“The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:31 The myth of ‘good people’ can be a damaging one that allows for terrible things to happen. Most of us probably would consider ourselves good people, we care for others, we aren’t entirely selfish, we attend worship, pray, confess our sins and all in all we would probably be deemed ‘good’ people, well-meaning and well-intentioned people. And for the most part, we are, I would hazard … [Read more...]
Invited to the Feast – Sermon for October 11th 2020
Later in the service after communion we will say together: Glory to God, whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory to God from generation to generation in the Church and in Christ Jesus, for ever and ever. Amen We say this doxology, together every Sunday at the close of our service of Holy Communion, and what a way to end our services it is. In it we collectively affirm, celebrate and proclaim God’s glory and power working in us, through the … [Read more...]
New Life – Baptism of Christ Sunday, 2020
“See, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth, I tell you of them.” – Isaiah 42:9 “Gone by 2040? Statistics report wake-up call to church, says primate” If you receive the Anglican Journal or you happened to read one here in our entryway before they were taken, you would have been confronted by this shocking headline, on the front page of our church’s national newspaper. The article is a response to statistics which were recently released … [Read more...]
Sermon for Lent 5 – April 7th 2019
Are you an “Early Adopter?” It’s a term that describes someone who is one of the first to buy and try some new piece of technology. Early Adopters are the first customers. They are always eager and willing to try new things, especially new gadgets. On a bell-curve of who buys a new tech gadget, first there are the Innovators, the people who create and market the items. Then come the Early Adopters, the first people in town to own one. If you have a “Smart speaker” like an Amazon Alexa … [Read more...]
Repent and Live – Sermon for Lent 3
*Audio Available at the bottom of the page* During the season of Lent we rightly focus on repentance and the call for us to confess our sins and such. It is a season of prayer and fasting, a season where we can assess our lives of faith and discipleship, determine where we are lacking and areas where we need to grow – on Ash Wednesday we are encouraged to observe a holy lent, by self-examination, penitence, prayer, fasting and almsgiving and meditating on the word of God. Repentance … [Read more...]
Feast and Famine
How many of you have given something up for Lent this year? Or perhaps some of you have taken on a new discipline? We’re here on the third Sunday of Lent, near the mid-point of the season, so how’s it going? Or if not this year have you given up something in past years? … [Read more...]
Stories Don’t End
Today as we celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, let us remember our own baptisms. Let us remember that in Baptism we are invited into God's Story and to set our sights on the beginning and the end, the Alpha and the Omega, Jesus Christ. … [Read more...]
Shine a Light
This sermon explores what we celebrate on the Feast of the Epiphany of our Lord, using the text of Isaiah 60:1-6. May the light of Christ so shine in your light, that others can't help but see it. … [Read more...]
Road to Joy
Today on this third Sunday of Advent we explore what it means for Joy to be at the heart of God's Story. … [Read more...]
Don’t you know? Haven’t you heard?… Have you forgotten?
A sermon prepared by our guest preacher the Rev. Bethany McCaffrey, exploring theological amnesia, and God's promise that he is with us always, even in the moments where we forget. May you know God is with you, today and forevermore. … [Read more...]