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A Ministry of Presence

Imagining Ministry in a Secular Society
Steve Filyk
October 6, 2019
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Unpacking Sunday's Sermon: Wrestling with God

Today's sermon talked about prayer. I think there is good warrant for us to be specific and persistent in our...
Steve Filyk
September 22, 2019
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Unpacking Sunday's Sermon: Laughter

You may have wondered whether there was some sleight of hand going on in today's sermon. Today's texts were focused...
Steve Filyk
September 15, 2019
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Unpacking Sunday's Sermon: A God-given Vocation

But isn't that story about the 'fall'?
Steve Filyk
September 8, 2019
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Which Identity is Paramount?

In the Presbyterian Church in Canada's ongoing discussion about human sexuality I have heard the same question...
Steve Filyk
July 26, 2019
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Unpacking Sunday's Sermon: Living in Unmerited Grace

My new favourite television show is a series on Netflix called "The Good Place." The Good Place is a town where...
Steve Filyk
July 21, 2019
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Leading with Passion or Detachment?

This article, written by the Rev. Dr. Dale Woods, is from the Spring 2019 Newsletter of the Presbyterian College in...
July 18, 2019
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What happens to the world when God takes a rest?

Today's passage from the second chapter of Genesis chapter 2 talks about God resting: "By the seventh day God had...
Steve Filyk
July 14, 2019
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Unpacking Sunday's Sermon: Remember the Sabbath

During Sunday's sermon, I argued that Sabbath-breaking is more common than Sabbath-keeping. Even at church, we talk...
Steve Filyk
July 7, 2019
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The Frozen Chosen and Mission

Presbyterians are often referred to as the 'Frozen Chosen". In the online Dictionary of Christianese the term...
Steve Filyk
May 5, 2019

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