2022 Sermons
“In the Beginning there Was Christmas”
December 25, 2022
We are the beginning, the moment, day birds, child sign to be born. Listen! Lift up our voice. Christ birth, gloria in excelsis Deo. Heaven sound, angel song, return, restore, divine love, in the human world. God spoke to our ancestors. The world became flesh. O Christmas Tree, light our way
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“In the Beginning there Was Christmas”
December 24, 2022
In the silent night, we are born, the first time, born today, the renaissance of hope to seek the sacred light. Now it the time take our stand, hear the word, a shoot shall come, with justice for the poor, the wolf befriends the lamb. Stand and shepherd, the word becomes flesh, in the wilderness voice and the Gabriel shout. Do not be afraid, Jesus is born, to the shepherd warriors, seek swaddling clothes and manger peace. The word, where is the child, the Magi saw a star, Jesus is born, treasures are open, return home, by another way. Love is born in the silent night today.
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“Bear a Child”
December 18, 2022
We are the midwives, prophetic, hope yearning, for God promise, birth, Immanuel, God with us. The words, strange and familiar, ask a sign God gives, the dream trigger for Joseph. Find sanctuary in the Silent night! Holy night!
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“The Hand of Joy”
December 11, 2022
We are the blossom, the sacred moment where the God people rejoice. The prophet speak to the dry places, the wilderness shall be glad. God prepares, breaks into our lives with messiah coming. Be strong, ignite courage, bear burdens. The messenger is coming, Mary, John, beacon today. Prepare the way, Jesus is real, belong in the deep moments, hear in the heart, faith in action.
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“The Root of Courage”
December 4, 2022
We are the root, in the God realm, wolf and lamb, Jesus life. The shoot shall come, Peace prince, the David house will emerge. Wisdom spirit will come, to renew, with divine gift, the promise bearer. Live in harmony now,, in the God search,find the stable of humanity. The season of Christ birth, prepare the Lord way. Make straight paths, be the bridge forward.
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“Mountain Feet”
November 27, 2022
We are the mountain. We hear God words, call, to listen, see beyond. Let us go to the mountain, prayer in action. Beat swords into plowshares. Justice, mercy, walk with God. Wake from sleep, seek God’s recreation. Keep awake, grasp hold, to mend to heal, work outside, work inside. Great expectations, be ready for the child comes, living compassion now.
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“Crown of Love”
November 21, 2022
We are the shepherds, the scattered gathered, north, south, east and west. The remnant restored by the righteous branch. Be strong in the Reign of Christ, look down, to look up. Jesus remember.
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“Create a New Heaven”
November 13, 2022
We are creating hands. The prophet hands to see, imagine, transform the habitation woven into new heaven and earth. We are moving to the answer way. Past will be past, new things, new pictures. The wolf and the lamb will feed together. The world turns upside down. We are given wisdom words to face terror find endurance and sanctuary in the sacred hands. We speak testimony, unshakeable breath to ignite our souls today.
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“Press One” button leads to frustration. Depression is on the line. But poetry “Press Two”
November 6, 2022
The “Press One” button leads to frustration. Depression is on the line. But poetry “Press Two” lifts and deeply assures. We are often at war, but deep peace resides in the gifts of perception and imagination.
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“Daniel Had A Dream”
October 30, 2022
We are the dream, time to embrace, comfort, those in lament. Time to mend with the watcher, wait for God, hear, answer . Stand at the watchpost. Witness broken justice, take notice, give ear to prayer, for human misery. Restore, give God thanks. See Zaccheus, climb up and down, run to see Jesus. Offer mending to the poor, restore, along the road, run into Jesus’ arms today.
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“Pour Out Your Spirit”
October 23, 2022
We are the spirit. It is time to throw down and rise up in sickness and work, the message of woe and longing. We push back the shadows and threats for hope right here! Be glad, eat plenty with the God sign of grace, poured out as a libation between death and life. The heart is the question. Restore mercy now!
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“The Law of The Heart”
October 16, 2022
We are the heart. We punctuate, initiate, the message, the idea. Respect, at first glance, rise in the ordinary. How long? I will make a new covenant. Pregnant with possibility, brimming with promise, exile and return. We sever the past, time stops, hear the hope whisper now. I will write on their hearts, plant, build, God watch emerge. Pray always, asking, seeking, knocking, waiting, kingdom right now!
