by maryjo | Oct 23, 2024 | sermon
Mark 10:32-45 – The Request of James and John Introduction This reading from Mark 10 is probably one we’ve heard a few times before. It’s also pretty straightforward, isn’t it? We can see that the heart of this passage is the revelation that Life under the rule...
by maryjo | Oct 15, 2024 | sermon
James 3: 1-10 & Mark 10:17-31 Challenged by Jesus It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. (Mark 10:25) This week I was reading an article from “Sojourners” a Christian group based in the USA which...
by maryjo | Oct 7, 2024 | sermon
The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed. It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. ‘Tis mightiest in the mightiest. It becomes the throned monarch...
by Bryndwr Administrator | Sep 23, 2024 | sermon
Reflection -Mountains Matter 22 September 2024 Christine Arnold, Linda Cowan (Christine) Mountains are generally solid and permanent features of our landscape. They have formed over centuries and do not change significantly during a human lifetime. Though we do...
by Bryndwr Administrator | Sep 9, 2024 | sermon
Sunday 8th September 2024 Pentecost 15 James 2:1-10 & 14-17 & Mark 7:24-37 Open Up! One of the criteria considered by our Immigration Service when consideration is being given as to whether a person can reside in New Zealand on a permanent basis is...
by Bryndwr Administrator | Sep 2, 2024 | sermon
Reflection: God saw that it was very good, by Joy Kingsbury-Aitken, 1 September 2024, Planet Earth Sunday The first chapter of Genesis is neither history nor science and yet it is profoundly true. It is pre-scientific poetry, acknowledging God as the creator of...