Winfield United Church

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...

by Rev. Joan Kessler Acts 1:15-17; 21-26 The story we just heard read from the beginning of Acts is how our season of Easter ends. For...

by Rev. Joan Kessler John 15: 12-15 Before I begin today’s reflection, I would ask that you take a moment to bring to your heart and mind...

I am the vine, you are the branches...

by Rev. Joan Kessler Psalm 23 The 23rd Psalm is one of the most recited sacred texts. Some of you may even have been saying it silently...

Good News is about a change of mind that involves the reorientation of one's whole identity or, a total life change...

It is hard for us to have Thomas' direct experience because we have 2,000 years of history, beliefs and theology about his experience.

What does resurrection mean to you this Easter of 2021?

Today we begin Holy Week, a time set apart to commemorate Jesus’ passion.

I am curious if you have ever had a similar experience… a moment of awe and wonder that took you outside of yourself...

Is it an I’m sorry… or maybe I forgive you… you were right and I was wrong… a fig tree grows within each one of us…

Russian Orthodox theologian, Alexander Schmemann once said the surest way to desecrate a landscape was to build a church upon it.