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“Radical Gratitude”
October 9, 2022
We are radical gratitude, get into the God words, come into the land rooted in memory. The wandering Aramean’s, our grandmothers. Their story, our story to take the first fruit of the land. Do this in memory, now! Don’t worry be happy. Provoke to hear. Kingdom inside our hearts. The word made flesh. Whoever comes, will never be hungry.
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“We Look On The Earth”
October 2, 2022
We are the earth, in the whispers, devastation, promise, silence falls over the land. Jerusalem hit with radical suffering Babylonian captivity. We’re hit with shootings in the hood, personal tragedy, silent grief. The road to Zion is hard. What, how, to speak, bring hope, comfort broken hearts. The promise of life. Draw strength, increase our faith, power to heal. Come take our place at the table. Kneel and serve, tell the story, do great things.
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“The Deed of Purchase”
September 25, 2022
We are the deed, the land, death, life, agrarian, prize, protect for community. We see the need for space, the place we live and value. We find human agency, God’s mission. We hear the word came to Jeremiah, buy my field at Anathoth for the right of redemption. We hear the call to be generous, ready to share, active courage. Choose true life, in challenge and hope. Shape humanity in the world. Recall there was Abraham and Lazarus, reversals of fortune then and now; find balance in new hope.
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“The Balm of Gilead”
September 18, 2022
We are the balm of healing. In the face of lament, God anguish, human community, people’s voice, speak now. We the people cry, with new ear, burden holder. Restore people’s health in far and wide beyond the walls, this shapes us. Urge prayers, speak now. Whoever is faithful in little, is faithful in much. Forge relationships, serve God, love people, speak now.
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“We Look on the Earth”
September 11, 2022
We are the earth. We confront lament, the looming threats of horizon foes. We hear warning in the beacon search. Wind comes in the barren, the wound, the vulnerable. see the way forward. The whole land finds God voice in anxiety there is grace. Christ strengthens, the advocate comes, the sheep are found. Be the surprise, the Christ community today.
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“The Potter’s Hand”
September 4, 2022
We are the potter. The apostle genius, the gift near and far. Come to the potter’s house, called to seek expression, generation to generation, here and now in the faith corners. We , working at the wheel, stewards of tradition, at foolish and lonely, today filled with purpose. See chosen people hand to hand, prophet words, heart to heart. Hear the political, military, religious, ethical appeal of love. Carry the cross, host the great supper, invite the poor, the cross emerges before us.
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“Who Brought us Up from the Land”
August 28, 2022
We are the land, the shoreline, children splash and play, make castles. We hear the word, the land story, Egypt memories, God of the Ancestors, land of plenty. The land story, discern the way forward. Show hospitality to strangers. Sit-down at the low places, share the high places. The land story is the banquet for all.
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“Before I formed You in the Womb”
August 21, 2022
We are the womb of life, capable and reluctant, accept the job, commendation. I consecrated you. Perspective, call to prophet life, embrace, speak, serve. God summons, peace word, compaign for the job. Mouth piece for the living God, grace, mercy with healing touch. Look down to look up, God reign, heal now.
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“Before I formed You in the Womb”
August 14, 2022
We are the vineyard. Restore us O Lord of hosts, in our woes, in success. We meet crisis. Build ,a watchtower they say. House to house, field, to field, find a place for the people. Find their rights in the love song. Grant ears to hear, restore the vineyard. Lord of hosts surround all by a cloud of witness, the strangers confront hostile lives. Reach back to the promise when Christ comes to bring fire. The Jesus way of peace, reconcile, alienation, invitation. See the cloud rising, claim a course, open the way.
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“Rescue the Oppressed”
August 7, 2022
We are the vineyard. Restore us O Lord of hosts, in our woes, in success. We meet crisis. Build ,a watchtower they say. House to house, field, to field, find a place for the people. Find their rights in the love song. Grant ears to hear, restore the vineyard. Lord of hosts surround all by a cloud of witness, the strangers confront hostile lives. Reach back to the promise when Christ comes to bring fire. The Jesus way of peace, reconcile, alienation, invitation. See the cloud rising, claim a course, open the way.
