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Telling our Truth | a sermon for the first Sunday in Lent

In the first of a series of Lenten sermons on the psalms of lament, Jamie Howison unpacks Psalm 130

"It has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there are quarrels among you…”

A sermon on 1 Corinthians 1:10-18

Paul sends his love to Corinth | a sermon on 1 Corinthians 1:1-9

On the benefit of reading other peoples' mail...

C.S. Lewis among the Magi | a sermon for Epiphany

Jamie Howison's sermon for the Feast of the Epiphany

"The Cry of a Tiny Baby" | a sermon for Christmas Eve

Jamie Howison offers a new way to think about those shepherds, and why they were the ones met by the angel

What W.H. Auden knows about Joseph | a sermon for the Fourth Sunday in Advent

Jamie Howison's sermon on Isaiah 7:10-16 and Matthew 1:18-25

Improvisation as an act of faith | John Coltrane and the art of spiritual improvisation

The keynote address delivered by Jamie Howison at a 2013 symposium on improvisation and spirituality, hosted by the Improvisation, Community and Social Practice project in Guelph, Ontario.

Peace, joy, and a little love... all for $2.25?

A sermon for the 1st Sunday in Advent, on Romans 13:11-14 and Matthew 24:36-44

The end of the world as we know it?

A sermon on Isaiah 65:17-25 and Luke 21:5-19

"We were all casualties" | a sermon for Remembrance Sunday

Jamie Howison calls us to consider the complexities of war and non-resistance

"Noli timere" | a sermon for the Feast of All Saints

Working from the texts Ephesians 1:11-23 and Luke 6:20-31, Jamie Howison suggests that at the heart of this faith lies a call to move beyond fear

A great old joke | The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

With a serious nod to the insights of Robert Farrar Capon, Jamie Howison invites us to listen again to what Jesus has to say in Luke 18:9-14

True Grit | A sermon by Jaylene Johnson

Picking up on Angela Lee Duckworth's work on "grit", Jaylene Johnson invites us into a fresh engagement with Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 and Luke 18:1-8

A sermon for Thanksgiving

Drawing on Deuteronomy 26:1-11 and John 6:25-35, Jamie Howison invites us to to reflect on how and why we might give thanks... and to whom!

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases? | Jeremiah's stubborn hope

A sermon on Lamentations 3:19-26

Michaelmas | a sermon by Malcolm Guite

On Sunday September 29/13, the priest/poet/theologian Malcolm Guite joined us as our guest preacher. This podcast opens with Malcolm reading two of his sonnets, and concludes with an excerpt of one of his original songs, "Angels Unaware"

The Dishonest Steward | a sermon on Luke 16:1-13

There was an awful lot going on in the background of this one... including a couple of very verbal babies, and what you might call a "boldly intoxicated" pair of visitors, whose presence in our midst gave the words of this sermon some added significance!

Counting the Cost | a sermon on Luke 14:25-33

With Jesus talking about hating one's family, Jamie Howison asks what this might have to say to us in our time

What Isaiah might have to say to the church about religion

A sermon by Jamie Howison on on Isaiah 1:1, 10-20, and what it says to us about our own religious practice

A Sermon for St Benedict's Day | Hebrews 13:1-6 and Luke 10:25-37

Jamie Howison invites us to think about what it might mean to extend hospitality to the stranger

Improvisation as an act of faith | a sermon preached at the Jazz Mass at the Cathedral Church of St James, Toronto

“When the Lord saw her, he had compassion" | a sermon on Luke 7:11-17

Jamie Howison asks why Jesus seems to act so compassionately and concretely in some lives, yet in others he can seem so terrifyingly absent

"Juggled, relished, and exchanged by the persons of the Trinity" | a sermon for Trinity Sunday

Accompanied by the juggler John Sellick, Jamie Howison preaches on the the wonder of the doctrine of the Triune God

Jamie Howison on John Coltrane | a lecture in the "Thursdays at St Margaret's" series

An address delivered May 2, 2013 at St Margaret's Church in Winnipeg.

Baptism in Eastertide | a sermon by Jamie Howison

Celebrating adult baptism at saint benedict's table, on the fifth Sunday in Eastertide

ideaExchange | Kurt Armstrong on ”Why Love Will Always Be A Poor Investment”

Audio from our December 4, 2012 session of ideaExchange, with author Kurt Armstrong

ideaExchange | Kirsten Pinto-Gfroerer on "Why we should not give up on sin"

Audio from our January 31, 2012 session of ideaExchange, with Kirsten Pinto-Gfroerer on "Why we should not give up on sin; or, how being a sinner isn’t an insult after all"

“We’ll all be fed and we’ll be found” | A sermon on John 10:22-30

From the fourth Sunday in Eastertide, reflections on the image of Christ as Good Shepherd

Wrestling with a perplexing teaching | a sermon on John 20:19-31

Jamie Howison invites the community into a consideration of one of Jesus' more perplexing resurrection teachings

"And then they remembered his words..." | On the Resurrection

Jamie Howison's sermon for Easter Day, on the texts 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 and Luke 24:1-12