Category Archives: Mission

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Digging Down from Ministry to Building

Digging Down from Ministry to Building

This is part 4 of a six part Stewardship series. It is beased on four texts: Ex 35:30-36:7; Ps 122; Act 5:12-16; Mat 18:1-5 & 19:13-15. 25 September 2011.

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Cultivating a Parish Vision

Cultivating a Parish Vision

This is part 2 of a six part Stewardship series. It is based on five texts: Gen 2:4-15; Ezek 47:1-12; Ps 65:8-13; Rev 22:1-5; Jn 7:37-43. 11 September 2011.

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Paul’s 3-point Programme for Living Sacrifices

Paul’s 3-point Programme for Living Sacrifices

Paul’s call for us to become living sacrifices requires us to become holy, pleasing and active. Romans 12:1-8. 28 August 2011.

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Learning to Be a Disciple

Learning to Be a Disciple

Learning entails active listening, personal appropriation and practical application, empowered by the Holy Spirit. Matthew 13:1-23. 10 July 2011.

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I Have Not Come to Bring Peace, but a Sword

I Have Not Come to Bring Peace, but a Sword

Jesus, the Prince of Peace, challenges us to live out our faith with a sense of urgency and courage. In response to this challenging reading from Matthew 10:34-39. 26 June 2011.

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The Person of the Holy Spirit

The Person of the Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit is a person with whom we can have a relationship and partner in his (or her) mission of reconciliation and peace making. Acts 2:1-21; 1 Corinthians 12:3-13; John 20:19-23. 12 June 2011.

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Being God’s Light

Here is my sermon for today. I’ve called it “Being God’s Light” even though the notion of light only comes in towards the end. Today is The Epiphany, when we remember the visit of the Magi (aka ‘the Wise Men’ or ‘the Three Kings’) to the infant Jesus and when we reflect in particular on the universal reach of the Gospel. In this sermon I try to draw aside the mythology that has built up around the Magi and uncover what kind of people they really were, and in light of that to ask why Matthew included this narrative in his Gospel of Jesus. Ultimately, I am calling for us all to take up the challenge to be God’s light in the world.

The sermon is based mostly on Matthew 2:1-12, but also on Isaiah 60:1-6 and Ephesians 3:1-12.