Sermons

Embodied in all creation, God labours to bring to birth a new creation and the children of God.

Flesh and matter are means of communion with God, but to set the mind on them for their own sakes denudes them of value and us of dignity.

Sin seeks to enslave our bodies, but if we will take on Christ’s yoke we are incorporated into Christ’s body for redemption.

From the desire of a baby for the breast, we can learn a lot about our need of God’s nurture.

Christ has come that we might have fullness of life, and it has cost him dearly.

A paraphrase of this ancient sermon, still preached every Easter in many Eastern Orthodox churches.

No matter how dead something is, if the Spirit of God enters, there will be new life.

Our deepest yearnings are satisfied in God, and only scratched elsewhere.

Fights and divisions in the church are a sign of how far we still have to go, but if we don’t run from them, God will use them to mature us and grow our ability to love.

The church rightly has an impact on the world, bringing out the taste of God, but it won’t come from pedantic obedience.

We are saved by our trust in God, and the only basis we are offered for our trust is the cross.

The experience of Christ crucified unites us – theories about it are more likely to divide us.