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Baptism - Being Beloved
There is a holy and life giving tension at the centre of the story of the Baptism of Jesus (especially in the account by Luke) but we are...

Reverend Sue
Jan 85 min read


Epiphany - Revealing and Redeeming the Darkness
The ancient image of a people walking in great darkness upon whom God will shine a bright light, and through them to all the nations,...

Reverend Sue
Jan 24 min read


Growing in Grace
We know so little about the birth and even less about the early years of Jesus that this story from Luke holds great significance. As a...

Reverend Sue
Dec 27, 20244 min read


Christmas - All Flesh is Sacred
At the end of a year in which we have seen terrible war, the politics of hate and division, natural disasters, climate change spiralling...

Reverend Sue
Dec 24, 20243 min read


Advent Four - Saying Yes to God
At last – the Christmas story as we know it starts to come into focus. Mothers and holy infants are gathering. The love of God expressed...

Reverend Sue
Dec 18, 20245 min read


Advent Three - We are made for Joy
To claim that we are made for Joy is quite a claim at any time but especially this year when lament and weeping may seem more natural...

Reverend Sue
Dec 11, 20244 min read


Advent Two - Prepare the Way
The prophets remind us that God is always making a way toward us; making a way forward from out of the trouble we find ourselves in...

Reverend Sue
Dec 4, 20244 min read


Advent One - Awake but not Alarmed
“There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and...

Reverend Sue
Nov 27, 20246 min read


Preaching the Good News in Year C - The Gospel of Luke
For those of us who identify as progressive, inclusive, feminist, and with a social justice concern for those on the margins of society...

Reverend Sue
Nov 25, 20244 min read


Advent Year C: Worship Course
Advent has very little to do with preparing to receive a baby, even a holy baby, and everything to do with preparing for the One who...

Reverend Sue
Oct 20, 20243 min read


Christ the King
What do we mean when we as church proclaim Jesus as Christ the King? (Luke 23:33-43; Jeremiah 23:1-6; Song of Zechariah; and Colossians...

Reverend Sue
Nov 16, 20224 min read


A New Heaven here in our World
We are nearing the ending of the church year and we can sense that in our readings with themes of a coming new heaven and the...

Reverend Sue
Nov 9, 20226 min read
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