The Kingdom of God is a counter-cultural movement, designed to bring an end to the way of the world as is, and usher in a whole new way to be human. Those who align with it should expect resistance.
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How did Jesus talk about family?
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If you were an alien, scrolling on Instagram; what would you think about this strange concept of “New Years Resolutions?” You’d probably see them as a deeply ritualistic act. Let’s compare and contrast these resolutions with the good news of Jesus.
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When the prophet Amos spoke of “God coming close” it was warning. The people had hidden abuse, violence, and injustice in the shadows for too long, and God, like a blazing fire, was going to burn it all up.
That’s the day of the Lord. What does it have to do with sexual assault, and the #metoo movement?
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Revelation is a weird and wild book, filled with larger than life imagery. Unfortunately it's also been wildly misunderstood. What is the Revelation of John actually about, and what does he want us to see?
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After four weeks of looking back we were set to spend one week looking forward. At least that was the plan. But then it got messed up. Because if there is one thing we've learned by telling our story back, it's that we have very little idea where any of this is going.
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What do the Occupy Movement, Hamilton Art Crawl, and my favourite closed-down burger shop have in common with Eucharist?
This week in the story of Eucharist: We hire the best haiku writer we can find, and things finally get a little more sustainable.
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Some of the Stream Leaders and Elders celebrating when we hired Jill!
After a long season of everything turning to gold, things start to get a little tougher for our church plant.
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The very sad video we made about the events in this sermon:
When Eucharist started we knew that the table was going to be core to our identity: we would eat together at potlucks, love feasts, and the Lord's Supper. We would set an open seat and welcome whoever God brought to us.
What we didn't see coming was how difficult that would make things...
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SEVEN YEARS! It's been SEVEN years since Eucharist Church started gathering in downtown Hamilton, and it's been a wild ride.
How did we get here? Where did we start? What has God taught us along the way? These are the topics we'll be diving into over the next five weeks.
This week we're telling a story about dropping out of college, becoming a missionary, and squeezing a bunch of children into an old factory. The good news is that no matter what's happened in your story, no matter how old you are: God's not done with you yet!
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What did the authors of the New Testament mean when they used the words "faith" and "doubt" - and what do they say in the face of violence, racism, and injustice?
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Paranoid, obsessed with what people think of him, unable to handle criticism, and without a shred of moral conviction; Herod the Tetrarch is a brilliant, ancient example, of a man with lots of power, but no authority.
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God is always trying to get our attention, through "good cops" and "bad cops," through prophets and friends. Let's try to speak the truth to one another, and be open to hearing it. Also, a short story about a swan.
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File this one under "things we can't believe Jesus actually said." What does it mean to bring a sword to the world? Why is Jesus suddenly against peace? And of course, the most important question: would you be a Nazi in 1940's Germany?
Also, a brief interview with our new pastoral care intern, Rob Miller!
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Hamilton is home to a lot of very strange characters, and they cause us to ask the right questions.
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This is a LONG and very STRANGE biblical text, but when you take it, and reverse it, it offers us a game-changing insight on what it means to follow Jesus.
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Fresh back from a sabbatical in Sri Lanka, Kevin shares some strange stories about stuff the Spirit said (that was as many words that start with "s" as we could think of).
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Some of our Sri Lankan hosts!
Let's talk about people cheating...
As we continue in our Lenten sermon series we come across... a traditional 3 point sermon! So let's break down this part of Jesus' prayer: give us today our daily bread.
We continue through our Lent 2017 sermon series talking about what it means for our WHOLE LIVES to be held up to King Jesus and the Kingdom. Also, this is the third last sermon Kevin will be preaching before his two month sabbatical.
