Elliott's Blog

Today is the end of the liturgical year and we end with the Festival of Christ the King also known as the Reign of Christ. You can find links to the text, audio and accompanying powerpoint presentation for my sermon by clicking HERE Your feedback is valuable to me

This week we are given the opportunity to focus on the familiar story of the Widow's Mite from Mark's Gospel. You can find my sermon by clicking HERE Your comments would be appreciated.

This past Sunday we celebrated St. Luke, Apostle and Evangelist. My sermon for that day can be found by clicking HERE It is only in audio format this time as once again I was working from memory. Your feedback would be appreciated.

I am terribly sorry that I did not post this earlier! Been a bit hectic around here recently. My Thanksgiving sermon (in both text and audio formats) can be found by clicking HERE I would be thankful for your feedback

Today we celebrate and remember the person of St. Francis of Assisi. A saint who is one of my personal heroes to be sure. You can hear my sermon by clicking HERE I not have a text to post because I flew without a net today. The cross I talk of in my sermon today is the one I have posted above. Your comments and feedback will be valuable to me.

This past Tuesday I was honoured to be asked to come to St. George's Round Church in Halifax and preach on the Festival of St. Michael and All Angels. It was a grand occasion full of wonderful music and glorious liturgy. The link to my sermon is found by clicking HERE Sadly my recorder got left home so I did not get an opportunity to put up the audio. Your comments and feedback are valuable to me.

This week I will be away to attend a meeting of Provincial Synod . The Ecclesiastical Province of Canada is that area of the Canadian Church from Montreal to Newfoundland. We take councel together once ever three years. I was elected as a delegate to this session almost two years ago and now it is time to go. Synod runs from September 10-13. Please pray for our deliberations and for all those who will be traveling to and from Gander, NF during this time. Until my return...

I've been away for three Sundays - Two for work (the Ask & Imagine High School Program) and one for vacation. I return with a sermon based in my experiece of Ask & Imgaine. You can find it in audio (posted Sunday) and text (posted Saturday) by clicking HERE I wold welcome your valuable feedback.

Monday we turned the program over to the participants. Judy taught them how to lead and plan a workshop and then the participants chose four topics to focus a workshop on based on chapters in the Book Way to Live . The topics they chose are: Choices; Friends; Forgiveness; and Prayer. This afternoon they spent time in their chosen groups and created their workshops. After supper we journeyed to another part of the campus to walk within a labyrinth. A labyrinth is a spiritual tool used to explore yourself. It is different from a maze because there is only one way in and one way out... you can't get lost in it. I found it quite profound really. When we returned home we had a brief and lovely worship on the lawn and then went inside to find Fr. Bill Cliff waiting for us for "Bull with Bill". This is a time when the participants are able to ask any question they want by writing them down and putting them in a box. This makes the questions easier to ask because they are...

Sorry for the delay on posting about the goings on... sleep took precedence the last couple of nights. Saturday saw us engaging in a Quiet Retreat day. It began with Judy giving us a very powerful demonstration of what to do with our brokenness using a glass jar and a watermelon. We can either use our brokenness to lash out and cut people (broken glass) or we can use our brokenness to reach out and feet others (watermelon). We journeyed down to a nearby river and discussed how we experience this kind of brokenness and each of us was encouraged to throw a piece of watermelon rind into the river as a symbol of letting go of that which is bitter and useless in our lives. We spent the afternoon in silence and engaging in a number of workshops that various leadership team members provided. I offered to teach individuals about the nature and use of the sacrament of Reconciliation. I had two young women come and I taught them about what confession looks like and how it can be used in our...