Sermons

The Word has become flesh to redeem us. Now our redeemed response must become flesh.

Preparing the way of the Lord is not just a temporary clean-up for the visitor, but an embracing of the new possibilities that are opening to us.

We are called to live the lifestyle of the era that has not quite dawned – values found in Jesus Christ that will bring life to the world.

The values Christ calls us to live by can (for most people) only be lived in community with the saints, past and present.

Christian discipleship is about fully living the faith you have, and it is a basic human duty, not a cause for special commendation.

Real life is found in a trusting relationship with God, but the greatest obstacle to that is a culture of trusting money and we will only be able to avoid that if we fight it together.

The search for meaning and fullness of life without cost, risk or struggle is futile, but the Kingdom is still a free gift, given by God, to all who will accept it.

The three most valuable helps for those who would learn to pray are, 1) an experienced mentor or spiritual director,  2) the use of well prepared set prayers, and 3) perseverance.

Our experience of being reconciled to God through Christ provides the inspiration and the model for the work of reconciliation across the various divides within our world.

Our perception of things can be distorted by the context in which we see them. Jesus constantly challenges our misperceptions by challenging us to look at things through a different frame. It is only by constant reference to Jesus and to the ways that he looked at things that we learn to see ourselves and our surrounds more realistically.

Our bodies are integral to who we are and are destined for resurrection and glorification, but the fracturing of the integrity of creation affects us too in ways that mean we often find our bodies at war with our spirits. The pathway to sanctification involves a reintegration of body and spirit, and sometimes that means denial and disciplining of physical desires.

People judge one another by their conformity to certain expectations (which vary from group to group), but God is only interested in our willingness to come into the loving intimacy he offers to all.