May 12th: all year-round Sabbath @ MCBC…

Hey church!

This week's readings and meditation were overwhelming…I'll share some of my readings and reflection in hope that you get overwhelmed and ready for Sunday…

You are my day, You are my night
You are my love and all of my life

You are the love I need
You are the air I breathe
You are my love my life always forever
[1]

“In the Christian practice of living through the year, recurring patterns of longing and fulfillment, of repentance and grace, encircle us again and again as we encounter different dimensions of the mystery of God at each point in time, all year long. Over time, the round years accumulate into a thick line, and we find that we have been caught up in the story of God.”[2]


[1] Phil Wickham "Always Forever"
[2]
Dorthy C. Bass, Receiving The Day. p. 82, Kindle version.



Exposed by His blood,
Rici

Associate Pastor – English-Speaking Congregation
Montreal Chinese Baptist Church
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May 12th: all year-round Sabbath @ MCBC…

Hey church!

This week’s readings and meditation were overwhelming…I’ll share some of my readings and reflection in hope that you get overwhelmed and ready for Sunday…

You are my day, You are my night
You are my love and all of my life

You are the love I need
You are the air I breathe
You are my love my life always forever
[1]

“In the Christian practice of living through the year, recurring patterns of longing and fulfillment, of repentance and grace, encircle us again and again as we encounter different dimensions of the mystery of God at each point in time, all year long. Over time, the round years accumulate into a thick line, and we find that we have been caught up in the story of God.”[2]


[1] Phil Wickham “Always Forever
[2]
Dorthy C. Bass, Receiving The Day. p. 82, Kindle version.



Exposed by His blood,
Rici


May 5th: This Sabbath @ MCBC…

Hey church!

Have you ever experienced great difficulty or failure in trying to do anything else than obeying Sabbath rest on Sunday? Maybe you tried to study, catch up on work, go out shopping, catch up on house chores, etc…by doing such kind of work on Sunday we self-sabotage our Sabbath rest. This is against our best intentions. . After all who goes about their week thinking to themselves: “I’m planning to murder this week”, “I’m planning to commit adultery, ” etc? Yet we plan our Sundays according to what we should/will do as if we were planning to break Sabbath?[1] This sucks out the life and goodness of sabbath.

 

This Sunday we continue our series on Sabbath. We will explore Sabbath in light of creation and ushering a good future.


[1] Dorothy C. Bass, Receiving The Day: Christian Practices For Opening The Gift Of Time. (San Francisco: Joey-Bass, 2000), p. 45, Kindle version.


Exposed by His blood,
Rici