Reconnections
Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and brackish water? Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters, yield olives, or a grapevine figs?(James 3: 12a) This … Read more
Suzanne Grimmett
A home for all
The logo for this year’s Season of Creation is “Abraham’s Tent”. Abraham and Sarah opened their tent as a home for three strangers, who turned out to be God’s angels … Read more
Where are her daughters?
Where are her daughters? ©Suzanne Grimmett Many years ago I had an experience that made me realise some of my own blinkered view of the world. I came into … Read more
Afghan refugees
This week begins the Season of Creation – a season where through our liturgy and prayers we bring to the centre of our attention the beauty and diversity of life, … Read more
A Comprehensive Church
Once one of my children said that the biggest problem with the Church was that “we would let anyone in.” It was meant as a joke, but there is some … Read more
Following the energy of spirit
SERMON Sunday 22 August 2021 1 Kings 8.22-30, 8.41-43 Psalm 84 Ephesians 6.10-20 John 6.56-69 Following the energy of Spirit ©Suzanne Grimmett I don’t know of you have ever … Read more
Afghanistan
As we have watched with fear and sorrow as events have unfolded in Afghanistan, many have felt a renewed need to witness, to lament and to pray. Like me, some … Read more
Giving birth to God
Sunday 15 August Feast of Mary, Mother of our Lord Isaiah 61.10 – 62.3 The Song of Mary Galatians 4.4-7 Luke 2.1-7 Giving birth to God ©Suzanne Grimmett … Read more
Committed Love
The prophet Isaiah wrote, “Though the mountains be shaken, and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love (hesed) for you will not be shaken”. (Isaiah 54:10) As we heard of Covid cases … Read more
Transfiguration
Today is both The Feast of the Transfiguration and Hiroshima Day. George MacLeod (1895-1991) was a Celtic prophet in twentieth-century Scotland who found the Iona community and lived his life … Read more