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Aug 30: “The Eagle: Power and Vulnerability”
Can we reclaim the eagle as a symbol not of domination, but of vulnerable strength, communal hope, and the power to restore life?
Aug 23: “The Hen: Our Brooding, Sheltering God” (Birds of the Bible, Week 3)
When my mother moved out of the city (after I went to university) she kept chickens, and when I visited her I used to love going and collecting the eggs (think city girl getting her farm therapy). Except once she told me, as I got ready to go do the collecting – “Be careful, one of the hens is broody. Take a pair of gloves.”
Aug 16: “The Ostrich: More Than Meets The Eye” (Birds of the Bible,Week 2)
Just as the ostrich drops to the ground to protect her young, maybe too, when danger draws near, God does not hover safely above our suffering. But rather, in Jesus, God comes down to the ground of our lives and spreads wings of compassion around us.
May 10: Who Is My Mother?
Jesus has some edgy things to say about family and the community of believers. Sermon for Christian Family Sunday - May 10, 2026 by The Rev. Sandra Nixon.
May 17: “He Ascended Into Heaven” - Exploring the Ascension of Jesus
Where did Jesus go? Is heaven really “up there”? What does the ascension mean for us? Exploring The Ascension of Jesus: Sermon for May 17, 2026 by the Rev. Sandra Nixon.
April 5: “Once”
Once there was a Word…
.A poetic reflection for Easter by the Rev. Sandra Nixon
March 29: A Tale of Two Kings
In June last year, the current US President scheduled a military parade in Washington to coincide with both his birthday and the 250th anniversary of the US Army. That same day the first “No Kings” demonstrations took place across the US and also in many other countries, including Canada - including one here in Vancouver.
In one city, a highly public display of military power.
Across the world, peaceful public demonstrations of resistance to the forces and tactics of empire.
We’ve seen this before.
Outsider to Evangelist: The “Woman at the Well”
Who is “the woman at the well”? An outsider for sure. Yet Jesus takes time to not only talk with her, but offer her his teaching. In doing so, he traverses boundaries of ethnicity, gender and social norms to create community. The “living water” he offers is transformational. This story will resonate with anyone who’s ever felt like an outsider, or seeks to participate in building truly inclusive, compassionate, life-sustaining community.
March 1: “Born Into Belonging”
Nicodemus seeks out Jesus and is invited to be born again by water and the spirit, into a new family and a new “center of gravity”.
He leaves unsettled.
By the end of the Gospel, we find him cradling the broken body of the one who invited him into new birth.
Born into belonging.
This is Lent’s ongoing invitation to us.
To “re-locate” ousrselves in Christ.
To re-center our lives not around nation, tribe, ideology, success, or even family — but around the love revealed in Jesus.
Feb.22: “The Long Road of Love”
Who are you when the distractions fall way? Lent asks us to slow down, create space and listen to the truth of our lives. Which voices do we listen to: the ones who tell us we are what we achieve and own, or do we listen to and trust the voice of love?
