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Ruth 1
CONSIDER
This week we are excited to welcome Rev. Leanne Friesen to join us this Sunday. Leanne is the New Executive Director of our association, the Canadian Baptists of Ontario & Quebec (CBOQ). Here is an excerpt from Leanne.
“In 2013, my sister died of cancer, and it was awful. The funny thing is, I thought I’d be really good at grief before I had to go through it. As an ordained pastor, I had studied grief and given countless people grief counselling. I regularly conducted funeral services and sat with people who were dying and grieving. I figured that I would know what I was doing when my turn came to grieve.
I did not.
Instead, like everybody who grieves, I fumbled my way through, shocked by how confusing, disorienting and downright horrible grief actually is. I had to learn a lot, and the greatest lesson I discovered was that grief had no easy fixes, timelines or steps to recovery. I realized that what I needed more than any simple solution or platitude was room to let my grief be, exactly as it was.”
Come join us Sunday as Rev. Friesen guides us through Ruth 1 as we look to Christ to be our hope in the midst of grief.
Pastor Tim Sreedharan
DIVING DEEPER
What stood out for you in the sermon?
How can we live closer WITH God in our lives?
How are we being TRANSFORMED to be more like Christ?
How is the Holy Spirit empowering us to imitate Christ in what we DO this week?