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Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Politics Isn't a Dirty Word
Why the Reign of Christ is the Christian Feast the World Needs
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Luke 23:33-43
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
November 20, 2022
Living Through a House Renovation
Why it's not enough to say "God created" but so hopeful to say "God is creating."
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Isaiah 65:17-25; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
November 13, 2022
Repurposing the Unpromising Experiences of Life
How the Saints demonstrate God's Love and Give Us Hope
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Ps 149, Ephesians 1:11-23, Luke 6:20-31
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
November 6, 2022
A Shock of Grace
Zacchaeus and "the Happiness Trough"
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12; Luke 19:1-10
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
October 30, 2022
Isn't It Ironic
Beyond Comparison Towards Honesty
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Luke 18:9-14
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
October 23, 2022
Do You See It?
The Power of Gratitude to Open Insight
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Luke 17:11-19
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
October 9, 2022
God's Great Question
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Jeremiah 4:19-28, 1 Timothy 1:12-17, Luke 15:1-10
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
September 11, 2022
Things We Wish Jesus Hadn't Said
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Isaiah 5,1-7, Hebrews 11,20-12:2, Luke 12,49-56
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
August 14, 2022
Stress and the Divine Life
Using Our Worry as an Invitation to Build Eternal Wealth
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Luke 12:13-24
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
July 31, 2022
Awful Grace and Awesome Gift
Learning to Pray "Our Father"
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Luke 11:1-13
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
July 24, 2022
Podcast: The Parable of the Good Samaritan
In conversation with Paul Thiessen
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Guest Speaker
July 11, 2022
You Don't Have Neighbours!
How the Parable of the Good Samaritan Haunts Us
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Luke 10:25-37
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
July 10, 2022
Our Knot of Desire
Moving Towards God and Healing Despite Ourselves
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
2 Kings 5:1-14
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
July 3, 2022
The Heart of True Reform
Reformation, Then and Now, Through Anglican Eyes
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
November 1, 2021
Our Reaction to Difficulty Tells Us A Lot About Ourselves
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Job 1:1, 2:1-10; Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12, Mark 10:2-16
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
October 3, 2021
A Mother Teaches a King
Proverbs 31 For Our Modern Relationships
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Proverbs 31:10-31 (cf. James 3 and Mark 9)
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
September 21, 2021
Words Make Worlds
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Proverbs 1:20-33; James 3:1-2; Mark 8:27-38
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
September 12, 2021
Becoming Artists Of Our Behaviour
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23; James 2:1-10, 14-17; Mark 7:24-37
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
September 7, 2021
The One Who Points The Way
Allen's First Explicitly "Marian" Sermon
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Isaiah 7:10-15; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 1:46-55
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
August 16, 2021
Learning the Power of God's Desire
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
2 Sam 11:1-15; Ps 14; Eph 3:14-21; John 6:1-21
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
July 25, 2021
How Do You Respond "When Things Don't Work Out?"
Discovering a New Meaning in a Mistaken Interpretation
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
2 Samuel 6:1-19; Mark 6:14-29 (cf. Eph 1:3-14)
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
July 12, 2021
The Eucharist Makes the Front Page of the New York Times
Building on a Politics of Grace
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
1 Samuel 17 (David's Lament); 2 Corinthians 8:7-15; Mark 5:21-43
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
June 27, 2021
A Parade of Men
Participating in God's Kingdom by Leaving Surface Judgements Behind
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
1 Samuel 15:34-16:13; 2 Corinthians 5:6-17; Mark 4:26-34
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
June 13, 2021
Trying to Send Jesus to the Psych Ward
Family, Residential Schools and Doing God's Will
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Mark 3:20-35 and 1 Samuel 8
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
June 6, 2021
The Mystery of Love
The Feast of the Holy Trinity
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Isaiah 6:1-8; Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-17
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
May 30, 2021
Cancel Culture or Reconciliation?
