The meaning is in the living
Easter Day Sermon 9:30am Eucharist ©Suzanne Grimmett There was a famously talented and innovative ballet dancer who, when asked to explain what her dance meant, answered simply, “If I … Read more
Matthew
From the darkness
©Suzanne Grimmett Reflection for the Easter Vigil We stage this moment with great fanfares and the ringing of bells, but the recording of the event that Christians believe utterly changed … Read more
The God who knows
A reflection for Good Friday ©Marian Free In the name of God, who shares our joys and triumphs, our sorrows and defeats. Amen. Several decades ago, in a Bloor Street United … Read more
The Hound of Heaven
Palm Sunday Matthew 21.1-11 Isaiah 50.4-9a Psalm 31.9-18 Philippians 2.5-11 Matthew 27.11-54 ©Suzanne Grimmett I speak of us living the story of this week…and that is true of what … Read more
The Blinding Clarity of God.
©Allana Wales Last Sunday after Epiphany – Transfiguration of Jesus Exodus 24:12-18 Psalm 22 Peter 1.16-21 Matthew 17.1-9 19th February, 2023 Exactly one year ago, the Sunday celebrating the transfiguration … Read more
The Seduction of Certainty
Deuteronomy 10.12-22 Psalm 119.1-8 1 Corinthians 3.1-9 Matthew 5.21-37 ©Suzanne Grimmett Often when I am confronted with someone who is insistent that God is a judge who one day will … Read more
What does it mean to be good?
Matthew 5: 13-20 Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Sunday 5 February ©Suzanne Grimmett What does it mean to be good? Is it about what we do…or the reasons why we do … Read more
Continually Called
Baptism of Jesus Isaiah 42:1-9, Psalm 29, Acts 10:34-43, Matthew 3:13-17 ©Kate Littmann-Kelly When I was 12 years old, I was confirmed by Bishop Ralph Wicks at Ekibin Anglican Church. … Read more
Living with longing
The Feast of the Epiphany Matthew 2.1-12 Living with longing ©Suzanne Grimmett Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at … Read more
With-ness for a world without
©Suzanne Grimmett O Emmanuel by Malcolm Guite O come, O come, and be our God-with-usO long-sought With-ness for a world without,O secret seed, O hidden spring of light.Come to … Read more