Authors: Susan Lukey


June 26, 2026

So, you have been asked to lead worship. When I do “Introduction to Worship Leadership” workshops, I always start with the same words: “You have an impossible task before you…” And then I expand with a common analogy fitting for the folks gathered, such as setting a feast where everyone...

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Alydia Smith
Susan Lukey
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May 28, 2026

Before the Thursday lunch program for those living without shelter, Mark and I would always have amazing, broad theological conversations about everything. No matter how much I prepped, it was never enough to engage Mark at his level. Our conversations always ended with, “Yes, but Alydia, will it stop me...

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Susan Lukey
Alydia Smith
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April 28, 2026

Blessings in this Easter season! Easter Sunday is now a month past. May, with its promised spring flowers, has arrived. However, in Alberta as I write this, we seem to be still in the grasp of winter. Just when we think spring is peeking through, we wake to another blast...

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Susan Lukey
Alydia Smith
Blog
March 28, 2026

The news was disturbing as we drove to church: American stealth bombers taking out nuclear sites in Iran. Hunger and death mounting in Gaza. More drone strikes in Kyiv. A hurricane, flooding, wildfires, and the list went on. We began the service, and for a moment, it seemed so absurd...

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Susan Lukey
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