A collect for the second week of Lent
God of dispossession,you rebuke our refusalto give up our idols,separate and safe:Send us with JesusOn the way of the cross,That we might lose our love of deathAnd take the risk … Read more
Suzanne Grimmett
Celebrating and Imagining
Last Saturday we gathered to celebrate our parish, and the way our different stories have intersect the bigger story of the life of this community. We shared conversation with others, … Read more
Transforming regret
First Sunday of Lent 21 February 2021 Genesis 9.8-17 Mark 1.9-15 Transforming regret ©Suzanne Grimmett Yesterday we gathered to tell stories. Not just any stories but our very own … Read more
What is withered in you will flower again
In “Awakening my Faith”, the Lenten study written by Bishop Jeremy Greaves, the reflection for this first week of Lent tells us the invitation of the Spirit will inevitably set … Read more
In gratitude for our sins
©Suzanne Grimmett ASH WEDNESDAY Joel 2.1-2, 12-17 Psalm 51.1-17 2 Corinthians 5.20b-6.10 Matthew 6.1-6, 16-21 17 February 2021 “Sin is behovely, but all shall be well and all shall … Read more
Start close in
When planning for the future it is tempting to imagine the place you could arrive, years down the track, when all the barriers have been removed, the possibilities you hope … Read more
Dreaming our own dreams
SERMON St Andrew’s Parish of Indooroopilly 1 Samuel 3.1-10 Psalm 139.1-5, 12-18 1 Corinthians 6.12-20 John 1.43-51 Sunday 17 January Dreaming our own dreams ©Suzanne Grimmett “He had all the … Read more
The Joy of Being a Nobody from Nowheresville
SERMON Sunday 10 January 2021 The Baptism of our Lord Genesis 1.1-5 Psalm 29 Acts 19.1-7 Mark 1.4-11 The joy of being a nobody from nowheresville ©Suzanne Grimmett “The … Read more
Falling in love with solid ground
SERMON Sunday 3 January, The Epiphany of our Lord Isaiah 60.1-6 Psalm 72.1-7, 10-14 Ephesians 3.1-12 Matthew 2.1-12 Falling in love with solid ground ©Suzanne Grimmett The turning of a … Read more
Recovering our imagination
SERMON Recovering our imagination ©Suzanne Grimmett New Year’s Eve Isaiah 11:1-3, 6-9 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 What if hope is not an idea or a feeling but a practice? If … Read more