A Christian Response to the Mass Movements of Our Day
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Exodus 14:19-31; Romans 14:1-12; Matthew 18:21-35
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
September 12, 2020
The Gift of Guilt
Paul's Vision of Eucharistic Truth-Telling
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Romans 12:9-21
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
August 29, 2020
And the Curtain Drops
The Portrait of the Reign of Christ
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Jeremiah 23:1-6, Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-43
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
November 24, 2019
The Sense of Being Stared At
The Communion of Saints
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Luke 19:1-10
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
November 3, 2019
A Good Guy and a Bad Guy Walk into a Church
Exploring the Core of Righteous Living
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Luke 18:9-14
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
October 27, 2019
"Yes You Can!"
How God Uses the Bible In Our Lives
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
2 Timothy 3:14-4:5
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
October 20, 2019
Salvation, Sure! Just Not for Them!
The Strange Story of Naaman's Encounter with God's Mercy
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
2 Kings 5 (cf. Ps. 111 and Luke 17:11-17)
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
October 13, 2019
When Things Seem Impossible
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Genesis 28:10-17; Revelation 12:7-12; John 1:47-51
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
September 29, 2019
When "Good Enough" isn't "Good Enough"
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Exodus 32:7-14, 1 Timothy 1:12-17, Luke 15:1-10
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
September 15, 2019
Once Every Three Years
The Gospel and Our Motivations
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Philemon (cf. Luke 14:25-33)
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
September 8, 2019
Embrace the Times...With God
Ecclesiastes Pt. 2
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
August 11, 2019
It Depends What You Mean By Vanity
Ecclesiastes and Jesus in Conversation
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14, 2:18-23; Luke 12:13-21
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
August 4, 2019
The Courage to Choose the Better Part
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Amos 8:1-12; Luke 12:38-42
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
July 21, 2019
Religion is Meant for Moments Like This
How the Parable of the Good Samaritan Gets Inside Our Self-Justifications
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Luke 10:25-37; Amos 7:7-17
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
July 14, 2019
From Coercion to Persuasion
How God Brings Us Back To Our Right Minds
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
1 KIngs 19:1-18 (cf. Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 8:26-39)
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
June 23, 2019
"I Still Have Many Things to Say to You"
A Celtic Cross as an Image of Trinity
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
June 17, 2019
How Are You Living Your "Dash?"
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
John 18:33-37; Revelation 1:4b-8
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
November 25, 2018
Loving God Whole
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Ruth 1:1-18; Mark 12:28-34
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
November 4, 2018
Thankful For the Courage to Keep Exploring
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Job 1-2; Heb 1-2; Mark 10:2-16
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
October 7, 2018
We Are Artists
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Proverbs 22; James 2; Mark 7:24-35
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
September 9, 2018
The Unconditional
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Matthew 25:31-46
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
November 26, 2017
Actively Awaiting the Kingdom
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Matthew 25:1-13
Guest Speaker
November 12, 2017
Sermon at Service of the Word
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Guest Speaker
November 12, 2017
"The Big Four"
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Revelation 7:9-17; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
November 5, 2017
God Is The Softest Voice In The Room
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Exodus 32:1-14; , Philippians 4:1-9; Matthew 22:1-14
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
October 15, 2017
"I'm a Recovering Leper!"
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Luke 17:11-19
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
October 8, 2017
The space between our "Yes's" and our "No's"
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Exodus 17:1-7; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
October 1, 2017
Wanna Grow? Complain!
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Exodus 16:2-15; Psalm 105: 40; Philippians 1:21-30; Matthew 20:1-16
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
September 25, 2017
The Most Comprehensive Word
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Exodus 12:1-14
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
September 10, 2017
Every Bush Afire With God
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Exodus 3:1-15 (cf. Rom 12:9-21; Matt 16:21-28)
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
September 3, 2017
Strong Enough To Build A Life On
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Genesis 45:1-15
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
August 20, 2017
Dreaming of Providence (Part 1)
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Genesis 37; Romans 10:5-15; Matthew 14:22-33
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
August 15, 2017
Transfigured Listening
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Luke 9:28-36
Guest Speaker
August 6, 2017
God's Embrace
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Romans 8:26-39
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
July 31, 2017
The Divine Trend
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Romans 8:12-25 and Genesis 28:10-19
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
July 23, 2017
Having Trouble Breathing In All The Smoke?
