The price paid for armed violence
As a child I knew Poppa had not been well for a long time. Looking back I think it is likely that my grandfather had suffered the effects of PTSD … Read more
Suzanne Grimmett
What is love?
SERMON Evensong Domestic and Family Violence Awareness Month Sunday 30 May St John’s Anglican Cathedral, Brisbane ©Suzanne Grimmett “I want to know what love is” was the cry of the … Read more
Flourishing faith communities
During 2020, the Diocesan Council, bishops and senior leadership team spent time considering and answering the following questions: What is our vision for the Anglican Church Southern Queensland over the … Read more
Risking the horizons of possibility
SERMON Pentecost Sunday 23 May 2021 Acts 2.1-21 Psalm 104.26-36 Romans 8.22-27 John 15.26-27; 16.4b-15 Risking the horizons of possibility ©Suzanne Grimmett Sometimes, I have to go looking for … Read more
Enemy of Apathy
She sits like a bird, brooding on the waters,hovering on the chaos of the world’s first day;she sighs and she sings, mothering creation,waiting to give birth to all the Word … Read more
Partnering with the God who is nowhere and everywhere
We saw his light break through the cloud of gloryWhilst we were rooted still in time and placeAs earth became a part of Heaven’s storyAnd heaven opened to his human … Read more
Write your own ending
Feast of the Ascension Acts 1.1-11 Ephesians 1.15-23 Mark 16.15-20 Write your own ending ©Suzanne Grimmett Are you the kind of person who likes a story to have a … Read more
Friends of Christ
This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Jesus Jesus calls us not as servants, but as friends. The idea of friendship with God is perhaps … Read more
Go to the limits of your longing
Go to the limits of your longing… ©Suzanne Grimmett Who or what is God and how, then, are we to live? The first letter of John seems to offer a … Read more
What is Prayer?
Just as the fish lives and moves and has its being in the water without needing to know what water is or where it came from,Just as the bird flies … Read more