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Wascana Presbytery,
Saskatchewan Conference,
United Church of Canada.

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Regina, SK, S4S 6Y7
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Sunset has been described by its members as "warm and alive", where the prayer is that all will know themselves to be included in God's love.  The congregation encompasses a wide range of ages, with many young families.  Our music ministry is vibrant and creative.   As an affirming ministry, we seek to provide a safe and welcoming environment for all who enter our doors.

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Kathy's Spiritual Meanderings... PDF Print E-mail
Written by Kathy Platt   
Friday, 27 January 2012 13:28
We have been doing some re-vamping of this website and decided that my "blog" would now be on the home page.  So what I hope is that what I write will be "spiritual", and knowing how my brain works, it will most likely be "meandering" - hence the snappy title!  In preparing for Sunday, one of the theolgians I was reading asked us to reflect on times when we may have been possessed by an "unclean spirit".  He draws out that idea by saying there are times when he has been so possessed by anger that he said or did things that he later regretted.  Or what about someone who is so possessed by addictions that he/she makes very poor life decisions?  Or what about being so possessed by racism or prejudice that you can't see past your blind spots?  When Jesus confronts an "unclean spirit" he simply speaks with authority and tells the unclean spirit to leave.  I wish it were that simple!  However, if we think of who we are as a community of faith, part of what we do when we gather together is speak about how to be a "spirit of blessing" in the world.  It is hard for anyone to imagine how to do that when they spend all their time in isolation - sometimes we need the encouragement and solidarity of a community around us to give us the courage to embrace a new spirit or a new way of "being" in the world.  I have been speaking recently with several people who have been diagnosed with cancer.  As always I am deeply touched by their courageous spirit in speaking about living with the diagnosis.  It is easy to be paralyzed with fear simply at hearing the word "cancer".  I believe that it is possible to live with fear, but not be so consumed with fear that it silences or paralyzes us.  This Sunday I want to explore how our faith journey can help to cleanse our spirits from those things that possess us and lead us to actions/decisions we later regret - and how our faith communities can be places where we discover the courage to confront those unclean spirits that possess us from time to time.
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