Sermons
Our weekly sermons
Ecclesiastes: cynical, jaded lifestyle, from too much of everything.
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind. Ecclesiastes 2:14 It’s fascinating that this book is part of our sacred scripture. It’s the bored dissatisfaction of a rich, successful king who has a...
Prayer – as natural as breathing.
Prayer – as natural as breathing. We are God’s children, so talking with God and being with God is just the way we live. Do you find that you naturally are talking to God about some things, or asking for help at times during the day? Jesus is a prayer word, not a...
Keeping your roots in good soil – daily contact with God’s life-giving Word.
At the big service on Sunday (baptisms, first communions, lots of visiting families with younger children) we had a run-away plant that wanted to go and have lots of wonderful experiences, rather than be stuck in the same, boring ground. Of course the children could...
Good Samaritan -a Killer Story
…when he saw him, the Samaritan took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. Luke 10:33-34 Jesus could have made the victim a despised Samaritan,...
Getting a new perspective that helps you do better. Stalingrad Madonna.
For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her knees.” Isaiah 66:12 The people were shattered after the destruction of the temple...
Bonhoeffer on Christian Freedom – trusting that God’s got us.
You are called to freedom. Galatians 5:13 German Lutheran pastor and theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, was executed by the Nazis in the dying days of WW2, for actively plotting against Hitler. From 1933, before many others took any action, he actively spoke out against...
Piggies all gone (along with a legion of unclean spirits).
When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet,...
Survival as an act of creativity.
I was there, before anything was created. I was beside him when everything was made. I delighted in it all, and in the people he created. Lady Wisdom working with God in Proverbs 8. God made everything wisely and well, Proverbs 8 tells us. In spite of everything,...
Extravagant Love and Care
Mary took about half a litre of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. John 12:3 Lazarus had just been restored to life, after 3 days in the grave. No...
