Archive for December, 2009

What Colour is Your Christmas?

Westworth United Church                                             December 20, 2009. Rev. J. Clark Saunders                                                                 Luke 1:39-45   What Colour is Your Christmas?               What colour is your Christmas?  In the course of my work as a minister, I visit and speak to a great variety of people.  And I find that at this time of year…

The Joy of Anticipation

Rev. Mona F. Denton, Westworth United Church, December 13, 2009 Isaiah 12:2-6; Luke 3:7-18 Have you ever waited for something or someone, for a long time?  Or have you ever anticipated the arrival of a person or a new life experience?  If you answered “yes” to either or both of these questions, then you will…

All in the Family: 7. King of Kings, Yet Born of Mary

Rev. J. Clark Saunders, Westworth United Church, December 6, 2009 Acts 1:12-14; Mark 6:1-12 How would you define the noun “expert”? I remember once hearing an expert defined as “an ordinary person away from home”. It’s strange, isn’t it, how people seem to have more authority, more credibility among people who are relatively unacquainted with…

All in the Family: 6. Home Away from Home

Rev. J. Clark Saunders, Westworth United Church,  November 29, 2009. Last summer my son and his wife spent some time in the Middle East.  One day when they were in Jordan, they and their driver came upon a couple of Bedouin shepherds sitting under a lone tree in the middle of the desert.  The Bedouin…