Sheep and shepherds were a common feature of life for the whole of the Biblical period – thousands of years. Most people had a sheep or two at some point, everyone would have known a shepherd. Sheep and goats would have roamed through villages and towns, down the tracks and roads, through all the landscape. […]
Having had a bit of a break last week, as we celebrated Harvest together, this morning we are back in the Creed, exploring in detail what we say week by week, and what it means for our day to day lives. We’ve already explored our belief in God the Father, our creator, and in God […]
Generosity That is a very long word – what does it mean? It means giving a lot, more than people would expect. In our Bible reading we heard Paul writing to his friends in Corinth about generosity. About God’s generosity to us – about how we loves to bless us, and encouraging his friends, and […]
How do you summarise a life? I wonder how you would summarise your life. What are the most important things about you and what you’ve done that you would want to be remembered. Sometimes when I go to visit families to prepare for a funeral service they have a eulogy ready that the person wrote […]
“Who do you say that Jesus is?” This is one of the most important questions in the world, and we hear it asked for the very first time in our Bible reading this morning. I wonder how you would answer it. I wonder how we even start thinking about the answer. To give us a […]
This evening we are beginning a series of sermons exploring the “I am…” sayings of Jesus in the eye witness account of the good news of Jesus written by his friend John. Each of these gives us a different perspective on who Jesus understood himself to be, and what that means for us. Just as […]
Peter was on a high. He had just got the answer to a question right, having had a profound truth revealed to him by God, and Jesus had told him that he was to be foundational in the new movement that Jesus was beginning. In the conversation leading up to today’s reading Jesus had asked […]
Bit warm the last few days, don’t you think. What’s the advice been for keeping cool? Stay indoors. Don’t do too much physical activity. Drink plenty. What’s the average temperature been, about 30 degrees, something like that? I wonder if you know what the average temperature on the Sinai peninsula is at this time of […]
So far in our series exploring David’s relationships we have been focussing on his relationships with men – friends and enemies. For the next three services we are looking at his relationships with three different women, beginning tonight with Abigail. We did jump into the middle of this story, and so we are going to […]
The Fugitive. The Blues Brothers. Catch me if you can. Thelma and Louise. What do all these films have in common? They are all stories of people on the run, who are fleeing, trying to escape. Some of them are innocent of what they are accused of, but most of them are guilty. Either way, […]