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Written by Kate Sanderson
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Friday, 10 December 2010 17:56 |
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We live in a day when many churches and church leaders deny some of the central truths of the Christian faith. This is very sad. It is a call to pray and teach. Christmas is the time we remember two great foundational truths. First is the virgin birth. This teaches that God worked a miracle of new creation in the womb of Mary. Even thought she was a virgin, God created an embryo within her womb, and Mary was pregnant with the long awaited Messiah. The second great truth remembered is the Incarnation. This means that God the Son of God, the second person of the Trinity, set aside His appearance as God, and, remaining fully God, took into Himself human nature and became one person, Jesus the Messiah. These are great truths to remember. However, these two great truths are the stepping stones or first building blocks of a far greater truth which we are called upon to remember regularly. |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 19 December 2010 20:11 |
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Written by Kate Sanderson
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Saturday, 27 November 2010 01:01 |
Last week I shared how my Bishop was causing me problems and that meant I need your prayer. [By the way, you can read last week's 'blog' and previous 'blogs' on the church website. Go to www.stalban.ca and click on Pastor's Blog]. However, I only shared half the problem last week -- now I will share the other half. Once again I affirm that the Bishop is creating a good problem. We cannot choose a problem free life, but we can make choices that lead to good problems. When we separated from the Diocese of Ottawa to come under the Anglican jurisdiction of the Anglican Network in Canada we stepped into a world of good problems -- and now I need your prayer.
We have been asked to pray into three areas which are key to being an enduring church -- one which endures and thrives until Jesus returns. The idea is to take the seasons of Advent and Christmas to pray for God's wisdom and leading and then develop an action plan for 2011. Once again, the plan is to be shared with the Archdeacon and then at the end of 2011 we are to report on how things work out. So please pray that I can develop and carry out an action plan for 2011. Here are the three ways we need to pray for God's wisdom and leading. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 13 December 2010 15:58 |
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Written by Kate Sanderson
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Friday, 26 November 2010 23:43 |
I have not quoted my favourite quote on prayer for quite a while, so here goes. Hudson Taylor said, “When we work, we work. When we pray, God works.” I love this quote because it wonderfully encapsulates Biblical truth. Today I want to remind you of three truths about the prayer life of Christians.
First of all, we are invited to daily prayer. Paul in Thessalonians 5:17 actually calls us to a very high standard. The Bible says, “Pray without ceasing.” This is not the time and place to explore the fullness of these words. But for now, this verse at least calls us to daily prayer. If we cannot learn to have an intentional prayer time every day, we will probably not learn how to pray without ceasing. So learn to set aside some time every day to pray. Our website has some good books on prayer, and there is also a handy two-page article on praying every day. I have found that the more disciplined I am in having a set time in prayer, the more likely I am to pray off and on throughout the day. One more thought on this. It is really important to include Bible reading with your daily prayer time. |
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Being Challenged by my Bishop |
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Written by Kate Sanderson
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Friday, 26 November 2010 18:07 |
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One of the good things about coming under a new jurisdiction is the new problems I now have. I had challenges in the Anglican Church of Canada, now I have problems in the Anglican Network in Canada, but these new problems are problems I would rather have. We should never make choices in the hope that we will no longer have problems. We will always have problems! We should make choices partially in the desire to have different, better problems and challenges.
So my bishop has given me a task. It is a task that will have consequences for St. Alban's. I need your help and I need your prayers.
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Last Updated on Friday, 26 November 2010 18:15 |
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Written by John Paterson
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Thursday, 11 November 2010 17:17 |
Everyone lives with fear at one time or another. For some people, living with fear has become a way of life. For others it is for a moment or a brief season. Becoming a follower of Jesus does not automatically immunize you against fear. In fact, sometimes a church culture can emerge which denies fear. This does not in fact remove fear from Christians, it only leads to Christians playing make believe or even worse, being trapped in fears they cannot share. On one level, it is ‘natural’ to have fear. We are mortal and frail and sometimes there are real dangers and threats.
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