ST. STEPHEN’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH JULY 15, 2018 Rev. Sabrina Ingram A PLUMB LINE Amos 7: 7 – 15; Mark 6: 14 – 29 Today we’re doing a morality test. You’re a photojournalist in Miami covering a hurricane. You’re trying to shoot a career-making photo. There’s severe flooding, wild winds, and chaos everywhere. People are being […]

ST. STEPHEN’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH JULY 8, 2018 Rev. Sabrina Ingram TRAVELLING LIGHT 2 Corinthians 2: 2 – 10; Mark 6: 7 – 12 A photon walks into a hotel. The bellhop says, “May I carry your bags?” The photon replies, “That’s okay, I’m travelling light.” Speaking of “travelling light” I have a girlfriend who can […]

ST. STEPHEN’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH JULY 1, 2018 Rev. Sabrina Ingram GOD’S TIMING LAMENTATIONS 3: 19 – 33; Mark 5: 21 – 43 Timing may not be everything, it’s certainly important as we can see from this short video: So, how’s your timing? Ever felt like you’re in the wrong place at the wrong time? Or […]

ST. STEPHEN’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH JUNE 24, 2018 Rev. Sabrina Ingram OUT OF CONTROL Job 38: 1 – 11; Psalm 46; Mark 4: 35 – 41 A young man’s car breaks down near a monastery. He knocks on the door and asks if he can spend the night. The monks graciously accept him, feed him, fix […]

ST. STEPHEN’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH JUNE 17, 2018 Rev. Sabrina Ingram WHAT ON EARTH? 2 Corinthians 5: 6 – 15; Mark 4: 26 – 34 Italy is far away – beyond the range of our natural eyesight. Yet, when Terry and I went to Italy I had no doubt the plane would land in a place […]

ST. STEPHEN’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH JUNE 3, 2018 Rev. Sabrina Ingram LAW AND LOVE 1 Samuel 3:1-11a; Psalm 139:1-6 & 13-18; 2 Corinthians 4:5-12; Mark 2:23-3:6 Most of us are aware it’s illegal in Toronto to drag a dead horse down Yonge St. But did you know that in Lexington, Ky., there’s an ordinance forbidding anyone […]

ST. STEPHEN’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH MAY 27, 2018 Rev. Sabrina Ingram YOUR FAMILY TREE 1 John 4: 7 – 21; John 15: 1 – 8 Comedian Robert Orben posed the question: “Who can ever forget Winston Churchill’s immortal words: ‘We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in […]

ST. STEPHEN’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH MAY 20, 2018 Rev. Blaine Dunnett The Super Abundance of Blessings (Scriptures: Romans 5: 1 – 5; Ephesians 1: 1- 14) Did you know that I was baptized at St. Stephen’s? I went to Sunday School at St. Stephen’s. I took my first communion at St. Stephen’s. I was ordained to […]

ST. STEPHEN’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH MAY 13, 2018 Rev. Sabrina Ingram YOU WILL INHERIT Ephesians 1: 15 – 23; John 16: 16 – 24 Most of us have had the fantasy of coming into an inheritance from a long lost relative we didn’t know. This fantasy makes the practice of email scams lucrative. You open your […]

ST. STEPHEN’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH APRIL 15, 2018 Rev. Sabrina Ingram GHOSTS AND ZOMBIES VS. JESUS 1 John 3: 1 – 7; Luke 24: 36 – 48 Ghosts and Zombies are rather popular these days. There are TV shows where people go into houses hunting for ghosts and many movies on the coming Zombie apocalypse. What […]