Winfield United Church

By Rev. Joan Kessler Mark 13:1-8 What lasts? It’s a question we are presented with on a regular basis. If I am considering a monumental...

By Rev. Joan Kessler Mark 12:38-44 On this Sunday before Remembrance Day, as we consider the ultimate sacrifices that were made in the...

By Rev. Joan Kessler Ruth 1:1-18 Between 2016 and 2020, a span of roughly three and a half years, I moved house four times. It was a...

By Rev. Joan Kessler Mark 10:44-52 “Change your words. Change your world.” For me there is something incredibly compelling about that...

By Joan Kessler Mark 10:17-22 When I considered the gospel reading for this week, my memory went back to this story based on Leo...

By Joan Kessler Reading: Matthew 6:25-33 Gratitude, it happens, needs less room to grow than one might think – is able to find purchase...

By Joan Kessler Mark 9: 30-37 This passage from Mark has left me with more questions than answers this morning. I have been asking myself...

By Joan Kessler Isaiah 65:17-25 The passage you just heard read is a favorite of mine. If I was asked what passaged summarizes the good...

By Joan Kessler Jeremiah 4:23-28 Ps. 19:1-6 When you look to the sky…what do you see? I have enjoyed receiving your sky photos...

by Rev. Joan Kessler Genesis 1:26-28 Psalm 139:13-18 Yesterday, we saw the return of Art Walk to our community and for me, it was my...

by Rev. Joan Kessler Mark 7:24-37 Last Sunday, New Orleans observed the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. To mark the occasion,...

by Rev. Joan Kessler Mark 7:1-8, 14-16 Our reading from Mark you heard Melanie just read has me reflecting on ritual and traditions and...

by Rev. Joan Kessler Interesting Times Psalm 84 Preparing for this reflection today, I encountered a Chinese Proverb that hasn’t left me...

by Rev. Joan Kessler Mark 4:26-34 Mustard seed has a long history I discovered this week. According to archaeologists and botanists, the...

by Rev. Joan Kessler Psalm 104 If I were to ask what your favorite color was this morning, I wonder, how many of us would respond with...

by Rev. Joan Kessler 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 On a hot summer Sunday morning, I thought we would take time to celebrate our congregation’s...

On this eve of National Indigenous Peoples Day, I want to share with you Wally Bearhead’s words about what this has meant to him...

...the story of the family, once a dense cluster of many siblings and extended kin, fragmenting into ever smaller and more fragile forms...

by Rev. Joan Kessler Fridge Luke 14:1, 7-14 I have a question to ask you this morning… what is something the average person does 22 times...

... the wisdom of an old turtle is a beautiful illustration to commemorate, not only World Turtle Day but perhaps Pentecost as well...