WildWords: Sermons from Wildwood Mennonite Church

"It’s been a while. I’ve missed you. I’ll be at the shack next weekend if you want to get together. – Papa"

Listen to what Scott has to say on the topic of "Rediscovering Joy" and how "The Shack" by William P Young has become a part of his Christmas tradition.

When our world is confusing and frustrating and stressful, how do we perceive God and how does God perceive us? Are we stuck in some way and does God care? Maybe in this holiday season of Advent Malachi has some insight.

Step on up, the Advent ride to the goodness of God is about to depart, just check your soul for the appropriate levels of Righteousness and buckle up! Don't know what righteousness means? Unsure that you even want to get on this thing? You're not alone. #wildride #keepyourarmsandlegsinsidethevehicleatalltimes

On this last Sunday of the church year, we explore huge themes - suffering, love, hope and resurrection. Meet Violette from Nazareth and Widad from Bethlehem. And ... the Lord's Prayer in Cree and Low German!

Like most labels, the labels for 'victim' and 'offender' are not black and white. Justice is complex. Often pain and suffering unchecked is what leads to violence. Parkland Restorative Justice's director, Heather Driedger, shares insights on what these two labels mean in the context of restorative justice and the work she does with inmates and individuals integrating back into the community.

Whether 16th or 21st century believers, becoming Anabaptist Christians remains an important if sometimes costly choice. What are the core commitments to which our faith family heritage continues to call us?

Feasts, Pharisees, missions trips, ants, grasshoppers, Jesus, potlucks, and chocolate-covered cherries... It's a Thanksgiving smorgasbord of a sermon at Wildwood! #gotguilt?

"The Church is dying" -a frequent assessment in our society. Is there hope for the church? Where can it be found? Emily shares her journey from former church cynic to discovering fresh hope for the church.

My sisters and brothers, what good is it to profess faith without practicing it? Such faith has no power to save. If any are in need of clothes and have no food to live on, and one of you says to them, “Goodbye and good luck. Stay warm and well-fed,” without giving them the bare necessities of life, then what good is this? So it is with faith. If good deeds don’t go with it, faith is dead...

...Be assured, then, that faith without works is as dead as a body without a spirit.

Hear what Graham shared with us about one of his favourite scripture passages, James 2:14-26.