Pray – As a First Resort
This week, Pastor Ruttan talked about “praying and not giving up” (as Jesus tells us to do in Luke 18:1-8). You can find sermon notes here to follow along with and go deeper with the...
Losing “it” – but Gaining the Peace of Christ
Do you want the “peace of Christ” during these strange and challenging days, especially when many people feel like they might be “losing it”? That was the theme of this week’s service and Pastor Ruttan’s...
Responding to an Age of Polarization
In this Sunday’s message, Pastor Ruttan highlighted the need for humility in our thoughts and actions. “Don’t be judgmental!” is something you hear a lot these days. But what does that really mean (and what...
Good From Evil?
This week, Pastor Ruttan explored how the almightiness of God can be comforting through the greatest hurts of life. He did this by looking at the troubling and victorious story of Joseph (in Genesis) with...
Heaven’s Expats
This week, Pastor Ruttan focused us on Psalm 85. He started with the phrase “Flavour your temporary homeland with the taste of your eternal homeland.” In view of our Canada Day celebrations, he talked about...
YOU CAN’T STAND on QUICKSAND
This week we opened our Bibles to Matthew 7:7-27. Pastor Ruttan argued we live our lives based on what we think is true. So in an age of information overload, how do we know what’s...
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Be the [counter-cultural] change
This week, Pastor Ruttan offered us a concise but in-depth look at one of Jesus’ most famous teachings: The Beatitudes. We thought seriously about what it means to be “blessed” in God’s counter-cultural kingdom. Taking...
We love because He first loved us
This week was Westminster’s 58th anniversary, which we celebrated digitally. Pastor Ruttan’s message was all above love. It’s a challenging time in our world. There is a lot of sickness and a lot of hurt....
In the shelter of the Most High
This week, Pastor Ruttan’s message was based on Psalm 91. He confronted the idea that if we are faithful to God then he will protect us from all harm, including physical harm (which Psalm 91)...
Better than before?
This week, Pastor Ruttan let us into a video conversation he had with two much-respected colleagues (Christine O’Reilly and Alex Douglas) about how we can envision a new normal after this phase of Covid-19. Do...