by MRobinson | Mar 10, 2015 | Blog
(blog post by Rob Fennell) In a sermon I heard him preach in 2014, Paul Hutchinson, former director of the Corrymeela Centre for Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland, told the story of trying to figure out what it means to say, “God forgets our sins.” He...
by MRobinson | Jan 14, 2015 | Blog
“And all ate and were filled.” –Mark 6:42 (blog post written by Rev. Brenna Nickel) About a year after arriving at the pastoral charge I serve in Estevan, Saskatchewan, I noticed a common refrain from our leaders: “This big building sits empty all day. What can...
by MRobinson | Dec 17, 2014 | Blog
The carols and holiday songs came on the radio well before Advent was upon us, and car advertisers used nostalgia and holiday movies to entice us into buying a car for ourselves. Sigh. Among all the pressures to buy, buy, BUY!!! I almost annually want to dig in my...
by MRobinson | Nov 26, 2014 | Blog
What frustrates us, bewilders us, and scares us is not knowing. Not knowing why, not knowing how, not knowing when: I don’t know why I didn’t get the job…I don’t know why my relationship ended; I don’t know how to connect with my kids; I don’t know when this grieving...
