Take a Seat
June 25, 2017 | Luke 14: 1, 7-14 | Rev. Nancy Talbot One of the sure signs summer has arrived in my household is the moment I turn on the television and see that another season of the popular reality TV show […]
Touchstones
June 18, 2017 | 1 Samuel 1-49 | Rev. Nancy Talbot Most, if not all of us are pretty familiar with the story of David and Goliath. At least we’re familiar with the part of the story where the little guy brings down the giant with […]
Finding Joy
May 21, 2017 | Matthew 13:44, John 15: 9-11 | Rev. Nancy Talbot Several years ago I went through a time when almost everything in my life felt like a challenge. There were things I was trying to come to terms with in […]
How do I love Thee?
May 14, 2017 | John 15: 9-17 | Rev. Nancy Talbot One of my favourite children’s books of all times is simply titled “No, David.” In his author’s notes David Shannon says this about the book: “A few years ago, my mother sent me a book […]
Lasting Words
May 5, 2017 | John 10: 22-30 | Rev. Nancy Talbot – The other night when I turned on the evening news I was almost overcome with frustration and despair by the images on the screen coming out of […]
Broken Open
April 30, 2017 | Luke 24: 13 – 35 | Rev. Nancy Talbot – The story of the road to Emmaus contains elements of both surprise and familiarity. It’s the same day some of Jesus followers have found his empty tomb, a man named Cleopas and […]
Spring
April 23, 2017 | Luke 24:36-48 | Rev. Wade Lifton – If you ask people about a sacred experience, most people, religious and non religious, will talk about an experience in nature. Richard Rohr, a Franciscan Priest and popular writer, talks about two […]
Unbound
April 2, 2017 | | Rev. Nancy Talbot – One of my early experiences of death happened when I was in high school. Our local dentist, whose daughter happened to be a good friend of mine, died suddenly after a massive heart. It was […]