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SERMON St Andrew’s Parish of Indooroopilly Archdeacon Emeritus Valerie Hoare Sunday 10 May Acts 7.55-60 Ps 31.1-5, 17-18 1 Peter 2.11-25 John 14: 1-14 In the name of God who creates, redeems, and sustains. Amen. How are you going in these ‘covelly times?” As you self-isolate, hibernate at home have you found ways that let … Read more
SERMON St Andrew’s Church of Indooroopilly Fourth Sunday of Easter Sunday 2 May 2020 Acts 2:42-47 Psalm 23 1 Peter 2:1-10 John 10:1-10 The evil of good ©Suzanne Grimmett Probity, sincerity, candour, conviction, the idea of duty, are things which, mistaken, become hideous….1 These are words describing the tormented character of Inspector Javert in Victor … Read more
19 April 2020 | St Andrew’s Anglican Church | Indooroopilly Acts 2:14a, 22-32 | Psalm 16 | 1 Peter 1:3-9 | John 20:19-31 Journey, Community and Life: A Sermon delivered by The Rev’d Ann Edwards This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. NT Wright recognises in the Gospel of John … Read more
SERMON St Andrew’s Anglican Church of Indooroopilly Easter Day Sunday 12 April 2020 Acts 10.34-43 Colossians 3.1-4 Matthew 28.1-10 Resurrection is a portal ©Suzanne Grimmett I wonder how often lately you have felt, or heard expressed, the wish that things could “just return to normal”. This is driven by grief at separation from loved ones, … Read more
SERMON St Andrew’s Church of Indooroopilly Sunday 12 January 2020 The Baptism of Jesus Isaiah 42.1-9 Psalm 29 Acts 10.34-43 Matthew 3.13-17 The strange righteousness of God ©Suzanne Grimmett I once was in a church gathering where a man stood up and expressed a wish that we could just get back to teaching and following … Read more
SERMON Day of Pentecost 9 June 2019 Genesis 11.1-9 Psalm 104.26-36 Acts 2.1-21 John 14.8-17 Unity and community need more than a Babel fish. ©The Rev’d Sue Grimmett “The Babel fish”, writes Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, “is small, yellow, leech-like – and probably the oddest thing in the universe. It … Read more
SERMON Fourth Sunday of Easter Sunday 12 May Acts 9: 36-43 Psalm 23 Revelation 7: 9-17 John 10: 22-30 The voice of the beloved ©Sue Wilton Who are you? What should you be doing with your life? Have you ever followed these questions and found yourself with no answers? Or maybe just when you think … Read more
Easter 3 – 5 May 19 (St. Andrew’s Indooroopilly) Bill Crossman Readings: Acts 9: 1-6; Psalm 30; Revelation 5: 6-14; John 21: 1-19 A number of years ago now – and when I stop to think about it I’m surprised at how the number has grown – I was Rector of another St. Andrew’s – … Read more
SERMON Second Sunday of Easter Acts 5.27-32 Psalm 118:14-29 Revelation 1.4-8 John 20.19-31 ©Sue Wilton Glory with scars So the Gloria is back. If we remember, we start punctuating our liturgical responses with Alleluias. The gold in our vestments, the joyful tone of our prayers and hymns, and the move from fasting to feasting all … Read more
St Andrew’s Anglican Church of Indooroopilly SERMON Seventh Sunday after Epiphany Sunday 24 February Acts 1.14-17, 20-26 Psalm 84 Philippians 3.13-21 John 15.9-17 An unbroken chain of love ©Sue Wilton The power of choice is an amazing thing. With it we exercise some semblance of control over our world and see in our choices evidence … Read more