HAPPY EASTER IN YOU! How are we living the resurrection? One of the biggest questions we must face as followers of Christ is that of how our faith interacts with the crises in our world, and our engagement with them. The reality is that we live in a world of struggling and sorrow and of...
THEME: ABUNDANT LIFE – ALL OUR NEEDS are met HAPPY EASTER IN YOU! How are we living the resurrection? This week the readings offers a wonderful and rich connection of ideas. In this season of the resurrection, the life of Christ is still uppermost in our minds, and Jesus’ promise that he has come to...
THEME: Resurrected Life – come Jesus, Easter in us!! Christ is Risen. He is Risen indeed! Alleluia. The Christian celebration of Easter invites us into the heart of the mystery of love. L-O-V-E love that’s why. We call it the paschal mystery of our faith – the dying and rising of Christ, showing us a...
THEME: Hosanna, Crucify Him This last Sunday in Lent heralds the triumphal entry into Jerusalem with Jesus the liberator. This Sunday also ushers in the beginning of Holy Week and what feels like defeat as we face the consequences of standing up to unjust authority. Hosanna – means, “Save us” Saved from what? Saved for...
Rev Tania writes: The readings for Lent 5 are a prophecy. In this last week of Lent, as we prepare to move into Holy Week, we are given a prophecy of the resurrection to come for Christ. But, before Jesus can get to the glory, there is a lot of suffering and sacrifice to be...
Blindness and sight, light and darkness, rejection of those in power and anointing of those who are unknown – these are the threads in the Lectionary readings of this week. The heart of the theme is this: how do we choose to see? Samuel is tempted to look at Jesse’s sons in an ordinary human...
THEME: Jesus is the Living Water Hope can be in short supply when you are wandering in the desert not knowing if or when you will arrive at your destination; when you are a woman shunned by your community, when your community is not listening to God’s voice. But hope takes many forms—water in the...
The clear focus of this week’s readings is the idea of faith or believing. Abram, believing God’s promise, sets out from his home to a new land. The Psalm expresses deep faith in the God who protects and cares for God’s people. Paul emphasises Abraham’s faith as the doorway into relationship with God, and invites...
THEME: Lent: repent of your sins and return to the Lord. We are moving in the direction of the Realm/Kingdom of God and today’s readings point to that which we are tempted to work against the values and practices of the Realm/Kingdom of God The central ideas for this first Sunday in Lent are temptation,...
MESSAGE: 19 February 2023 THEME: Transformation Time to embrace the mystery of the divine incarnate and accept the invitation to be transformed ourselves Complete transformation – how has the promise of Christmas transformed you? Are you prepared for Lent? Context Peter declares Messiah Jesus predicts death. Peter denies death Jesus revealed in glory of...
