On March 9, Aaron took another look at the famous parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10:25-37. Rather than assume we already know this story is simply about "helping others," we might instead see this parable as a challenge to break our internalized cycles of violence—something that can be terribly difficult to do in our current day.

On March 2nd, we welcomed Jamie Howison to once again join with our in-house jazz quartet and guide us in a jazz liturgy. This time we used the medium of jazz to explore Christ's Transfiguration, as depicted in Luke 9:28-45.

Since this past worship service was our regular Table Sunday gathering around a communal meal, we are once again diving into the archives for this week's episode.

In anticipation of our Jazz liturgy on March 2nd, here is a sermon drawing on John Coltrane's famous tune, "Giant Steps," and how it relates to Acts 10 and 11. Originally offered by Aaron on July 10, 2022, it was recorded at a time when we were exploring what it might mean to be in the 'boarderland' of our our faith traditions.

On February 16, we were grateful to have Darryl Loewen—the Executive Director of MCC Manitoba—speak with us on Luke 7:18-35.

On February 9, Aaron took a look at Luke 7:1-17, paying special attention to the editing present in the passage. Beyond the words themselves, what meaning is generated when Luke deliberately places two stories side-by-side?

On February 2, 2025, Paul Doerksen explored many questions present in Luke 6:1-11. Is the Sabbath about rules, rest, or something else? Why is Jesus so willing to make things awkward? And why does Jesus heal the person in this story, but not others?

River East's adult Sunday School ministry is affectionately known as "Cross Training." Since there was no sermon this past week, by popular demand, here is Gerald Loewen's presentation on attachment theory, originally offered on January 19, 2025, after the worship service.

The Q+A section of this session got quite personal for several individuals, and so it has been omitted from this recording.

On January 19, Aaron dove into the many mysterious aspects of Luke 4:14-30. Rather than finding clean answers, he rested on the questions, inviting us to hold them together as the community of believers.