Sermons

Julian of Norwich.  Mother’s Day 2021  John 15: 9-17   Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. From our Gospel reading, John chapter 15, verse 15’ I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s...

John 15:1-8   2021 Mulching, pruning, fruiting. I am the vine, you are the branches. Our daughter and son-in-law just bought their first house in Toowoomba. The soil is beautiful, but the mature garden was a neglected jungle which had thrived on the recent rains. He...

Sermon Easter 3B 2021 Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ. I was drawn to our 2nd reading. God has a lavish love for us. We are God’s children. What we will be has not yet been revealed. But when Jesus is revealed, we will be like...

Easter 2 B 2021  John 20 4 pictures: lockdowns aren’t always the right thing. Rubbing noses with Jesus our chief. Being honest like Thomas allows God thinks to happen. We can trust Jesus’ wounds. I am trusting you and the Holy Spirit to take what you need, and let it...

Easter Sunday 2021  Mark 16 The Gospel of Mark. You’ve been watching the first season on Netflix (or whatever). You are hooked. You’ve loved the characters. Jesus is so compelling, a mixture of tough and strong, and yet beautifully soft and compassionate. The male...

The Scapegoat Good Friday sermon.  2021 There is a board game called Scapegoat. In the game you try to get the crime pinned to someone else, while avoiding the blame yourself. Blaming others is as old as Adam. Literally. Adam stood around and said nothing while the...

Maundy Thursday.  Southport 2021 Passover meal: protection from the angel of death passing through the land. Egyptians were focused on their afterlife. Their whole economy was pushed into that. One of the things they needed to get to their afterlife was to not lose...

Christ humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even death on the cross.  Traditional part of the Lent liturgy, sung as a response to the second reading. Simple words, but full of a different sort of power to what we are usually attracted to. Philippians talks...

Lent 5B 2021  John 12: 20-33 We want to see Jesus. Hopefully that happens every time you come here to worship. Hopefully you see, hear and nourish yourself on something of Jesus. In our text this request comes from Greek speakers, representing the others, the...