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This is a recording of the weekly Sunday Message presented by Friends Church, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Religion & Spirituality
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3d ago
When Prayer Meets Real Life: Interview with Gerry Smiley, Double Lung Transplant Survivor
Speakers: Vince Klassen & Gerry Smiley It’s easy to talk about prayer and conceptions of God from a place of health, but what about when you’re on the edge of...
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3d ago
When Prayer Meets Real Life: Interview with Gerry Smiley, Double Lung Transplant Survivor
Speakers: Vince Klassen & Gerry Smiley It’s easy to talk about prayer and conceptions of God from a place of health, but what about when you’re on the edge of...
09-02-2025
New Prayer of Confession
Speaker: Vince Klassen As we expand our understanding of the word prayer, we begin to see it not just as a quiet wish or whispered plea to a superbeing up in...
02-02-2025
The Hands and Feet of Prayer
Speaker: Vince Klassen As we expand our understanding of the word prayer, we begin to see it not just as a quiet wish or whispered plea to a superbeing up in...
26-01-2025
Contemplative Space
Speakers: Jeff Jarvis Prayer is often seen as simply making requests to a higher power in the hope that they’ll intervene on our behalf. Last week, we challenged this view...
19-01-2025
Prayer vs the Wheelchair
Speakers: Vince Klassen This week, we embark on a profound exploration of prayer—a practice that, for many, intertwines deeply with their understanding of God, the existence of suffering, the pursuit...
12-01-2025
Pastor on the Hotseat – Jeff
Speakers: Jeff Jarvis & Bryce Ever had a question for one of our pastors but didn’t know how to ask it? Or maybe you were too scared because, let’s face...
05-01-2025
Pastor on the Hotseat – Vince
Speakers: Vince Klassen & Bryce Ever had a question for one of our pastors but didn’t know how to ask it? Or maybe you were too scared because, let’s face...
29-12-2024
Growing Pains
Speaker: Jeff Jarvis If you’re growing, you’re changing. It’s true. Especially with the spiritual journey. Certain priorities, beliefs, perspectives, attitudes, that once served us well can begin to feel constraining...
22-12-2024
Our Healthy Life
Speaker: Vince Klassen “On this final Sunday before Christmas, let’s explore how to cultivate our healthiest spiritual selves – so we can embrace the season with love, joy, and unshakable...
15-12-2024
Integration
Speaker: Jeff Jarvis The ability to learn information and recall it on demand is a coveted skill, rewarded in almost every academic and vocational setting. It can make school a...
08-12-2024
Don’t Get Angry…
Speaker: Vince Klassen Sure, Sensei James says, ‘Don’t be angry—it’ll make your Christmas better.’ Thanks for that groundbreaking insight (note the sarcasm)! We all know anger doesn’t help—but the real...
01-12-2024
Honoring our I
Speaker: Trevor Dreher We’re in the middle of our ‘Spiritual Ninja’ series, where we’re sharing the skillsets of ‘Spiritual Ninjas’ so that we can all be better in our own...
24-11-2024
The Antidote of War
Speaker: Vince Klassen We live in a world that often feels like it’s spiraling into chaos. Wars rage on every level—between nations, within our families, and even inside ourselves. These battles cost...
10-11-2024
Navigating Your Desires
Speaker: Jeff Jarvis You don’t have to look hard to find stories of relational turmoil, addiction, financial ruin and emotional pain that resulted from pleasure-seeking gone awry. Which is likely...
28-10-2024
The Skill of Good Conversations
Speaker: Vince Klassen At the core of all meaningful relationships lies conversation—a dynamic exchange between two or more people, where we delve into the richness of our differences and similarities....
27-10-2024
The Power of Seeing People (and Being Seen) Deeply
Speaker: Vince Klassen In our final week exploring How to Know a Person by David Brooks, we’ll dive into how truly seeing someone—deeply and with compassion—can become a profound spiritual practice. How...
13-10-2024
The Art of Accompaniment
Speaker: Jeff Jarvis It’s surprising how much you can get to know someone by just hanging out with them. Not asking probing, soul-level questions, but just playing or doing mundane...
06-10-2024
A Spark of the Divine
Speaker: Jeff Jarvis We all likely know someone who has a knack for making people feel seen and valuable. I shared last week about a youth leader named Brian who could...
29-09-2024
Invisible
Speaker: Jeff Jarvis There’s a profound idea, a metaphor, that has captivated us: the notion that within each of us, there exists a spark of the divine. Can you imagine...
22-09-2024
Taking Water to a Thirsty World
Speaker: Vince Klassen We've embarked on a transformative journey, asking ourselves: What isn't working in traditional religion for us? Many of us have felt the weight of an I-centric approach...