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…
Altered Reality There is an apocryphal story told of the Apostle Peter in which he one day encounters a blind man by the roadside begging. Peter, taking pity on the man, pauses before him, touches his eyes, and in the name of the risen Christ, heals the man of his Read more…
Why do we gather for worship? Psalm 92, Hebrews 10:19-25 Mark 12:29-30 (you shall love the Lord your God…) “When Jesus identifies this as the greatest commandment, he sets worship at the centre of human life. Worship, as full-hearted love of God, is meant to permeate our lives” (Marjorie Thompson, Read more…
Share God’s love and justice/Soul Feast – Amos 5:18-24 & Luke 10:38-42 As a tool for understanding the world around us, human beings are drawn to dichotomies– dividing things into two different or opposing parts; good and evil, the body and the soul, civilised and uncivilised, South Canberra and North Read more…
10 February 2019 Hospitality … It is something that we do, it is something anchored in the Gospel story, it is a strong thread in the Judeo-Christian tradition in terms of table fellowship, it is welcoming, it is as Marjorie Thompson in ‘Soul Feast’ describes receiving another from the heart, Read more…
3 February 2019 1 Corinthians 11: 23-25 Up until the middle of 2013, when we began to have communion earlier at the 10:30 service so the children and youth and Sunday School teachers could participate, my son Zach had not seen that many communion services. And, after a few months Read more…