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“Cords of Human Kindness”
July 31, 2022
We are the cords of kindness. When I was a child, renew, God people and land with seismic emotions. Shame, broken heart, forgive love that suffers. Recall we are taught to walk, fertile proposition, written word, living symbol, prophet disturbance, time to heal. Christ is all in all. Foundation of the universe. Take care, be on guard. In doubt, in glory, the joie de vivre of God song and healing hands.
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“The Bow In The Land”
July 24, 2022
We are the bow, the God covenant with the land people. We are breaking, building, shame and hope, love suffers, with the God dwellers. God spoke, fertile word, disturb, invite, depth honour for God children. Anoint shoe steps. We are the bow to redeem the God root, harmony born. Pray now, who art in heaven, for the weak and strong. Knock and the door will be open for all!
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“Summer Fruit Is Here”
July 17, 2022
We are the summer fruit, the judgement of Amos, time to create prophet witness and summon God love for poor, the neighbour. We called confront the hard hearts in the dissonance to hear the harmony of God call and see the invisible God root. Mary listened Martha forged, Jesus arrives in our lives today.
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“Setting The Plumbline”
July 17, 2022
We are the plumb line; time for reform, tear down, build up, God time. Time to return, shake up, listen for the God promise, something beautiful will happen. Go prophesy, melt the hardened way. Thank God, see the vision, fruit grow, with faith, hope, love in community. Love God, neighbour and self; with heart, soul, strength, mind. Learn the Samaritan way, live acts of mercy on the traveller road here and now.
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“Time to Immerse Ourselves”
July 3, 2022
We are the time, in the avenue to explore, God power, restore, the broken moment, choose the first step. We hear, Go wash in the Jordan seven times at the suffering front line. Bring good news, God power, flesh restored. Paradox, one hand, other way, world hope, pray, walk, commission 70, to the nations. God kingdom, now!
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“Elisha Took the Mantle”
June 26, 2022
We are the prophet, in the end of the beginning, the break through. We meet science, sacred tech, quiet mystery, blessing. Fire Chariots carry away. Never alone in the hard words, lectio, divina, gamble discover the Elijah and Elisha in the parting waters, on the dry ground. The old school, the new ways, stand firm, freedom wonder, disturb, Jesus way, Jerusalem road, home road, radical love, God kingdom, right now.
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“Stand on the Mountain”
June 19, 2022
We are the mountain, the Elijah heart to hear, God, sound of silence, the God word. Stand on the mountain, feel angel touch. We are children of God, in people, life ethic, hope root. Step on the land, in and out of boat, of life, step into Jesus. Confront opposite life, beyond and near, redeem, heal, Christ love now. Declare God deeds, reckon, God call, follow Jesus, hear now, Go where I send thee.
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“When Wisdom Calls”
June 12, 2022
We are the wisdom, God calls, yet, where is God? We seek heart, to hear the rumble, on the sacred road. We find understanding in the voice, to confront competing words, cry out, life mystery, God way. We meet wisdom at the crossroads takes our hand, the architect, fingerprint on creation, beginning, delight, humanity, the eye, the ear, the sight. We hear the pattern in the trained heart. We pause for insight, sacred light. Wisdom is access to grace, patience, strength, God love. We hear words say, “God, creator, Christ and spirit”. Wisdom Jesus truth, omnipotence, blessing for today.
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“Come Let us Build”
June 5, 2022
We are the builders, the brick makers, the whole earth had a rumble, build a city, confuse language, restore, understanding, relationship reborn. The whole earth hand one language. Humanity detour, God intention, scatter, understand, God way, God gift, God love. They spoke other languages, awesome power, Jesus life, spirit talk. Love one another, start now, show me, Christ life. Peace word: love me, love is, God is, grace, command, keep love now.
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Manor Road United Church is on the traditional home of the Huron-Wendat Nation, Metis Nation of Ontario, Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation, Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation and Six Nations of the Grand River. May we be connected to the heartbeat of the Spirit as one.