Tag Archives: Rabbis of the Land of Israel

King of the Jews

Do you ever see a road sign when you’re driving along and think, “Thanks for letting me know but what am I meant to do about it?” I mean, if I see a road sign with a 30 on it, then I know what that means – I’m meant to drive at no more than […]

November 20, 2022 – 3:36 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Close and Centred

A few weeks ago I began our exploration of discipleship, and what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. We talked about the ideas of following and of learning – that being a disciple of Jesus means to follow Jesus and to learn from Jesus. I gave a bit of an overview of how […]

October 2, 2022 – 11:31 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Sheep and Goats

Before we dive into the text that we are focussing on this evening, let’s take a step back and look at the context in which Jesus originally shared it. The first thing to note is that this is the end of one section of Matthew’s eye witness account of the good news of Jesus. If […]

September 27, 2022 – 8:05 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Wonder. Trust. Grace.

I wonder if any one here is an autograph hunter, or if anyone has an autograph from some particularly well known? I wonder if you, like me, have seen at the end of tennis matches at Wimbledon, people – often youngsters lining up at the entrance with programmes and big tennis balls for the players […]

August 14, 2022 – 11:37 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Mark 9 – Salt and Fire

I wonder how you feel about salt. I have what I think is slightly love/hate relationship with it. On the one hand I know that too much salt is bad for me – high blood pressure etc. So, I don’t usually cook with salt – I just leave it out when recipes list it. My […]

August 7, 2022 – 11:56 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Legacy

Does anyone know what this is? Yes, it’s a pie slice – but is more than that. This is a legacy, and inheritance. When my gran died, my mum inherited some of Gran’s things and she asked me and my sister if there were any mementoes that we would like. I had a look through […]

July 31, 2022 – 11:13 am | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Appreciation

In “The Five Love Languages” Gary Chapman talks about five different ways in which we give and receive love. Words, Touch, Time, Gifts, and Acts of service. For some of us words are most important in the expression of love, especially words of affirmation, encouragement, and building up. For others it is touch – holding […]

February 6, 2022 – 1:20 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Walk the Way

Last week we were exploring what it means for us to prepare the way of the Lord now. We talked about the importance of believing that Jesus is going to return, of sharing that good news with others, and of being that good news by caring tenderly for others. This week, we’re thinking about another […]

December 12, 2021 – 5:48 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Thwack

One of the things about having these services every other week, is that it can be a bit difficult to remember where we’ve got to in a sermon series. Especially as we missed the last one for the Service of light, so actually it’s a month since we were last here, together, looking at James. […]

November 16, 2021 – 9:56 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)