Readings: Is. 25:6-9, 1 Cor. 15:1-11 & Mk. 16:1-8 As I sat down to write this sermon, I was feeling very angry. I’d had an experience with some people, who are not involved with the church in any way, which had made me feel like there was something wrong with me, for dedicating my life to God. And it brought back memories…
We are a warm, welcoming & inclusive church in the Anglican tradition. A loving community where all people are invited to grow in relationship with God and one another.
We are a warm, welcoming & inclusive church in the Anglican tradition. A loving community where all people are invited to grow in relationship with God and one another.
Sermons on Mark
Readings: Is. 50:4–9, Ph. 2:5–11 & Mk. 15:1–39 One of the most critically acclaimed movies of this year is ‘Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri’. Kim and I saw it on Tuesday night, and the main message I took away from the movie, is “hate begets hate”, which is another way of saying that if someone takes an action against another person,…
Readings: Gen. 17:1–7, 15–16, Rom. 4:13–25 & Mk. 8:31–38. “Life wasn’t meant to be easy”. That’s what our former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser told us. I’m sure that our soon to be former Deputy Prime Minister, Barnaby Joyce, would agree with him. And I’m sure that it’s a sentiment that each of us here in church this morning have been able to…
Readings: Gen. 9:8–17, 1 Pet. 3:18–22 & Mk. 1:9–15. Did anyone pick up on what the common theme was in all three of our readings this morning? Each of the readings spoke in their own way, about spiritual cleansing associated with water. The other thing they all touched on, but which wasn’t quite as obvious as the water theme, was the theme…
Readings: 2 Kgs. 2:1–12, 1 Cor. 9:24–27 & Mk. 1:40–45. As people, we all respond differently to the events and situations we experience in life. Take the example of the story of the prophet Elisha healing Naaman of leprosy. In this story, we see the different responses of five characters to the events that unfold in the story. First, we have the…
Readings: Is. 40:21–31, 1 Cor. 9:16–23 & Mk. 1:29–39. For those of you who were here last Sunday, you might be wondering to yourself, if I am going to use today’s sermon as another opportunity to shamelessly talk about my pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The short answer is; yes. The opening verse of today’s gospel passage tells us, that having come…
Readings for Sunday 28 January 2018. The story we heard in our reading this morning from Mark’s Gospel, takes place in the synagogue in Capernaum, which provides me with the perfect opportunity, to shamelessly talk about my pilgrimage to the Holy Land. I say that, because Kim and I actually visited the site of this very synagogue! The photo you are about…
Readings: Is. 40:1–11, 2 Peter 3:8–15a & Mk. 1:1–8. Our Old Testament Reading this morning comes from the Book of Isaiah. These days, scholars agree there was one more than one author of the Book of Isaiah; in fact a number actually argue there were three. To avoid any unnecessary confusion this morning, we will assume there were two, and that both…
Readings: Is. 64:1–9, 1 Cor. 1:1–9, Mk. 13:24–37. This morning, I would like you to cast your mind back to the story of the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. What followed the Exodus, was the revelation of God to Moses and the people of Israel, at Mount Sinai, when (to quote Ex 19:18): “the mountain trembled at the presence of God”…