by maryjo | May 21, 2019 | Sermons & Reflections
John 13:31-35 | Remember: Love One Another | A reflection by Dan Spragg We are at the moment in this period of seven or so weeks following Easter where we try and make sense of who this risen Christ is for us now. Who is Christ? Where can we expect Christ to be? And...
by maryjo | May 16, 2019 | Sermons & Reflections
Psalm 23 & John 10: 22-30 The Lord is my Shepherd In my early teenage years, I used to work on my uncle’s farm in Dipton during the school holidays. Lambing used to occur usually during the holiday time and it fell to my lot to join, Doug, the farm shepherd, in...
by maryjo | May 9, 2019 | Sermons & Reflections
John 21:1-19 | The Ordinariness of Christ and the Ongoing Call to Follow A reflection by Dan Spragg. “Some disciples fished, labouring all through the night, yet they caught nothing. Just after daybreak one they did not recognise spoke hope from the shore. A...
by maryjo | May 2, 2019 | Sermons & Reflections
IN SEARCH OF TOLERANCE Psalm 118 was a hymn for the Feast of the Tabernacles. As they approach the temple, the King recalls God’s victory for his people. The despised nation of Israel had become a great power. By Jesus’ day Israel in turn had forfeited their...
by maryjo | Apr 21, 2019 | Sermons & Reflections
John 20:1-18 – Resurrection – The Invitation. A reflection by Dan Spragg. Early in the morning they were awake. Their world turned upside down. All that had been building for the past three years, overthrown in a matter of days. Now, only darkness. No wonder there...
by maryjo | Apr 16, 2019 | Sermons & Reflections
Palm/Passion Sunday- Isaiah 50:4-9a & Luke 19:28-40 Divine Irony! We are just under two weeks away from April 25th – ANZAC Day. A time when many from this nation and Australia will gather at cenotaphs and memorials around both countries, and in Turkey and other...
