On May 18, Charlotte used the image of a quilt as a way to enter the text of Acts 15:1-18—how both the early church and us today are being woven and re-woven into God's tapestry.

On May 11, Aaron stretched the metaphor of "Love makes the world go 'round" to include Newtonian physics, and then mapped it onto the story of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch in Acts 8:26-39.

On May 4, 2025, we were pleased to welcome Niigaan Sinclair to speak with us on Acts 6:1-7:2a, and 44-60. Niigaan is an Anishinaabe writer, editor, and activist in Winnipeg and heads the Department of Native Studies at University.

Stay tuned for our next upload, which will feature Niigaan's Cross Training session with us.

On April 27, Mary Anne kicked off our exploration into Love this Eastertide—one of the Christian names for God, as well as one of the Seven Sacred Teachings of the Plains First Nations. Here we see how the theme of sight is intertwined with story of the Emmaus Road from Luke 24:13-15.

On Easter Sunday, Mary Anne reflected on the ways that collective 'ruptures' affect our public life together. Be it the bombing of Hiroshima, 9/11, or the discovery of the residential school graves here in Canada, these 'ruptures' almost ialways involve violence of some kind. But Easter is a rupture of an entirely different sort... How will we let it shape us today?

It's a short one this week.

At River East, it's our tradition to commemorate Christ's washing of the disciples' feet as part of our Palm Sunday service. This is the short meditation Mary Anne offered to guide us into this practice this year.

On April 6, Jon Isaak took us through the story of Zaccheus, the "wee little man in a tree." Beyond seeing this story as a charming tale for children, he invites us to see the deeper questions lurking beneath the surface. Who is really lost? Who is really saved, and how?

On March 30, Aaron offered an unorthodox interpretation of the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)... which didn't get recorded because all our audio systems went down that morning. Presented here is a re-recording.