I was thinking about today being Mother’s Day and about all those people who have a nurturing role in the lives of others and how Jesus’ prayer for his disciples intersects with our desires for those we nurture.
April 6 Easter 2 Year B
We were joined by the Reverend Greg Jenks. Here is the link to his sermon.
Third Sunday in Lent
Second Sunday in Lent
First Sunday in Lent
Let’s cast our minds back to the flood.
There is a parallel in every ancient culture. A very similar story to ours appears in the Epic of Gilgamesh from Mesopotamia, about 4000 years old. There are some important things we should notice about the ancient world and why the God of the Israelites was so counter-cultural.
Final Sunday after Epiphany - Transfiguration
I do confess myself to be a little apprehensive about my sermon today, because it might be a little challenging…
Paul says that the ‘god of this world’ keeps people in darkness. I think that we have seen a fair bit of darkness in the world in the last couple of years. It’s not easy seeing wars, and genocides, and all kinds of sickness that happen in the world. I think sometimes (no, I know!) when it happens on your back doorstep, we feel it so much more. When children murder people, the world seems very, very, dark. So the question is, where is the light? Because it is in very, very, dark places that the light has opportunity to shine even more brightly.
Third Sunday after Epiphany
Have you ever heard the saying: God does not call the equipped, God equips the called?
We see it time and again in the scriptures. Noah, Moses, David, today we hear of Peter and Andrew, James and John.
We could possibly add, God calls the recalcitrant when thinking of Jonah.
And maybe, God calls the dogmatically zealous when thinking about Paul.