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Participating in a Body Marked by Death and Resurrection
Participating in a Body Marked by Death and Resurrection
Following in the Steps of Jesus and the Mystery of the Cross
Following in the Steps of Jesus and the Mystery of the Cross
Disillusionment and the Body of Christ
Disillusionment and the Body of Christ
Transcending Fear
Transcending Fear
Practice Resurrection (because the story continues)
Practice Resurrection (because the story continues)
Raised with Christ
Raised with Christ
Good Friday – Jesus’s Seven Last Words from the Cross
Good Friday – Jesus’s Seven Last Words from the Cross
Remembering who and whose we are
Remembering who and whose we are
I don’t believe in a transactional God
I don’t believe in a transactional God
Journey to Hope
Journey to Hope
Discipleship and Imagination
Discipleship and Imagination
Anxiety and the Gift of Sight
Anxiety and the Gift of Sight
No king but Jesus
No king but Jesus
What being a “busybody” and idleness have in common
What being a “busybody” and idleness have in common
Whose Story? Or Static and Dynamic Faith
Whose Story? Or Static and Dynamic Faith
Being and Becoming
Being and Becoming
The Loneliness of Modernity and the Gift of the Church
The Loneliness of Modernity and the Gift of the Church
Our Faith is Personal but Never Private
Our Faith is Personal but Never Private
Choosing the Story that Chose Us
Choosing the Story that Chose Us
Believing is Seeing
Believing is Seeing
Loneliness and Community
Loneliness and Community
The Parable of the Dishonest Manager – On not rehabilitating Jesus
The Parable of the Dishonest Manager – On not rehabilitating Jesus
Nostalgia for Christendom or Following Jesus
Nostalgia for Christendom or Following Jesus
Taking God Seriously
Taking God Seriously
Practising Hope
Practising Hope
The Poetry of Sacrificial Living
The Poetry of Sacrificial Living
Urgency, Formation, and Grace
Urgency, Formation, and Grace
A Call To Praise
A Call To Praise
Knowing Grace
Knowing Grace
Standing on Holy Ground
Standing on Holy Ground
The End of Violence
The End of Violence
It is human to give thanks
It is human to give thanks
Changing One’s Mind
Changing One’s Mind
My Anxiety and God’s Sufficient Grace
My Anxiety and God’s Sufficient Grace
Forgiveness as a Reclaiming and Rewriting of Narrative
Forgiveness as a Reclaiming and Rewriting of Narrative
The Only Solution is Love
The Only Solution is Love
Entering into the Mystery of Christ
Entering into the Mystery of Christ
… not one stone will be left upon another … and then what?
… not one stone will be left upon another … and then what?
Growing in God’s Likeness
Growing in God’s Likeness
Certainty, Uncertainty, and Staying Close to Jesus
Certainty, Uncertainty, and Staying Close to Jesus
Humility, Conflict, and Talking About More Than the Weather
Humility, Conflict, and Talking About More Than the Weather
Undeserving Grace (grace always is)
Undeserving Grace (grace always is)
The Sign of God’s Love
The Sign of God’s Love
Faith the Size of a Mustard Seed, or Uprooting the Mulberry Tree
Faith the Size of a Mustard Seed, or Uprooting the Mulberry Tree
The Whole World: Noticing the Other
The Whole World: Noticing the Other
The Gift of presence and of Relationship
The Gift of presence and of Relationship
On Not Giving Up on Each Other
On Not Giving Up on Each Other
Love is Hard But It Is Everything
Love is Hard But It Is Everything
In the World but not of the World
In the World but not of the World
Self-help or Salvation?
Self-help or Salvation?
The Last Enemy is Death
The Last Enemy is Death
Hope in Anxious Times
Hope in Anxious Times
Of Cloaks and of Letting Go
Of Cloaks and of Letting Go
Which Story is the One that Shapes Us?
Which Story is the One that Shapes Us?
Shifting Our Attention
Shifting Our Attention
No Us and Them
No Us and Them
On Healing Our Tribalism
On Healing Our Tribalism
Wisdom from Above
Wisdom from Above
Speech and Community
Speech and Community
5 September 2021
5 September 2021
Waiting like never before
Waiting like never before
No longer afraid
No longer afraid
Evening Prayer, 19 November 2020
Evening Prayer, 19 November 2020
Justice and Resistance
Justice and Resistance
Evening Prayer, 12 November 2020
Evening Prayer, 12 November 2020
Being light, bearing light
Being light, bearing light
Evening Prayer, 5 November 2020
Evening Prayer, 5 November 2020
Life in and from Relationship
Life in and from Relationship
Evening Prayer, 29 October 2020
Evening Prayer, 29 October 2020
Our identity is in God
Our identity is in God
Evening Prayer, 21 October 2020
Evening Prayer, 21 October 2020
Seeing and Imagination
Seeing and Imagination
You have faith
You have faith
Open Doors, Open Hearts, Open Minds
Open Doors, Open Hearts, Open Minds
Discerning God’s presence and living peaceably
Discerning God’s presence and living peaceably
Greatness, what kind of greatness?
Greatness, what kind of greatness?
Following Jesus
Following Jesus
A deeper, truer, and fuller comprehension of God’s love
A deeper, truer, and fuller comprehension of God’s love
Living with abandon
Living with abandon
Transformed bread, transformed church
Transformed bread, transformed church
Saying yes and saying no
Saying yes and saying no
Hope and life for today
Hope and life for today
Jesus loves
Jesus loves
It is God who makes us worthy
It is God who makes us worthy
What motivates us?
What motivates us?
Distinct Character
Distinct Character
On political football and living in the Kingdom of God
On political football and living in the Kingdom of God
Choosing the Better Part because God Did so First
Choosing the Better Part because God Did so First
Our lives Are Not Our Own
Our lives Are Not Our Own
All Is Gift
All Is Gift
20 October 2024 – Proper 24(29)
20 October 2024 – Proper 24(29)
Thanksgiving is Counter-Cultural in More Ways Than We Think
Thanksgiving is Counter-Cultural in More Ways Than We Think
Together We See Jesus
Together We See Jesus
We Do Not Know How to Pray
We Do Not Know How to Pray
Being God’s Friends
Being God’s Friends
From Lament to Hope
From Lament to Hope
Focus and Distraction
Focus and Distraction
We don’t get saved alone
We don’t get saved alone
The joy and pain of being pruned
The joy and pain of being pruned
Finding a loving God in a violent world
Finding a loving God in a violent world
Our small dreams and God’s big dream
Our small dreams and God’s big dream
Baptism, Vocation, Transformation
Baptism, Vocation, Transformation
Overcoming Rejection
Overcoming Rejection
Freed to become human
Freed to become human
Proper 12 (17), Year A, 30 July 2017
Proper 12 (17), Year A, 30 July 2017
Proper 11 (16), Year A, 23 July 2017
Proper 11 (16), Year A, 23 July 2017
Proper 10 (15), Year A, 16 July 2017
Proper 10 (15), Year A, 16 July 2017
Proper 8 (13), 2 July 2017, 4th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 8 (13), 2 July 2017, 4th Sunday after Pentecost
Stories
Stories
Christ the King Sunday, Year C – 20 November 2016
Christ the King Sunday, Year C – 20 November 2016
Blame or Mercy-to which are we clinging?
Blame or Mercy-to which are we clinging?
Do you hear what I hear?
Do you hear what I hear?
Its not OUR Business!
Its not OUR Business!
The Cosmic Present