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Islington Listens
by Rev. Maya Landell
A weekly podcast from Islington United Church in Toronto, Canada.
Episodes
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150. Co-Creating with God: Team Service
This Sunday, Rev. Maya Landell shared of some ways we can engage in service as followers of Jesus.
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149. Co-Creating with God: Team Gratitude
This Sunday, the Very Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne shared about what it means to be on Team Gratitude during the season on Thanksgiving.
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148. Co-Creating with God: Team Kindness
This Sunday, Rev. Maya Landell preached on team kindness. From Leviticus to today, God has been instructing God's people on how to be one through acts of kindness and care for our neighbours.
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147. Co-Creating with God: Team Repair
This Sunday, many voices offered leadership in our intergenerational worship service, where we explored what it means to be on Team Jesus!
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146. Co-Creating with God: Team Jesus
This Sunday, many voices offered leadership in our intergenerational worship service, where we explored what it means to be on Team Jesus!
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145. Co-Creating with God: Teamwork
This Sunday, Rev. Maya Landell preached on the gift of being invited to co-create with God and teaming with others in this work.
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144. Co-Creating with God: Quilting: A Labour of Love
This Sunday, Rev. Sheila Murray shared about her love of sharing in the work of quilt-making with those she loves.
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142. Consider the Birds: The Heron
This Sunday, Hannah Athanasiadis shared about the heron as we continued our summer series, Consider the Birds.
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141. Consider the Birds: Sparrow
This Sunday, we continued to consider the birds. Rev. Roger Landell shared about the sparrow and how fear distorts our relationship with life, God, others, and ourselves.
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140. Consider the Birds: Wild Goose
This Sunday, we continued to consider the birds. Amy Crawford shared with us how the wild goose might connect to our faith today.
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139. Consider the Birds: Turkey Vulture
This Sunday, we continued to consider the birds. Rev. Maya shared a picture of God as the Turkey Vulture.
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138. Consider the Birds: Quail
This Sunday, we continued to consider the birds. Rev. Maya introduced us to the quail and how it might connect to our desires and longings.
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137. Reflection with Dorothy Lee Lowe
This Sunday, we recognized the Indigenous Day of Prayer. We welcomed Dorothy Lee Lowe to share about her experience growing up on the res with us.
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136. Consider the Birds: The Music of the Songbirds
This Sunday, we celebrated our Music Ministry at IUC. Rev. Maya continued our series Consider the Birds and invited Thom Varey, a member of our community to share about his activist work protecting birds in urban environments.
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135. Consider the Birds: The Raven
This Sunday, we celebrated Pride Sunday. Rev. Maya continued our series Consider the Birds and shared the secrets of the Raven.
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134. Flip that Flop: The “I Can” in Pelican
This Sunday, Rev. Maya shared about a biblical bird that shares the encouragement "I can" with us: the pelican.
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133. Confirmation: Sharing our Stories
This Sunday, 10 young people at Islington United were confirmed into our church family. Here they share a bit of their story that brought them to today.
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132. Why the Dove?
This Sunday, Rev. Maya Landell shared about the ancient symbol of the Holy Spirit, the dove. But, why the dove?
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131. May God Shelter You
This Sunday, Rev. Maya Landell honoured Christian Family Sunday with stories of hens and chicks.
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130. Send us Signs of Resurrection
This Sunday, Rev. Maya Landell shared about how we can stay awake to noticing the signs of resurrection even if they don't appear in the way we expect.
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129. The Emmaus Road
This Sunday, our Pastoral Care Lead, Hannah Athanasiadis, shared that story of the Emmaus Road.
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128. You Are Special
This Sunday, our children performed the book "You are Special" written by Max Lucado, illustrated by Sergio Martinez, and published by Crossway Books.
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127. A Delicate Balance
On Sunday, April 12, Rev. Sheila Murray preached about the delicate balance between doubt and certainty. She was inspired by the Voltaire quote " Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one."
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126. Wild & Holy: Easter Sunday
On Easter Sunday, Rev. Maya invites us to take a step towards this world in the love of the resurrection - however fast or unhurried your pace.
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125. Wild & Holy: Come to Me – The Palm Sunday Story
On Sunday, March 29, Our children led us in retelling the palm Sunday story.
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124. Wild & Holy: Woven in God’s Love
On Sunday, March 22, Rev. Maya Landell continued our lenten theme of Wild & Holy, with reflections on how we recognize good fruit and our need for diversity.
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123. Week of Guided Prayer: Threads of Peace
This week of guided prayer, our theme is Woven with God's Love. Today's thread is the thread of Peace. Listen to these scriptures and reflection, then consider the questions that follow.
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122. Week of Guided Prayer: Threads of Compassion
This week of guided prayer, our theme is Woven with God's Love. Today's thread is the thread of compassion. Listen to these scriptures and reflection, then consider the questions that follow.
