http://www.stalbertunited.ca/blogs.html?task=feed&type=rss 2012-05-06 18:21:32 English (United Kingdom) hourly 1 /blogs/2012/05/06/119-courage-to-be-community-message-for-fifth-sunday-of-easter-2012.html /blogs/2012/05/06/119-courage-to-be-community-message-for-fifth-sunday-of-easter-2012.html#comment James Ravenscroft Like in marriage or family, in a community we support each other in hard times and celebrate the good times. Also like in marriage or family, in a community differences of opinion can emerge, conflict occurs and feelings are hurt. Like in m Sun, 06 May 2012 18:21:32 -0700 /blogs/2012/05/06/119-courage-to-be-community-message-for-fifth-sunday-of-easter-2012.html http://www.stalbertunited.ca/blogs.html?task=feed&type=rss2&id=119 /blogs/2012/04/22/118-grace-at-the-margins-message-for-third-sunday-of-easter-2012.html /blogs/2012/04/22/118-grace-at-the-margins-message-for-third-sunday-of-easter-2012.html#comment James Ravenscroft In the intro of his book Marginality: Keys to Multicultural Theology, Jung Young Lee paints a picture of a jumping fish creating waves of concentric circles that ebb to the edge of a pond and then reflect back. That image captures the story Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:55:05 -0700 /blogs/2012/04/22/118-grace-at-the-margins-message-for-third-sunday-of-easter-2012.html http://www.stalbertunited.ca/blogs.html?task=feed&type=rss2&id=118 /blogs/2012/04/08/116-we-all-need-grace-message-for-easter-sunday-communion-2012.html /blogs/2012/04/08/116-we-all-need-grace-message-for-easter-sunday-communion-2012.html#comment James Ravenscroft The original ending of Mark's Gospel, that is, the women being told that Jesus has been raised but then running away in fear and not telling anyone, is an unsettling ending but Mark told the Easter story that way for a reason. The women stu Sun, 08 Apr 2012 07:00:00 -0700 /blogs/2012/04/08/116-we-all-need-grace-message-for-easter-sunday-communion-2012.html http://www.stalbertunited.ca/blogs.html?task=feed&type=rss2&id=116 /blogs/2012/03/25/115-called-by-grace-message-for-fifth-sunday-in-lent-2012.html /blogs/2012/03/25/115-called-by-grace-message-for-fifth-sunday-in-lent-2012.html#comment James Ravenscroft Lent is lie a 40 day retreat in preparation for baptism or to renew our baptismal promises. If that is the case, what is baptism? baptism is more than being welcomed in the the church. We share in new life through God's nurturing and transf Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:23:04 -0700 /blogs/2012/03/25/115-called-by-grace-message-for-fifth-sunday-in-lent-2012.html http://www.stalbertunited.ca/blogs.html?task=feed&type=rss2&id=115 /blogs/2012/03/04/114-naming-the-challenge-message-for-second-sunday-in-lent-2012.html /blogs/2012/03/04/114-naming-the-challenge-message-for-second-sunday-in-lent-2012.html#comment James Ravenscroft It's a challenge to step out of your culture, to see what's really going on around you. Jesus saying he will suffer and die challenge's Peter's cultural perspective. Paul steps away from his cultural perspective and states that faith alone Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:28:39 -0800 /blogs/2012/03/04/114-naming-the-challenge-message-for-second-sunday-in-lent-2012.html http://www.stalbertunited.ca/blogs.html?task=feed&type=rss2&id=114