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Theme: God: The Rumours Persist - Words for Weary Pilgrims

• Mid-Life Beginnings
• Higher End Believing
• Seeing Life Through Different Eyes
• Cheating Death in Bethany

Theme: Shopping for a Messiah

Theme: Seasons for the Soul

Theme: 1st Century Treasures for 21st Century Shoppers - What Jesus Brings to the Christmas Table

• Sightings ... of an Irrepressible God - Bishop Hockin
• Believing Again ... in a World that has Given Up - Dr. Craig
• A Second Track ... in a One Track World - Bishop Hockin
• Back Up ... When all Systems Fail - Dr. Craig

Theme: From Heartbreak to Hope

• Lent - Famous Last Words
  • Father, Forgive Them - Bishop Hockin
  • My God, My God, Why? - Dr. Craig
  • Lord, Remember Me? - Dr. Craig
  • Into Your Hands - Bishop Hockin
• Easter - A Season to Celebrate
  • God's Great Come Back - Bishop Hockin
  • Someone Real to Hold On To - Bishop Hockin
  • All Dressed Up and Somewhere To Go - Bishop Hockin

Theme: The Business of Bethlehem

• Bailout - For a Broken Humanity
• Bonuses - For Those Who Never Get Them
• Building - Your Social Capital

Theme: A Question of Doubt

• Religion - violence or virtue?
• Genesis and Darwin - can we talk?
• Prayer - does it make any difference?
• How could "any" God love me?
• Where am I - the day after I die?

Theme: The Lost Stories of Christmas

• The Prophet - Who Invented Carol Services
• Prenatal Class - In Galilee
• Seven Nobodies - Who Changed the World
• He's Coming Back - An Inconvenient Truth?

Theme: What to Believe? Straight-Up Spirituality for Confusing Times

• What Stephen Lewis, the Dalai Lama and Jennifer Lopez have in Common
• Locating God: The Exotic Destinations
• Anne Rice's "New Best Friend"
• A Big Breath of Fresh Air
• Connecting to the Heavenly Network

Theme: The Advent Advantage – Strategic Shopping for Chrismas

• PEACE in a 9/11 World
• JOY in a Kingdom of Thingdom
• HOPE in a Culture of Loss
• JESUS in a Multi-Faith World

Theme: Finding Connections in a Disconnected World

• When He Calls You by Name (Luke 19)
• When He Wipes Your Tears Away (Luke 7)
• When He Fills Your Empty Nets (Luke 5)
• When He Forgives Your Painful Past (Mark 2)
• When He Touches Where It Hurts (Mark 7)

Theme: Fresh Revelations About the Lights of December

• A Prophet - Who Never Made a Profit
• A Census - That Changed the World
• A Little Child - With Great Connections
• A Love - That Won't Let Go

Theme: Living Securely with Insecurity

• Loving - When the Dream is Shattered
• Surviving - Your Crazy, Mixed Up Family
• Forgiven - By the One Who Loves You
• Healing - The Wounds of a Dark and Hurtful Past
• Pressing On - To God Knows Where

Theme: The Bethlehem Advantage

• The Gospel of the Second Chance
• The Gabriel Code
• The Gift We All Can Afford
• Spirituality with Legs

Theme: Stories that Shape the Soul

• The Eden Affair
• The Grasshopper Syndrome
• Surviving Babylon
• The Lazarus Factor
• Cataracts of the Soul
• Gethsemane Moment

Theme: Finding the Really "Good Life"

• Finding a Better Merlot (Wedding at Cana - John 2)
• Mid Life Beginnings (Nicodemus - John 3)
• A Friend Who Tells You the Truth (The Samaritan Woman - John 4)
• Soul Food that Satisfies (Feeding the Five Thousand - John 6)

Theme: More Tales of an Extravagant God

• The Fickle Fields of the Human Heart (Parable of the Sower - Mark 4)
• Hands in the Cookie Jar (Parable of the Shred Manager - Luke 16)
• You Can't Take It With You, But... (Parable of the Rich Fool - Luke 12)
• Party Time in Heaven (Parable of Lost Sheep - Luke 15)
• Field of Dreams and Disappointments (Parable of the Weeds Among the Wheat - Matthew 13)
• The Fine Print on Forgiveness (Parable of the Unforgiving Servant - Matthew 18 )

Theme: Messiah (based on bible texts used in the Christmas section of Handel's Messiah)

• Giving Peace a Chance (He Shall Speak Peace to the Nations - Zechariah 9:10)
• When Healing Hurts (He Shall Purify - Malachi 3:1-3)
• Highly Effective Leadership (He Shall be Called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace - Isaiah 9:6)
• Chairs in the Aisles (He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd - Isaiah 40:11)

Theme: Tales of an Extravagant God

• Surprised by the Best (Parable of the Prodigal Son - Luke 15)
• A Menu Martha Stewart Would Die For (Parable of the Great Banquet - Luke 14)
• Getting the Most Out of Church (Parable of the Two Men Who Prayed - Luke 18)
• Being a BIG-Hearted Person (Parable of the Good Samaritan - Luke 10)
• Bonanza at the Eleventh Hour (Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard - Matthew 20)
• God's Best and Final Offer (Parable of the Tenants - Luke 20)

Theme: How Then Shall we Live?

• Taking a Road Less Travelled
• Living the Centred Life
• Being a "Who" - Down in "Whoville"
• Dusting Off the Good Book

Theme: Where is God When it Hurts? Series on the Book of Job

• Dealing with Pain
• Do We Get ... What we Deserve?
• Is There Anyone Out There for Me
• Is God Really in Control
• Seeing the World through Tear Stained Glasses
• Job Meets Jesus

Theme: Stories of Christmas from the Four Gospels

• Mark - Christianity without Christmas?
• Luke - A Questionable Pregnancy
• Matthew - The Stranger in Joseph's House
• John - The Nakedness of God