Grow in the telling

(no audio available this week) Psalm 97, Acts 16:16-34 Sometimes stories grow a little in the telling. For instance, if Aron was to tell you about the first time I drove the hire car in Scotland – a manual and I usually drive an automatic – the skidding and the Read more…

Missio Dei

Acts 16:6-15 As I was preparing this week, I read a commentary that said of today’s reading from Acts (the account of Paul and Silas and Timothy’s – Paul was not alone – journey through Galatia and Phrygia and along the region of Mysia and onto the city of Troas Read more…

Malawi

5th May 2019 – No Sermon recording available Preaching: Gary Moore Psalm 119:105-112, Matthew 5:17-20 Mission & The Reliability of Scripture The Yawos are a people group in Southern Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. Their history with the rest of the tribes of that area is quite complex. In the era Read more…

Anzac Day

John 20:19-31 (No sermon recording available this week) IT was the day after Jesus’ death according to John’s account, the first day of the week.  Mary had been to the tomb early that morning, seen the empty tomb, and met Jesus whom she mistook for a gardener. Peter and another disciple Read more…

Easter Sunday

Christchurch response – Luke 24:1-12, Acts 10:34-43 Last Easter Sunday, in the afternoon, Grace’s best friend came over to hang out and she said to me, “Belinda, you know about this stuff. Is Easter Sunday a really sad day for Christians?” Now I assumed the question came from her limited Read more…

Palm Sunday

  What do we want? – Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Luke 19:21-40 This week as Palm Sunday has drawn closer, I’ve been thinking about the chants you hear at protests and marches. Join in – if you know them! “Hey hey, ho ho, (eg racism) has got to go.” Or, “What Read more…

Soul Feast – Sabbath

The Sacred Art of Ceasing (no sermon recording available) Deuteronomy 5:6-21, Luke 14:1-6 Today is the last of the sermons focused on the book by Marjorie Thompson called Soul Feast. Although the chapter I am basing my sermon on comes in the middle of the book, it seems appropriate that it Read more…