Advent sermon for december 4, 2016
advent 2 Isaiah 11:1-10 Matthew 3:1-12 Advent is more than getting ready for Christmas and getting ready to look back to the birth of Jesus. Advent is also about looking […]
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sermon august 28, 2016 seats at the feast
Jesus teaches on the unlikely topic of seating at a meal today. A while ago I was at a wedding reception having pre dinner drinks when something happened that I […]
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sermon for August 21, 2016
Sermon Jeremiah 1: 4-9 It happened to me again the other night. I was at a party, chatting away to a couple of people I had just met. One of […]
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Sermon July 31, 2016 building bigger barns
In today’s gospel reading Jesus calls us back to the one essential matter. What does it mean to be rich towards God? We might say today, “What feeds the soul”? […]
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june 12 sermon – forgiveness
It is a study in contrasts between Simon the Pharisee and the unnamed woman who is simply described as a notorious sinner. Many commentators assume she is a prostitute (part […]
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sermon june 5, 2016
Luke 7:34 – 40 Movie director Woody Allen once gave the commencement address at Yale University. He stood and addressed the prestigious gathering: “Our civilization stands at the crossroads. Down […]
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sermon for may 29 (and baptism)
This sermon was preached at a service where we had a baptism and the reading was not the usual lectionary reading. October 26 Greatest commandment Matthew 22:34 – 40 I […]
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May 8 Ascension sermon
Who had to go to work last Thursday? Bit tough wasn’t it – should have been a public holiday. I mean you get a holiday for the birthday of […]
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sermon for may 1, 2016
May 1 2016 Sat week ago 17 members of the congregation responded to the invitation to meet for half a day for what we called a “mission Visioning” Day. […]
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sermon april 10 2016
April 10 Easter 3 Sometimes people are surprised to hear that I would prefer conducting a funeral to a wedding – (generally speaking). It is that I feel more useful, […]