Field Notes

  • A Yoke Made for Two: Rest, Responsibility, and Knowing It’s Not All on You

    Rest is not the reward for finishing everything. Rest is what becomes possible when we trust that Christ is already beside us, sharing the weight, fitting the yoke, and teaching us to go at our own pace.

  • Radical Hospitality; the gift of the stranger at the door

    Abraham ran to welcome three strangers in the heat of the day, and they carried news that seemed impossible. Sarah laughed, honestly and humanly, at the promise of new life. This reflection explores radical hospitality, diversity, surprise, herbal wisdom, and the grace of receiving before we give.

  • Mercy, Not Sacrifice

    After a hailstorm, the forest was quiet. Robins moved slowly through the debris. Ferns were flattened, spring leaves stripped away, and the neighbourhood seemed to be catching its breath. In Genesis, Psalms, and Matthew’s gospel, we meet another kind of storm-tested hope: Abram going without a map, the earth held in steadfast love, Matthew called…

  • Called Into the Mystery:

    A reflection on Genesis 1, Psalm 8, 2 Corinthians 13, and Matthew 28, beginning with a single leaf held in the hand. What does it mean to bear the image of God? Perhaps it means we are made for relationship, creativity, care, and the holy work of tending this very good earth.

  • There Is Room for Troubled Hearts

    For the Fifth Sunday of Easter, these readings speak to troubled hearts: hearts carrying fear, rejection, shame, grief, and the ordinary worries of daily life. Jesus does not shame our fear. He reminds us that there is room, refuge, mercy, and belonging in God and calls the church to become a living sign of that…

  • The Holy Work of Showing Up: Feeling Fear and Great Joy as You Take the Next Step

    On Easter morning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary show us that faith is not always certainty—it is often the courage to keep showing up in love, even when the future is unclear. This reflection explores grief, resurrection, and the holy work of presence in a world still learning how to hope.

  • Held While We Change: Sowing Seeds of Love in Lent

    Lent is not a test we pass. It is a season of reorientation away from shame, toward love; away from striving, toward grace. In this reflection on Abram, Psalm 121, and Nicodemus, we remember that God meets us in the middle of becoming, and holds us while we change.

  • No Sidelines, No Superheroes: Practicing Love Together

    When the news feels heavy, it’s easy to drift to the sidelines or try to become the hero. This sermon is a gentle refusal of both, and an invitation into shared, steady love.

  • Epiphany: The Light That Arrives and Leads

    Epiphany is not light we manufacture. It is light that arrives, leads, and changes the road we take home. A sermon on Isaiah 60, Matthew 2, and Psalm 72, with a simple thread to carry all week.

  • Advent Peace: The Kind That Grows From Within

    Advent Peace is not sentimental. It grows where justice takes root and where we tend the inner landscape, clearing a path for grounded, compassionate living.

  • Remembering All Saints: Write the Vision, Make It Plain.

    When the world feels upside down and justice seems delayed, Habakkuk’s cry becomes our prayer. On All Saints Day, we’re invited to write the vision plainly, and live it through small, steady acts of courage and love.

  • Standing Tall Again: The Courage to Heal (Luke 13)

    A woman bent low for eighteen years is seen, named, and restored. This sermon reflects on Sabbath as restoration and offers a simple nature pause to help you stand a little taller inside.