by Dan Spragg | Oct 4, 2022 | Sermons & Reflections
Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 & John 16:12-15 – Caught up in the divine dance A reflection by Dan Spragg This part of John’s gospel is located in what is known as Jesus’ farewell discourse. Chapters 14-17 find us listening in on Jesus’ final teaching to his...
by Dan Spragg | Aug 15, 2022 | Sermons & Reflections
Hebrews 11:29-12:2 & Luke 12:49-56 Disrupted into a new wayA reflection by Dan Spragg This is one of those texts that preachers really wish they never had to deal with! I admit to emitting a sigh when I realised that I’d drawn the short straw and this was the text...
by Dan Spragg | Jul 25, 2022 | Sermons & Reflections
Luke 11:1-13- Teach us to [live!] pray a reflection by Dan Spragg We’re back on the bus with the disciples and Jesus out and about on tour learning how he does things, working out how to imitate the way of their master. I can imagine this conversation taking place on...
by Dan Spragg | Jul 18, 2022 | Sermons & Reflections
Luke 10:38-42 – Mary & Martha – worry & distraction a reflection by Dan Spragg Apparently the attention span of Goldfish is 9 seconds. So here’s a question: who has the longer attention span, a goldfish or a person? Well, it used to be a person, at...
by Dan Spragg | Jun 27, 2022 | Sermons & Reflections
Matt 13:1-9, 18-23 – Matariki & the Parable of the Sower A Reflection by Dan Spragg Matariki has been called our first truly New Zealand holiday – one that we have not borrowed or co-opted from some other place. A holiday for all Aotearoa to celebrate...
