by maryjo | Dec 18, 2019 | Sermons & Reflections
Advent 3 Isaiah 9:1-7 Choose Joy Reflection by Mart the Rev I came across a lovely Michael Leunig cartoon with his version of the Good King Wenceslas carol. I sung it to Parish Council the other night. Can you imagine how thrilling that was for them? The looks of...
by maryjo | Dec 3, 2019 | Sermons & Reflections
Advent Sunday Isaiah 2:1-5 In the days to come Reflection by Mart the Rev The countdown begins! Christmas is coming. We all know what that means in terms of focus and energy – presents, food, heat, travel or travelers, fatigue, and then rest…until the Boxing...
by maryjo | Nov 28, 2019 | Sermons & Reflections
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 & Colossians 1:15-20 Our identity is God’s work: and God is big enough to handle it all a reflection by Dan Spragg Do you remember your baptism? I suspect many of you won’t, being that you were probably a little young to be forming conscious...
by maryjo | Nov 22, 2019 | Sermons & Reflections
Luke 18:15-17 Make room for the kingdom guides Reflection by Mart the Rev Recently I enjoyed a creative conversation with Geoff New, one of our teachers at the Knox Centre for Ministry & Leadership in Dunedin. Geoff was bouncing off a poem I had written...
by maryjo | Nov 12, 2019 | Sermons & Reflections
Jeremiah 29:1-7 & 1 John 3:11,18-24 ‘With & Among’ Reflection by Mart the Rev Samuel Wells, the vicar at St Martin’s in the Fields in London, tells two stories from ministry contexts he has worked in that have shaped his thinking about the role of the church...
by maryjo | Nov 6, 2019 | Sermons & Reflections
Luke 6:27-36 Wilful disobedience at Parihaka Reflection by Martin Stewart ‘If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. Give to everyone who begs from you; and if anyone takes away...
