5th Sunday after Trinity June 27th St Andrew’s Indooroopilly Fr Richard Browning Readings: First reading and Psalm 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 Psalm 130 Second reading 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 Gospel Mark 5:21-43 Key image/movement: Moving towards the threshold. Reaching out with empty hands. Prayer: O Christ for whom we search, our help when all help is … Read more
1 Samuel 17.57-18.5 Psalm 9.9-20 2 Corinthians 5.6-10, 5.14-17 Mark 4.35-41 Whatever it is that keeps widening your heart ©Suzanne Grimmett Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith? These words on Jesus’ lips in the midst of the stormy sea might prompt us to ask ourselves the same questions. Where do you find … Read more
SERMON Sunday 13 June 1 Samuel 15.34-16.13 2 Corinthians 5.6-10, 5.14-17 Mark 4.26-34 The persistent power of bees, seeds and trees ©Suzanne Grimmett I had bee hives when I used to live outside the city, and they were a source of fascination to me. The total commitment to the life of the hive, the skill … Read more
We believe in one God… 5 June 2021 4th Sunday of Easter 1 Samuel 8.4-11, 16-20; 11.14-15 Psalm 138 2 Corinthians 4.13-5.1 Mark 3.20-35 ©Lauren Martin We as Christians share in the belief that it is through Jesus Christ that we have the forgiveness of sins. The bonds of sin and death have ended! In … 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
SERMON Trinity Sunday St Andrew’s Parish of Indooroopilly 7 June 2020 Exodus 34.1-8 2 Corinthians 13.11-13 Matthew 28.16-20 Christianity cannot be grasped ©Suzanne Grimmett Today is jokingly referred to as “Choose your heresy Sunday”. It is the day where preaching rights are traditionally given to theological students and curates or, if you get lucky, a … Read more
SERMON Lent 4 31 March 2019 Joshua 5:2-12 Psalm 32 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:11-32 ©Sue Wilton The Extravagance of Reconciliation Context, as they say, is everything. The very famous parable of what is popularly referred to as “The Prodigal Son” is the third of a series of stories Jesus tells about something being lost; … Read more