Preparing for Sunday: Changed
We are still early enough in the year where the subject of resolutions comes up. At the New Year we resolve to make changes in our lives. Many of these changes revolve around our health. We decide to eat better and exercise more. It is probably safe to say that while...
Preparing for Sunday: The Banquet
I imagine that most of us have attended a wedding or some other social gathering. Events such as these are always enjoyable times. However, I wonder where you were seated during the event? Did you sit near the front or the back? Why? Of course, the answer to this...
Preparing for Sunday: What is it all About?
Upon first brush, John's scathing speech in Luke's gospel might turn us off reading further. John calls those who are coming to be baptized a 'brood of vipers!' Are we sure that this is the individual we want to prepare the way for the Messiah? The gospel writers make...
Preparing for Sunday: Hope
This Sunday marks the beginning of Advent a Sunday when we celebrate the Hope we have in Jesus Christ. However, if we look at the readings selected by the lectionary for Sunday we may be hard pressed to find hope embedded in these messages. Instead in Luke's gospel we...
Preparing for Sunday: What is Truth?
The question what is truth is an interesting one. It is interesting because depending on your point of view the truth might change. Is truth relative or is truth objective? Two individuals may hold drastically different points of view on an issue, both claiming that...
Preparing for Sunday: Make an Offering
Widows are the main characters of our Bible passages this Sunday. In the Book of Ruth we have Naomi and Ruth. Mark's gospel lesson deals with the Widow's Offering. Last week when we considered Ruth we acknowledged that she was an unlikely individual to be listed in...
Preparing for Sunday: The Most Important Thing
Which commandment is first of all? The Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this, you shall love your neighbour as yourself. How...
Preparing for Sunday: Job’s Conclusion
On Sunday we take a final look at the Book of Job. We have walked with Job through his suffering and loneliness. We stood in awe at God's response. This Sunday we will witness Job's final speech and conclude our study on this piece of scripture. The conclusion to Job...
Preparing for Sunday: God Answers
We continue our series on Job. Over the previous two weeks we have witnessed Job's suffering and participated in Job's reaction to God's absence. On Sunday God answers Job our of the whirlwind. It is a powerful and provocative piece of scripture. It also fails to...
Preparing for Sunday: Surrounded by Darkness
This Sunday we continue our study on Job. Last week we considered Job's predicament and examined Suffering and the Question Why. This week we find ourselves in midst of Job's dialogue with his friends. Our passage this week is a lament from Job. He is lost, he has...
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Cobourg is part of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. The congregation was established in 1833 and continues to serve the community.