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121. Week of Guided Prayer: Threads of Forgiveness
This week of guided prayer, our theme is Woven with God's Love. Today's thread is the thread of forgiveness. Listen to these scriptures and reflection, then consider the questions that follow.
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120. Week of Guided Prayer: Threads of Humility
This week of guided prayer, our theme is Woven with God's Love. Today's thread is the thread of humility. Listen to these scriptures and reflection, then consider the questions that follow.
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119. Week of Guided Prayer: Threads of Perserverance
This week of guided prayer, our theme is Woven with God's Love. Today's thread is the thread of perserverance. Listen to these scriptures and reflection, then consider the questions that follow.
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118. Week of Guided Prayer: Threads of Quiet Strength
This week of guided prayer, our theme is Woven with God's Love. Today's thread is the thread of quiet strength. Listen to these scriptures and reflection, then consider the questions that follow.
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117. Wild & Holy: Tell the Truth, Learn to Lament
On Sunday, March 15, Rev. Maya Landell continued our lenten theme of Wild & Holy, asking us to reflect on this season of praise and lament.
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116. Wild & Holy: Women of Faith
On Sunday, March 8, Esther Khubyar shared the story of Rev. Lydia Gruchy, the first ordained woman in the United Church of Canada.
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115. Wild & Holy: Bear Fruit Worthy of Repentance
On Sunday, March 1, The Very Rev. Carmen Lansdowne continued our theme for the season "Wild & Holy" by teaching us how to reclaim the world repentance as a tool for transformation.
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114. Wild & Holy: Our Lenten Theme
On Sunday, February 22, Rev. Maya Landell continued our theme for the season "Wild & Holy" and how there is wildness in many seasons, including lent, a season of wilderness.
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113. Wild & Holy: The Lenten Grasshopper
On Tuesday, February 17, we began our Lenten journey with our Ashes Eve service. Rev. Maya Landell shared our theme for the season "Wild & Holy" with the story of a grasshopper.
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112. Basking in the Sonlight
On Sunday, February 15, Rev. Shiela Murray concluded our series on Care as we reflected on the theme "basking in the sonlight".
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111. Ways we say “I Love You”
On Sunday, February 1, Rev. Maya Landell gathered us around a campfire to hear the stories of refugees and how we can care beyond our own church, community, and borders.
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110. A Flame of Care
On Sunday, February 1, Rev. Maya Landell gathered us around a campfire to hear the stories of refugees and how we can care beyond our own church, community, and borders.
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108. Words that Hurt, Words that Heal
On Sunday, January 25, we continued exploring our star word for the year: care. Rev. Sheila Murray shared some helpful distinctions of words that hurt when trying to care for someone, and words we can use instead that help heal.
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106. What do you do After You Say Hello?
On Sunday, January 18, we continued exploring our star word for the year: care. Rev. Maya Landell reminded us that care is an ongoing journey that requires careful consideration. She shared helpful insights on what to say when someone is suffering.
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105. A Guest In a Holy Place
On Sunday, January 11, we continued exploring our star word for the year: care. Rev. Maya Landell shares the idea of caring for others by playing by their "house rules". What does it look like to care for others according to their needs, not what you think they need.
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104. Care – A Word for the Year
On Sunday, January 4, we celebrated Epiphany by picking our star word - a guiding word for our year ahead. Rev. Maya Landell shared a word for our whole community this year - care.
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103. Advent 4 – Go Love the World
On Sunday, December 21, we marked the fourth Sunday in Advent. Rev. Maya Landell sent us to go love the world and act as Christmas People to everyone we meet.
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102. Advent 3 – Joy is not Made to be a Crumb
On Sunday, December 14, we marked the third Sunday in Advent. Rev. Maya Landell connected us to joy - a necessity in all seasons. How is joy showing up for you or how could you choose it this Advent?
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101. Advent 2 – Peacemaking
On Sunday, December 7, we marked the second Sunday in Advent. Rev. Maya Landell shared a reflection with the words of author Sarah Bessey to introduce our children's musical with a reminder of peace. The children recognized the words of peace she shared from their script, "do not be afraid".
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100. Advent 1 – Cultivating Hope
On Sunday, November 30, we entered the season of Advent. This week, Rev. Maya Landell reflected on hope in the face of dark days, unmet expectations, and the desire for certainty during a season of mystery.
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99. The Virtue Of Perseverance
On Sunday, November 23, we finished our season guided by the book "How We Learn To Be Brave" by Mariann Edgar Budde, Episcopal Bishop of Washington. This week, Jay Armstrong, recipient of the Ballie Award, shared some words with Rev. Maya about how they persevere despite fear.
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98. Be Brave with Daniel
On Sunday, November 16, we continued our season guided by the book "How We Learn To Be Brave" by Mariann Edgar Budde, Episcopal Bishop of Washington. This week, our children lead us in a reflection on bravery with a special interview from Daniel himself.
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A weekly podcast from Islington United Church in Toronto, Canada.
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Rev. Maya Landell
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