(Genesis 1.9-13, 20-25 & Luke 13.18-19) Creation 2 8 September 2019 – © Neil Millar Magpie, magpie, dive on me,Swoop down from your holy tree;As I pass the flower bedStick your beak into my head.Magpie, magpie, make a hole,Through my head into my soul:As I pass beneath the sunBring my troubled head undone.Magpie, magpie it … [Read more…]
(Genesis 1.1-10) Creation 1 – Oceans1 September 2019 – ©Neil Millar In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. You know, in all my years of … [Read more…]
(Luke 13.10-21) (Pentecost 11) 25 August 2019 – ©Neil Millar Here we are this morning reading about another round of Sabbath-day shenanigans. In the blue corner, weighing in at 72kgs, we have Jesus of Nazareth, teaching in the synagogue, noticing and healing a woman, long burdened by crippling infirmity. And in the red corner, weighing … [Read more…]
(Isaiah 5:1-7; Luke 12:49-56) (Pentecost 10)18 August, 2019 – © Bill Bush May the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength, and my Redeemer. If there are two Bible readings that challenge me, one is the Luke passage we heard today: “households will … [Read more…]
(Luke 12.13-21) Pentecost 84 August 2019 – © Neil Millar In services over the past few weeks we’ve been reflecting on the petition: ‘Give us this day our daily bread’ and this morning we’ve heard a parable about a man with an abundance of bread and the dilemma of what to do with it. As … [Read more…]
(Luke 11.1-13) Pentecost 7 28 July 2019 – © Neil Millar ‘Give us this day our daily bread’. We pray to God using these words every Sunday in our service, and over the past month I’ve been reflecting on the theme Bread for the Journey. I suggested that this request at the heart of the … [Read more…]
(Luke 10.38-42) Pentecost 6© Neil Millar – 21 July 2019 ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.’ Okay, a show of hands … Who identifies with Mary in this story? What … [Read more…]
(Luke 10.25-37) (Pentecost 5) 14 July 2019 – © Neil Millar Last week, I started a little sermon series titled Bread for the Journey. The aim being to highlight four virtues that nurture growth in the spiritual life, that support our development as disciples of Christ. Last week, I spoke about the need for humility, … [Read more…]
(2 Kings 5.1-27) (Pentecost 4)7 July 2019 © Neil Millar This morning I want to begin a little mid-winter series; to explore a theme I hope might encourage us through the cold weeks of July. I’m calling it ‘Bread for the Journey’. ‘Give us this day our daily bread’, we pray in the Lord’s prayer … [Read more…]
(Luke 9.51-62, Galatians 5.1, 13-25) Pentecost 3 30 June 2019 – © Neil Millar ‘For freedom Christ has set us free’, Paul writes (in his letter to the Galatians 5.1), and a little later, ‘you were called to freedom brothers and sisters… Paul writes with clarity and authority, but how do his convictions square with … [Read more…]