Faith Beyond Faith

1 Kings 19:9-18 Elijah at Mount Horeb Matthew 14:22-33 Jesus walks on the sea The life of faith is not static, achieved once for all time. We never graduate. Today, we catch a glimpse of two people, Elijah and Peter, who were pushed to take the next step on their

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Be the Garden

Isaiah 55:10-13 Watering the earthMatthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Parable of the sower Every gardener knows how to prepare the ground for seeds and water. Our spiritual life is about being the ground — ready to receive the seeds of God’s word (Matthew) and to be watered by the showers of God’s

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What Comfort?

Zechariah 9:1-12 Promise of restorationMatthew 11:25-30 My yoke is easy Jesus says, “Take my yoke upon you…for my yoke is easy…” How can it be easy to bear a yoke? Perhaps it is all based upon acceptance — of our life circumstances, rather than wasting energy on how things should

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Whole Family of God

So much of our story is about drawing lines of judgement and hatred between favoured ones and the rest. But throughout our tradition and in our world today, there is the thread of another story — one about the whole human family learning to find its wholeness together. As we

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Ending Beginning

Acts 1:6-11 The ascension of JesusJohn 17:6-11 Jesus prays for his disciples The last time Jesus was together with his disciples, he prayed for them. It is an ending moment, but it points forward to the new beginning sybolized in the ascension. Through the eyes of the soul and in

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Gate of Life

1 Peter 2:19-25 You have returned to the shepherdJohn 10:1-10 The gate for the sheep Jesus presents us with a “way” of life — a “way” to life, lived in fullness and wellness. This points us to practical questions: “how then shall we live?”. What does it mean to live

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Save Yourselves

Acts 2:14a, 36-41 Save yourselves from this corrupt generationLuke 24:13-35 The walk to Emmaus Peter enjoins the people to save themselves from the “corrupt generation”. None of us has any trouble identifying the corruption of our generation. The challenge is to recognize the solution in the way of Christ. Where

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