Sometimes you wonder what resurrection actually looks like. Do I get a better body? A younger one? Who do I meet? I am not sure these are the right questions. It will be more like "Oh, I never would had guessed!" and "Oh, of course!" I think. But what does get raised up? My body? My soul? My last 5 minutes? My church-going side, but not my casino-going side? … [Read more...]
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How do you get to be a saint on All Saints day?
We all have a sense of what we need, and psychology has looked hard at this. Why does Jesus seem to turn it upside down and make spirituality more important than anything else? Reading this may help you think through what are your real priorities. … [Read more...]
In recognition of scuzzy personality traits
This reflection on Jesus' story of a pompous religious teacher and a shame-faced scuzzball begins with a piece of the Tao te Ching and leads me to wonder about the parts of my personality/soul which are proud of me, and those which just want to crawl into the shadows. Which does the water of Grace wash cleanest? … [Read more...]
Jesus teaches about how not to pray
This sermon is about why some kind of deep prayer seems to repeat and repeat in your inner life of deep prayer. It is you asking God to go on healing you and making you ever more your true, and Christ-like self. … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Weekend Sermon
This is a teaching about "Thank You". I am retelling the story of the 10 lepers from the inside eyes of one of them, who later gets called Barnabas. Reading a story and then letting yourself fall into it, and imagine it as if you were there is an ancient spiritual practice in our tradition. You do it in the trust that god will open your imagination to see the hidden truths that are for you in the story. It becomes your story then, and the Spirit of God has touched not just your mind, but your … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving and Anniversary #2
This teaching is about noticing the harvest that is happening, has happened and will happen.In our lives we tend to be blind to the things which are right in front of us. We feel that we need to look further off to see miracles or wonders. But in Grace Church we are caught up in wonder and woven into miracle, and transformed to be a blessing. How hard that is to see! … [Read more...]
What growing up in Christ means
How come the rich man goes down and the poor one goes up? Is it economics or is it spiritual value? … [Read more...]
Why does God have to like even horrible people?
This is a teaching on the way God looks past my moral barriers and welcomes in those who can hear the call to face change.It is the hard teaching of Jesus and the "unjust Steward", who really we should dislike, and so should Jesus! But he doesn't. Making sense of this pushes us past our own moral comfort zones. … [Read more...]
You are awesome!
"Grace" means a welcome without conditions. This sermon is a challenge to live outside the rules that we humans like best, to live just in gladness and love. It is called "grace" and we are building a church of that name. … [Read more...]
Homily
The first sermon of Vinaya Dumpala, Mission and Evangelism minister at Grace Church in Scarborough … [Read more...]
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