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 stories; the stories of this parish and how our lives and the life of this community are woven together. In his introduction, Peter Catt who … Read more
©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 be well and all manner of thing shall be well.” So said Julian of Norwich in 1343 Or we hear from Martin Luther in 1521; … Read more
2 Kings 2:1-12, Psalm 50: 1-6; 2 Corinthians 4:3-12, Mark 9:2-9 ©Archdeacon Emeritus Valerie Hoare And Jesus was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. Mark 9: 2-3. Light, dazzling, bright – not a light from some outside source but the divine light of … Read more
St Andrew’s Anglican Church | IndooroopillyThe The Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyA sermon offered by The Reverend Ann Edwards7 February 2021 Isaiah 40.21-311 Corinthians 9.16-23Mark 1.29-39 If someone approached you on a street corner, and asked you to share the Gospel, what would you feel? And what would say? It’s really difficult out of context and … Read more
St Andrew’s Anglican Church Indooroopilly ‘Listening to the many voices of God’: A Sermon offered by Lauren Martin Presentation of Christ at the Temple (January 30 and 31) Hebrews 2.14-18 Psalm Malachi 3.1-4 Luke 2.22-40 What do the unnamed little boy who is the lead character in Roald Dahl’s Witches and Frodo in Lord of … Read more
St Andrew’s Anglican Church | Indooroopilly‘OK BOOMER’: A sermon offered by The Reverend Ann EdwardsThird Sunday after Epiphany (January 23 and 24) Jonah 3:1-5, 10Psalm 62:5-121 Corinthians 7:29-31Mark 1:14-20 Today’s gospel tells the story of four young people that follow Jesus. What comes to mind when you think about young people today? There is a … Read more
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 wrong dreams, all, all wrong. He never knew who he was.” These tragic words are delivered by Biff Loman in the Arthur Miller play, “The … Read more
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 birthday of the god was for the world the beginning of the joyful messages which have gone forth because of him” Sounds like something we … Read more
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 new year can see us looking back to reflect on the one that has past and looking forward to the year that lies before us. … Read more
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 hope was active engagement rather than a thought, the most obvious ground for it to be nourished would be in courage. While fear isolates, courage … Read more