Saint Francis of Assisi is one of the most famous saints of the church. The patron saint of animals and ecology to our Roman Catholic siblings. We often associate him with peace, compassion, and care. But his life also presents us with a challenge. The same challenge we run into in Jesus’s parable this morning. Yet, it may just be the challenge we need to point us beyond our celebration of the Season of Creation today.

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Seeing and doing. Two things that go together like peanut butter and jelly. So why do we treat them sometimes like oil and water? Jesus tells the story today of two sons who struggled with these two basic behaviours as well. It’s what integrity is all about. Doing what you say, and saying what you will do. Thank God Paul gives us the key today to any hope we have of living it out.

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Justice and grace. Two commitments Christians hold deeply. So what do we do when they seem to conflict with each other? That’s the question that emerges from the parable Jesus tells this morning. But as is often the case with parables the divine (not just the devil) is in the details. So we’ll pay a little closer attention to the details of this one.

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This Sunday our worship will be part of an experiment as we explore the texts appointed for a potential new festival in the church year called the Feast of Creation in Christ. It’s a Sunday that celebrates God’s gift of creation. But also highlights for us the challenging realities of life in our broken world. And finally blesses us with a truth that may not be so obvious to us: that God isn’t done creating yet!

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Today we launch into the Season of Creation. But it’s also the Sunday of Labour Day weekend where we hear from a member of our congregation about their reflections on their work and their faith. Lots to talk about! As Christians we all share the same basic vocation, to love our neighbour as ourselves. So maybe that’s our common denominator today. How is all the work we are called to do a labour of love?

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We’ve just enjoyed a week of VBS here at Good Shepherd. Lots of fun, energy, learning, and worship was enjoyed by all. And in the end we sent home a group of happy rebels. Rebels with a cause. The same rebels Paul describes and Jesus calls us to be in our gospel this morning.

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“Who do you say that I am?” It’s perhaps the most famous question Jesus asks in the whole Bible. It’s also one that we never stop mulling over. Not because it’s so confusing. But because there’s so many different answers floating around us. Maybe that’s why Paul urges us to be transformed in our minds today. Although that’s easier said than done. So maybe Isaiah, finally, can come to our rescue.

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As Christians we confess that Jesus was both divine and human. Although in practice, we tend to put the emphasis on the divine side of his nature. However, our gospel today he is a very helpful, if somewhat shocking, corrective to that tendency. After all, what could be more human than learning, growing, and changing.

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Faith is at the heart of our lives as Christians. But Jesus never said it would be easy. One day we can be “in the zone with Jesus”, and the next we can feel like we’re sinking in doubt. And Jesus’s rebuke of Peter in our gospel today, “You a little faith, why did you doubt?” Can fill us with more guilt than encouragement. But there is good news in this story, buried somewhere under those roaring waves!

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In the gospel Jesus feeds the hungry multitude and reveals the abundance of God. And in our first reading God invites all who are hungry or thirsty to receive food and drink without cost. It’s a day full of grace! The grace of a God who feeds us with the bread of life and sends us forth to give ourselves away as bread for the hungry. 

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The bulletin for the service can be downloaded here.