The hidden wholeness at the heart of everything
Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost Exodus 33:12-23 Psalm 99 1 Thessalonians 1.1-10 Matthew 22.15-33 Sunday 22 October 2023 ©Suzanne Grimmett How do you, in your life, give to God what … Read more
Matthew
Yes to life.
©Rev’d Richard Browning Readings Exodus 32:1-14 and Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23 Philippians 4:1-9 Matthew 22:1-14 Context: Referendum and Australia says no. Gaza and the bloody conflict, Israel and Hamas Introduction What … Read more
Listen to another parable
The Parable of the Wicked Tenant Farmers: Matthew 21:33-46 ©Kate Littmann-Kelly Through our lectionary readings for Sunday this year, we have been working our way through the Gospel of Matthew … Read more
Authors of our own discontent
17th Sunday after Pentecost Exodus 16:2-15 Philippians 1: 21-30 Matthew 20: 1-16 ©Suzanne Grimmett “Over a long time, the coming and passing of several generations, the old farm had … Read more
Living in a world of forgiveness
Exodus 14:19-31 Psalm 114 Romans 14:1-14 Matthew 18:21-35 ©Lauren Martin Being hurt, hurts – and as we know, relationships are messy. Throughout any given relationship we will more than likely … Read more
Love is the fulfilment
Love does no wrong to a neighbour. Therefore, love is the fulfilment of the law. If love is the fulfilment, as St Paul writes in the letter to the Romans, … Read more
The Spirit of Organisation
©Suzanne Grimmett 11th Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 37.1-4, 12-28 Psalm 105.1–6, 105.16–22 Romans 10.4-15 Matthew 14.22-36 ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!’ In a time … Read more
Flow of grace, voice of truth
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 29.15-28 Psalm 138 Romans 8.26-39 Matthew 13.44-58 ©Suzanne Grimmett Water is a great gift of life for which we are grateful to have flowing, hot … Read more
The Ecology of Grace
Genesis 28.10-19a Romans 8.12-25 Matthew 13.24-33, 36-43 Sunday 23rd of July 2023 ©Suzanne Grimmett I have spent the past month moving from the desert, to the rainforest, to the … Read more
Cry, the beloved country
Genesis 25.19–34 Psalm 119.105–112 Romans 8.1–11 Matthew 13.1-9, 13.18-23 By Rev’d Richard Browning Introduction – Cry, the beloved country Beware the preacher and their recently read book? You be the … Read more