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A Comment on the Toronto Conference Settlement

You may have seen this if you get the email updates from the United Church Observer, or if you read one of the...
Phil Spencer
November 11, 2018
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Lent and ... Dimples.

My column for the Parksville Qualicum News, February 22, 2018. We’ve lived in our house for a good length of time...
Phil Spencer
February 26, 2018
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Praying and Preaching Politics

As I occasionally do, during the prayer time today at one of the services, I asked for input from the congregation...
Phil Spencer
January 29, 2017
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"Scales"

In Malcolm Gladwell’s bestselling book, Outliers, he makes the claim that "ten thousand hours is the magic number...
Phil Spencer
September 21, 2016
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"Done"

[A recently submitted column for the Parksville-Qualicum News]   So, I’m at the dump unloading yard waste out of...
Phil Spencer
July 24, 2016
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What We're Listening To: "Hope and Glory"

This is a new song that the early service worship team is working on, Tim Hughes' "Hope and Glory."
Adele Cave
May 30, 2016
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"Breaking News: We're Theists"

A number of congregants and friends have asked, "What's with this UC minister who claims not be believe in God?" A...
Phil Spencer
May 20, 2016
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"And That's Enough"

For some reason the local newspaper didn't run this scheduled submission for the "Faith" column this last week. And...
Phil Spencer
May 15, 2016
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What We're Listening To: "Your Grace Finds Me"

We recently introduced this song into our song/hymn list for Sunday mornings. Matt Redman, as he so regularly does,...
Phil Spencer
May 15, 2016
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What We're Listening To

Music plays a big role in our common church life, as a song can speak into our lives in a profound way. New music...
Phil Spencer
April 7, 2016

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