MESSAGE: Third Sunday After Epiphany – C – 23 January 2022 THEMES: Epiphany is a time where we hear/see of Jesus being revealed. There is the word of God, revealed in creation and through the book of the law. There is the mission of Christ proclaimed in his reading of the scroll from Isaiah. And...
MESSAGE: Second Sunday After Epiphany – C – 16 January 2022 THEMES: Epiphany is a time where we hear of Jesus being revealed. The Wedding in Cana: a time of celebration. Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him. Isaiah’s prayer...
MESSAGE: Baptism of our Lord – C – 9 January 2022 THEMES: Baptism, empowered with the Holy Spirit! The first Sunday after Epiphany always focuses on the baptism of Jesus. This year Luke’s version of this story is the main reading. You might notice that Luke gives a very thin description of the events –...
Pursuit Leads to Growth This week we have been celebrating the incarnation – God becoming human. It’s one thing to proclaim that God has been embodied in human flesh, but it’s a completely different thing to understand what that means for us today. If the incarnation is nothing more than an interesting quirk of history,...
MESSAGE: 3rd Sunday in ADVENT 12th December 2021 THEMES: Joy/rejoice “And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do...
2nd Sunday in ADVENT 5th December 2021 THEMES: Peace The Old Testament looked expectantly for The Advent of God’s forever king, the anointed one who would bring peace to his people. Isaiah 9:6 anticipates and declares, “For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon...
THEMES: Hope – waiting, expectant And so, we reach the start of a new year in the Church Calendar – Advent Sunday. The word “Advent” means “arrival”, and in the next few weeks, we will be learning to recognise the arrival of Christ among us. This season is both a preparation for Christmas – the...
St Peter’s Anglican Church, Maroochydore – Christ the King / Last Sunday after Pentecost 21.11.2021 2 Samuel 23, 1-7 / Psalm 132, 1-12 / Revelation 1, 4b-8 / John 18, 33-37 Dear Friends, This morning, we begin with a story. It’s a fairy tale from the collection of the Brothers Grimm, though maybe not as...
As she copes with the tragedy of childlessness, Hannah, the mother of sorrows, praises God continually. After the birth of Samuel, Hannah, the mother of joy, still exults in her Lord. Her faith is a source of comfort, strength, and guidance throughout her life. The imagery of the lowly lifted up and the proud brought...
THEMES: LOVE GOD, LOVE NEIGHBOUR THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Following Christ means, among other things, becoming like Christ in self-giving love. Like the scribe, we “are not far from the kingdom of God” if we know this—but we have not yet arrived unless we do it, too. Love is perhaps the most difficult commandment: impossible...
