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Sharon’s Sabbatical Reflections August 21, 2014

Let me begin today with a word of thanks.  This marks the end of the third week of my sabbatical.  It has been a busy and blessed time.  Sabbaticals have only become part of a minister’s employment package in the last decade or so.  Until then I had managed around the three weeks of annual […]

Sharon’s Sabbatical Reflections August 20, 2014

Today I read Mary Lindberg’s, The Graceful Exit.   She is a Lutheran pastor who served in congregational ministry as well as a writer and chaplain.  As much as anything, I was drawn to this book by the title.  When the time comes, I want my departure to be done with as much grace as possible.  This […]

Sharon’s Sabbatical Reflections August 18, 2014

Today I completed Bruce and Kate Epperly’s book, Four Seasons of Ministry.  I had read and excerpt of the book in the Alban Institute newsletter in January and decided then that I needed to get a copy.   It looks at the call to ministry from the perspective of the seasons.  While I found the sections on […]

Sharon’s Sabbatical Reflections August 17th, 2014

Today I was able to attend worship at First United Church.  It is in downtown Kelowna and one of only two United Churches in this city of 120,000.  I arrived about thirty seconds before  10 am and took my place in the second pew from the back.  I will admit that my worship experience was […]

My Sabbatical Thoughts

I have just finished reading Barbara Brown Taylor’s, Leaving Church.    She is an Anglican priest who has served her entire ministry in Georgia.  A graduate of Yale Divinity College, she spent ten years as an associate of a large parish in Atlanta and the last five years of her ministry as rector of a small town […]

We Can See The End

I know that I have not written since before the storm last weekend. So, I shall begin with that event. The storm was really a non-event for us here in Halifax. We had a lot of wind and at time it was gusting to around 100kms/hr but we had very little rain, the storm passed […]

Another Week Down

It is early on Saturday morning, mid way through my time here in Halifax, as I sit here and type this.  This past week was a short week for classes with the Canada Day holiday, but very heavy on the work. We basically had to days to read numerous chapters in our texts and prepare […]

Summer 2014 Worship

Worship in July here at WPUC every Sunday at 10:00 am   Worship in August at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church at 10:00 am  

Almost 1/3 Done Already?

I cannot believe that I have been down here in Halifax for almost 2 weeks already. It seems like I only just arrived. But then if I think about it and look at the work that I have done, yes, it has been almost 2 weeks. The weather down here has been cool and rainy, […]

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