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Beyond inspiration
I have a budding conviction about preaching. My conviction is that the goal of preaching is not inspiration; the role of the sermon is not to inspire those listening. (There’s a chance people from my congregation may think, “That explains a lot.”) In our current cultural climate, inspiration seems to have become a vocational cliché.…
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‘Won’t you be my neighbour?’
Presbyterian minister Fred Rogers asked the question, “Won’t you be my neighbour?” every day for almost 40 years on Mr. Roger’s Neighbourhood. In the 2018 documentary of his life, Rogers says that asking this question is “an invitation for someone to be close to you.” Five years ago, Foothills Mennonite Church drew close to the Calgary…
