Attending a little worship service yesterday at Bethany-Newton United Church in Surrey, I heard Luke’s rendition of John’s story—the one where Simon Peter casts his nets into the deep. Only this time, I heard it in a slower, more pondersome way. That word—pondersome—is rarely used today. But I’m using it on purpose. Because it isContinue reading “Simon in the Prince’s Garden”
Category Archives: Black Jesus
The Magdalene Affair
July 22 was the Feast Day of Mary Magdalene. At church on Sunday, the sermon focused the congregation’s attention on the Magdalene pointing out that the name Mary was a very common name back in the day and that modern edited versions of Scripture reveal there were at least 7 different women named Mary. IContinue reading “The Magdalene Affair”
Did Mr. Scrooge and the Grinch steal your Christmas?
Nothing can separate us from God’s Eternal Love conceived in the Woman called Mary and presented in the Inn with her betrothed
Saints and Demons
Are Christians confused about what sin is and who Jesus was and is?
Coincidences
Are coincidences mere chance events? Or are they God Interventions? As, if by chance, while waiting in a line in Canberra at the 7th Assembly of the World Council of Churches, I met a person from Switzerland. The Swiss person glanced at the name MRS LINDA VOGT on my United Church of Canada name tag,Continue reading “Coincidences”
Who Do You Say That I Am?
On Sunday, the Minister asked: “Who Do You Say That I Am?
The Second Coming of Jesus: Black Sun, Blood Moon
The day of the Blood Moon, I was studying the scripture passage of Saul’s conversion. I had no idea at all that there was to be a Blood Moon that day or any other day this year. I was just puzzled about the Light that blinded Saul and the significance of “Straight” street. Straight street wasContinue reading “The Second Coming of Jesus: Black Sun, Blood Moon”
Linda Vogt Turner 