Sunday 17 January 2021 – Following and Seeing
Rev. John Morrison Readings: John 1:43-51 (NRSV) with reference to Psalm 139. I’ve been with you just over a year now. Kristine and I arrived the week before SMAD2020 and SMAD2021 starts tomorrow. Two Sundays after SMAD, with most Church and Community Centre groups about to commence for the year, Read more…
Sunday 10 January 2021 – Let all creation dance
10 Jan – Let all creation dance! – Genesis 1:1-5, Mark 1:4-11 The opening lines of Genesis – so familiar to us – are full of drama and energy – and even dance! “In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void Read more…
Sunday 3 January 2021 – We are the magi
We are the magi – Isaiah 60:1-6 and Matthew 2:1-12 Courtesy of quarantine, it was a very quiet Christmas at my house. As far as I know there were no nativity scenes in our back shed. Or shepherds popping in. Or choruses of angels. But there were people bringing – Read more…
Sunday 20 December 2020 – What’s love got to do with it?
______________________________________________________________________________ Readings: 2 Samuel 7:1-11,16 and Psalm 89:1-4,19-29 (NRSV) Introduction Over the last 3 weeks, we have reflected on the themes of hope, peace and joy and how they are related to the birth of Jesus. They have been the themes in our Sunday services and also in the Advent Read more…
Sunday 13 December 2020 – Sowing Joy
Sowing Joy – Psalm 126, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 Two weeks ago on the 7:30 Report on the ABC there was a beautiful story of a couple, Grace and David Quast, who decided to get married on their property in Crooble, near Moree, in September last year, during the drought. As Read more…
Sunday 6 December 2020 – Messengers of peace
6 December 2020 Messengers of Peace – Isaiah 40:1-11 Mark 1:1-8 There is a transcript for this sermon but wordpress and I are having some serious disagreements about uploading it, so if you would like a copy please just email office@canbap.org and I will send it through to you. Sorry Read more…
Sunday 29 November 2020 – A Wild Ride
Mark 13 Talk to my children and they will tell you I am not a fan of wild rides. Talk to them a little longer and they will tell you what I call a ‘wild ride’ is pretty tame. And then you won’t be able to stop them. They’ll be Read more…
Sunday 22 November 2020 – The Shepherd King
Readings: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 and Ephesians 1:15-23 (NRSV) Introduction I’ve been reading some interesting stories during the week, about kings in disguise – kings who disguised themselves as commoners so that they could more freely move around amongst their people. Some of these stories are ancient myths or legends, some Read more…