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...
by maryjo | Oct 22, 2019 | Sermons & Reflections
Luke 17:11-19 a reflection by Dan Spragg Karl Barth, a German Minister and Theologian who ministered in Germany during the early to middle part of the 20th Century said, that the basic human response to God is gratitude. Not trembling or fear, not guilt or dread, but...
by maryjo | Oct 17, 2019 | Sermons & Reflections
Gen 32:22-32, Luke 9:18-24 Commitment or choice – family or restaurant? Sermon by Anne Stewart How many of you can remember being called names, other than those your parents gave you, when you were younger? It seems to be a thing with children doesn’t it. I’m...
by maryjo | Oct 8, 2019 | Sermons & Reflections
1 Timothy 6:6-19 & Luke 16:19-31 Take hold of life Reflection by Mart the Rev Let me start with a declaration, much as I did last July when the Rich Man & Lazarus parable came up in our year-long parable series: I am more the rich man in the story than I am...
