Identity and Renewal in Christ

Reflection for Easter 4 2019 based on John Bell Workshops

The title for the Seasons of the Spirit material for this Sunday is Identity of Resistance. The authors explain the theme in this opening … Continue Reading ››

Reflection for Easter 3 2019 - Rev'd Barb Messner

Last Sunday in his daily email, Richard Rohr wrote: “The human soul is being gradually readied so that actual intimacy and partnership with the Divine are the result.” Later he qualified this by saying: “It is important not … Continue Reading ››

God wants to reshape our desire

Sermon by Andy Wurm, Easter 3, 5^th 2019

Have you ever come to the realisation that you did something purely because you were caught up in a group mentality? Discovering an old photograph, it would explain why you thought flairs and a crocheted top seemed so cool at the … Continue Reading ››

I’m about to ask you to try to do the impossible. It’s impossible to do this fully because of the experience pretty much all of us carry. As Christians, we are conditioned to look at everything through resurrection eyes. Even those who Continue Reading ››

We’re invited to believe in something harder to believe in than God raising someone from death

Sermon by Andy Wurm, Easter 2, 28^th April 2019

Once, around Easter time, I had a strange dream. It was about our Easter celebrations. We had organised the most fabulous display, more creative than ever before, with flowers, … Continue Reading ››

The resurrection occurs ‘out there’ and within us

Sermon by Andy Wurm, Easter 21^st April 2019

All biblical experiences of resurrection (meeting the risen Christ) involve people with some sort of prior connection to Jesus. Doesn’t that make the accounts of people who claim to witness the resurrection suspect? Of course they would say he … Continue Reading ››

The cross exposes the violence of the world

Sermon by Andy Wurm, Good Friday, April 19^th 2019

A ten year old should be able to understand why Jesus died on the cross, so I’m going to attempt to explain it to your inner ten year old. Imagine a class of school kids. There’s one kid who’s … Continue Reading ››

Sermon by Andy Wurm for Maundy Thursday 2019

At the last supper, Jesus shared bread and wine with his closest disciples. He took a simple meal, a simple ritual, and imprinted it with himself, so that by repeating it, people like us could remember him. Remembering Jesus in that way is not just remembering … Continue Reading ››