Rev Pam Hynd's sermon for Pentecost 20
Rev Kathy Hammer's Sermon for Season of Creation 3
We live in polarised times. It is hard to disagree well. But it can be done, with discipline and a willingness to engage in uncomfortable but respectful conversations.
Welcome to the Season of Creation! We start the season with the perfect passage to address the way God speaks to us through the created world.
What does the word, “hero” mean to you? Does it bring to mind any particular mental image? Once upon a time movies would present us with hero after hero – all much the same: tell, white, male, athletic and inclined to never speak at all except for the occasional, well-timed witticism. That has changed for the better. Heroes in today’s movies are more likely to be awkward teenaged girls, who rescue themselves, and save the world in the process, rather than waiting for a tall, silent man to come along and rescue them. Today’s passages give us a similarly nuanced look at what it means to be a hero.
It only ever happens once. And the person who achieves it is the last person you would expect. Although with Jesus, you have learned to expect the unexpected.
When life feels out of control, does that mean God is absent? Or does it mean we are looking in the wrong place?
Rev Pam Hynd's sermon for Pentecost 9 (Ordinary 17)
Where do you go when you want to be with God? Where do you go when you want to get away from God? Where do you look for wisdom? And for hope? What is all this suffering is leading to something wonderful, beyond our imagining?
Bishop Jeremy Greaves' sermon for Pentecost 7