This list is will not remain static but will grow. It is curated from my own reading/viewing and from recommendations to help us listen, learn, reflect, repent, and discern ways forward for racial reconciliation and justice as we follow Jesus. We will not necessarily agree with every point made or every solution offered, but that is not the point. The … Read More
HOPEFUL REALISM
Photo by Faris Mohammed on Unsplash Written by: David Hood 2020 has been quite the year thus far. It can be difficult to know exactly how to cope with all that’s going on, and it can be especially difficult when people around you are not coping in the same ways, causing you to struggle alone. I want to suggest a … Read More
Coming To Terms With The “New Normal”
Written by: Rachel Houle Are you getting tired of hearing the phrase “new normal”? The phrase is really an oxymoron. Just by saying it, we are acknowledging the exact opposite reality that things aren’t normal, and we fear that they never will be again. Let that sink in for a moment. If you haven’t yet, there is never a better … Read More
A Church For The Community
Written by: David Hood One of our values at SECC is that we want to be a church that is for the city, and more specifically for the Alta Vista ward. We believe that our church shouldn’t just meet in this community, but we should be rooted in this community, giving of ourselves for it’s thriving and flourishing. Jesus calls … Read More
Why Not Lament?
Photo by Mike Labrum on Unsplash Written by: Taffy Nahas Did I get your attention? Lament is not usually a topic on our lips, but we are living in challenging times. I’m talking, of course, of COVID-19, the pandemic, currently afflicting at least 185 countries at present count– including our own country. This crisis has launched a thousand questions – much like Helene … Read More
Now Is The Time
Photo by Jason Abdilla on Unsplash Written by: David Hood These are confusing, uncertain, and scary times and we are all coping with “the new normal” in different ways. Some of us are binging on Netflix series after Netflix series, while others of us are learning new skills, working on our bodies, our homes, our gardens. We need both kinds of days, days … Read More
Easter 2020: Pandemics and the Empty Tomb
We had a wonderful time celebrating Jesus’ resurrection on Easter Sunday. One of the things I love about my vocation is that in challenging times like these, I get to preach hope, hope that sickness and death lose in the end and life wins, that everything broken will be mended and fixed, that “all sad things will come untrue.” And … Read More
The kinds of Christians we don’t need in a crisis- part 2
Photo by Paul Zoetemeijer on Unsplash Written by: David Hood In part 1 of this post I shared that we need Christians who will unashamedly point people to Jesus as our ultimate hope in all of this, and Christians who will think outside of the box of panic and self-preservation and radically love their neighbours. These are the types of Christians we need … Read More
The kinds of Christians we don’t need in a crisis- part 1
Photo by Arturo Rey on Unsplash Written by: David Hood On Sunday I shared that now more than ever in recent history, the world needs the church. We need Christians who will unashamedly point people to Jesus as our ultimate hope in all of this, and Christians who will think outside of the box of panic and self-preservation and radically love their neighbours. … Read More
How to live and love well in our covid-19 moment
Photo by Pablo Heimplatz on Unsplash Written by: David Hood Hello all,I hope you were able to join us on Sunday for our livestream. At the beginning, I shared some ways we can be good neighbours in this difficult time when self-protection and self-service might be more natural for us. Here are the things I shared with you: – Check in on your most … Read More