Reflection 1 February – Jesus Redefines Our Understanding of ‘The Good Life’ – Rev. Luke Blackbeard
Matthew 5:1-12 Jesus redefines our understanding of ‘the Good Life’ Introduction These words in the first 12 verses of Matthew 5 begin the Sermon on the Mount, roughly 2000 words that are some of the most recognisable and universally appealing teachings of Jesus...
Reflection 4 January – Rev. Luke Blackbeard – What Child Is This?
John 1:1-18 - Second Sunday of Christmas What child is this? Introduction There’s a Christmas carol set to the tune of Greensleeves, I’m sure many of you know it, What Child is this? It captures the wonderings of the shepherds and the Magi looking at this small,...
Reflection 14 December – Unmet Expectations in the Waiting – Rev. Luke Blackbeard
Matthew 11:2-19 Unmet expectations in the waiting - The Kingdom of Jesus isn’t always easy to see. Introduction In this season of Advent, we are reminded that we are waiting. On a small scale, we are waiting for Christmas. But our waiting for Christmas and the...
Reflection 2 November – Ephesians – Rev. Luke Blackbeard
Ephesians 6:21-24 Introduction Two weeks ago, I said we were concluding our journey through Ephesians. Except that we hadn’t covered these last few verses, Paul’s concluding greetings. The funny thing about reading the New Testament Letters is that, because of the way...
Reflection 19 October – Ephesians 6: 10 – 20 – Rev. Luke Blackbeard
Ephesians 6:10-20 Introduction I wonder if you’ve ever worn any armour in your life? I know I have. Not any armour made of metal plates. But I’ve worn other sorts of armour. When you boil it down, armour is meant to be protective. Or at least, give us the illusion of...
Reflection 5 October – The Household Code – Joy Kingsbury – Aitken
The Household Code in Ephesians by Joy Kingsbury-Aitken Back in May, on Mother’s Day, I spoke about the rise of the Trad Wife movement among young evangelical Christian women. Much to my surprise that sermon generated considerable interest. Today’s text is...
Reflection 14 September – Growing Up in Christ is Living our One Calling – Rev. Luke Blackbeard
Ephesians 4:1-16 Growing up in Christ is living our ‘One’ Calling - Week 8 Introduction Remember our cake analogy we’d been using to describe the structure of the book of Ephesians? It reads sort of like a recipe, The first half is like the ingredients, the second...
Reflection 7 September – Growing Up in Christ – Rev. Luke Blackbeard
Ephesians 3:14-21 - Growing up in Christ - Week 7 Working out the dimensions of Christ’s love Introduction We’re back to Ephesians this week, our last week in Chapter 3, so while we're more than halfway through the series, after today, we’re halfway through the book...
Reflection 24 August – The Mystery of God Made Known -Rev. Luke Blackbeard
Ephesians 3:1-13 - Growing up in Christ Week 6 The Mystery of God made known Introduction Well, we are officially halfway through our Ephesians series. Week 6 of 12. We’ll be taking a short break next week for our 5th Sunday Creative service and feast, but then we’ll...
Reflection 17 August – Rev. Josh Olds
Ephesians 2:11-22 / The Village, Sunday 17th August 2025 / Rev. Josh Olds / Unity: The Prequel This morning we continue our journey through Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Now, we’re still in the first half of the letter, and if you’ve been with us on the journey...