Lake Country United Church

The Woman in the Ashes: Who Came to Listen to Job’s Wife? Our Scripture today introduces us to a woman who has become famous for saying one sentence. The woman, Job’s wife, was never given a name for the reader of the story. And what she said is not a card we would purchase for someone who has suffered a trauma and is grieving. She says to Job, “Do you still persist in your integrity? Curse God and die.” And for generations, the church has looked at her and essentially said,

No Small Moments “At Sixty-four” ©Hubcatstide2026 When you are sixty-four, you’ve seen a lot of stuff. Fluffy stuff. Dirty stuff. The right stuff and the wrong stuff. Good stuff and downright mean stuff. You may have consumed over a thousand liters of classic coke the original formula before you gave it up cold turkey on January 14th, 2014. At sixty-four, you’ve slid down hot Texas slides and burned your you know what and strained every ligament in both knees skiing the b

“Goodnight, Patriarchy” ©Hubcatstide 2026 *Written for every woman called, gifted, and strengthened to be spiritual leaders and creators of healing power. How dare anyone put the Creator and Holder of the Cosmos in a box and tell the Spirit of Infinite Eternal LOVE what she can do and who she can love. All have been created human, gifted and called to fulfill divine purposes for the highest good of all, NOT just for some. Goodnight Eve, you took Adam’s full blame, Eden reme

Sermon: “How Is Our Flow?” Traci Hubbard Isaiah 58:6–12 (Key Verses *11) August 23rd, 2026 It has been said that beavers do not give a damn. We laugh…but the truth is, beavers create the dam. There is something beautiful about water. You can put it in a glass, and it looks peaceful. Put it in a river, and it moves. Put it over a waterfall, and it makes a tremendous noise. And put it in my kitchen sink when the drain is plugged and suddenly it becomes an icky

Change Comes With Fire

No Small Moments “Flynn” ©Hubcatstide2026 Her name is Flynn. Actually, it’s Joanne Flynn, but the Area Sales Managers and employees who worked for her called her “Flynn.” She was the manager at Dillard’s in West Fort Worth, and it felt like she had eyes in the back of her head. That woman didn’t miss a thing. She could spy a mis hung garment from five hundred paces. She would slide twenty shirts onto one arm and reach into a box full of boxes and hang those suckers faster th

CHANGE COMES WITH FIRE August 16th, 2026 Traci Hubbard There is something different about talking about fire when you can smell the smoke. For us, this isn't theoretical. We are living in a season of wildfire. We know what it feels like to look toward the lakes and the mountains and wonder what is happening. We know what it means to watch the sky change, to check alerts, to wonder whether someone we love is safe. And when the world around us changes that quickly

No Small Moments “Smoke Gets in Our Eyes” ©Hubcatstide2026 New lyrics to the oldie goldie by The Platters – during the Okanagan Fires 2026 Verse 1 You ask me how I know Our Earth’s heart is breaking Of course we reply, “Something deep inside cannot be denied” What do we do about what we have done? Verse 2 Some say this isn’t so Greed chooses blindness, we know When our hearts catch on fire because of hers Smoke gets in our eyes Bridge: Does greed laugh at evacuees? Si

Sermon: “You are Mine” Okanagan Fires/BC State of Emergency August 9, 2026 Traci Hubbard There are some words that mean something different after you have lived through them. “Fire” is one of those words. For some people, fire is something you see on the news. For most of us in Lake Country, fire means smoke in the distance. It means checking the wind. It means looking at our phones. It means wondering which way the smoke is moving. And for some peop

No Small Moments Okanagan Lake, August 3rd, 2026 “It Only Takes a Spark” ©Hubcatstide2026 It is 6 am. My puppy, Ruby, is snoring beside me with one paw touching me – ALWAYS that one paw touching me, making sure I haven’t left. I can feel the light of a new day on my face and my breath, well, you don’t want to know. I went to bed with this picture seared into my energy… I took this picture from my living room window that overlooks Lake Okanagan. The West Shores, La Casa, Kil

Reflection - August 2, 2026 Sermon: We Cannot Script the Spirit Traci Hubbard August 2, 2026 My doctor said I needed to make some serious lifestyle changes. So, I changed my doctor. Think about this… How many United Church’s of Canada does it take to change a light bulb? "Change it? My grandfather donated that light bulb! "We do not think ourselves into a new way of living; we live ourselves into a new way of thinking." Have you ever noticed ho