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Romans 8:1-11
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
July 16, 2017
"Hey, What's Your Story?"
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Gen 24:34-38, 42-29, 58-67; Rom 7:15-25a; Matt 11:16-19, 20-25
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
July 9, 2017
Canada: On a Righteous Journey
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Isaiah 32:1-5, 16-18; Colossians 3:12-17; Matthew 10:40-42
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
July 2, 2017
God Meets Us In Our Envy
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Genesis 21:8-21 (with a brief look at Matthew 10:24-39 and an even briefer glance at Romans 6)
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
June 25, 2017
The Big Questions May Not Be What You Think
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Genesis 18:1-15 Cf. Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35-10:8
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
June 18, 2017
Trinity: A Marker on a Journey into God
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Gen 1:1-2:4a; 2 Cor 13:11-13; Matt 28:16-20
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
June 11, 2017
Christ Reigns...From the Cross!
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Luke 23:33-43
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
November 22, 2016
When Enough is Abundance
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Haggai 1:15b-2:9; 2 Thess 2:1-5, 13-17; Luke 20:27-38
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
November 6, 2016
A Rare Event
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Sirach 35:12-17 with glances at Luke 18:9-14
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
October 23, 2016
The Paradox at the Heart of it All!
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Jer 31:27-34; Ps 119:97-104: 2 Tim 3:14-4:15; Lk 18:1-8
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
October 16, 2016
The Human Vocation
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Luke 16:19-31 w/ glances at 1 Tim 6 and Jer 32
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
September 25, 2016
How Christ is "becoming King"
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14; Revelation 1:4-8; John 18:33-37
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
November 22, 2015
What Christians Do When Terror Strikes
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Mark 13:1-8
Guest Speaker
November 15, 2015
The Reformation We Need!
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Jeremiah 31:31-34; Romans 3:19-28; John 8:31-36
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
October 26, 2015
The Most Important Question
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Job 23:1-9, 16-17; Ps 22:1-15; Heb 4:12-16; Mark 10:17-31
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
October 11, 2015
St. Francis in Perspective
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Isaiah 11:1-9; Galatians 6:14-18; Matthew 11:25-30
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
October 4, 2015
To Save One Person is to Save the World
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Esther 7:1-6, 9-10, 9:20-22; James 5:13-20; Mark 9:38-50
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
September 27, 2015
Justice for the World's Poor is Practical and Possible
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Isaiah 58: 3-9; Matthew 9:9-13
Guest Speaker
September 22, 2015
Words Make Worlds
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Proverbs 1:20-33; Psalm 19; James 3:1-13; Mark 8:27-38
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
September 13, 2015
When the Rich and Poor Meet
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Proverbs 22:1-2, 6-7, 22-23 James 2:1-10, 14-17; Mark 7: 24-37
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
September 6, 2015
The Great Banquet
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Luke 14:15-24
Guest Speaker
August 30, 2015
Living in "Crosshatched" Space
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
John 6:56-69
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
August 23, 2015
One Thing
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
2 Kings 3:3-14; Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
August 16, 2015
What it Means to Believe in Jesus
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
John 6:24-35
Guest Speaker
August 2, 2015
A Fresh Start
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
2 Samuel 7:1-14a; Ephesians 2:11-22
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
July 19, 2015
Randomness and the Vision of God
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
2 Samual 6; Mark 6:14-29
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
July 12, 2015
"Now that was Surprising!"
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Mark 5:21-43; 2 Corinthians 8:7-15
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
June 28, 2015
The Great Creator Teepee-ed Among Us
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Isaiah 40:25-31; Psalm 19; Philippians 4:4-9; John 1:1-18
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
June 21, 2015
Learning to See what God Sees
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
1 Samuel 15:34-16:13; 2 Corinthians 5:6-27; Mark 4:26-34
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
June 14, 2015
"Houston We Have a Problem"
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
1 Samuel 8; Mark 3:20-35
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
June 7, 2015
Trinity Sunday: "All that Love!"
Pentecost Season/Ordinary Time
Isaiah 6:1-8; Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-17
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
May 31, 2015
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