| The
Spiritual Practice of Justice |
[6 July 2008]
The passage we have just read from Luke’s gospel is Jesus’
first recorded public message. Having been away from home doing some
religious stuff, he was asked on his return to read the scripture
reading and offer a comment and the passage he chose was startling. >>>more
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| Growing
Churches Practise Contemplation |
[15 June 2008]
When asked how they imagined God most people who responded to
a recent survey said in one way or other that God was an old man
with a beard up in the sky. This
old man image has been a dominant one in children’s minds and in
European art for the past 1000 years, but we have now traveled up
there into space and discovered that heaven isn’t just above the
clouds. >>>more
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| Emerging
Church |
[18 May 2008]
This week I went to a Presbytery meeting addressed by the Rev
Martin Baker the Assembly Executive Secretary. Martin’s job is to
provide leadership to the whole Presbyterian Church in New Zealand.
He told us what we are already aware of namely that the Presbyterian
Church in New Zealand is continuing to shrink. People are attending
church less frequently and numbers are declining – the figures he
presented us show there has been a 20% decline in worshippers in
Presbyterian Churches in NZ over the last ten years. >>>more
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| Be
Yourself |
[4 May 2008]
Dr William Miller is a psychotherapist and he wanted to prove
the benefits of psychotherapy for alcoholics. He took a group of
drinkers who wanted to kick the habit and offered them psychotherapy
with trained psychotherapists for up to 18 weeks. He reasoned that
this extra intensive counseling would mean that more of them would
keep off the booze. He also had a control group who saw a counselor
once and were sent home with some self help resources. To his great
disappointment he discovered that there was only a very slight
difference in the results. Those who received intensive counseling
performed only slightly better than those left to their own devices.
He was shocked and ended up repeating the experiment in several
different locations but always with the same results. >>>more
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| A
Better Way |
[27 April 2008]
Many of us will have at some point over the last few days
spent some time remembering the sacrifice of young men and women as
they served in the armed forces and in other ways in the interests
of our nation. Soldiers, airmen, sailors, supporting personnel,
medical staff and others. Young men and women who have fought in
South Africa, the First and Second World Wars, Korea, Vietnam, the
Middle East, the Pacific Islands and other places. They have served
because they have wanted to stand up against something they and our
nation has seen to be wrong. Some have died, some have been damaged
physically or mentally, the costs have been very high in this little
nation of ours. It has been good to honour and remember wars and
those who fought in them. >>>more
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| Acceptance |
[20 April 2008]
It was a trap.
They caught the woman in the act of adultery and it wasn’t good
enough.
The man involved must have been important or had good friends
because he’s vanished, protected by his position – well good on
him I say.
But the woman – this good for nothing woman – is in trouble.
You can’t have women like this in the community her accusers
were muttering and I agree. She’s a disgrace and a…well I have
to watch repeating such things in church. She’s a fine looking
woman, and again we won’t go into details, but that just makes her
more of a threat to both the men and the other women. >>>more
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| If you would like
a copy of one of the sermons listed below, please send an email to Dugald
Wilson |
| 2008 |
|
| 6 April 2008 |
The Cross - Part Two |
| 30 March 2008 |
The Cross |
| 10 February 2008 |
The Way of Sacrifice |
| 3 February 2008 |
Violence in Our Community |
| 27 January 2008 |
What has become of our souls? |
| 20 January 2008 |
Climate Change |
| 13 January 2008 |
The Issue of Creation |
| 6 January 2008 |
The Great C's |
| 2007 |
|
| 23 December 2007 |
What's it all about? |
| 28 October 2007 |
Love |
| 21 October 2007 |
Finding God's Dream for Our
Lives |
| 7 October 2007 |
God's Special Dream |
| 2 September 2007 |
The Father Wound |
| 26 August 2007 |
Prayer as Meditation and
Contemplation |
| 19 August 2007 |
Prayer Problems |
| 12 August 2007 |
Prayer |
| 29 July 2007 |
Investing Your Money as a
Christian |
| 22 July 2007 |
Paul in Athens |
| 15 July 2007 |
William Wilberforce |
| 24 June 2007 |
The Conversion of Paul |
| 17 June 2007 |
Jesus at the Centre |
| 10 June 2007 |
A Minority Religion that
Attracts |
| 3 June 2007 |
The Holy Spirit |
| 20 May 2007 |
The Good Samaritan |
| 13 May 2007 |
God Knows Us by Name |
| 5 May 2007 |
The Kingdom of God and
FAIRTRADE |
| 22 April 2007 |
Thin Places |
| 25 March 2007 |
Understanding the Cross |
| 11 March 2007 |
How Do You See God? |
| 11 February 2007 |
YES! God |
| 4 February 2007 |
God Whispers |
| 28 January 2007 |
Finding God's Perspective |
| 21 January 2006 |
The Core of Jesus' Ministry |
| 2006 |
|
| 24 December 2006 |
Jesus Born as One of Us |
| 10 December 2006 |
Making Space for God |
| 3 December 2006 |
The Dream of Jesus |
| 25 November 2006 |
The Use of Money |
| 19 November 2006 |
Concerning Poverty -
Celebrating Ebule |
| 12 November 2006 |
The Story of Ruth |
| 5 November 2006 |
Why Me? |
| 29 October 2006 |
Vision for St Marks |
| 22 October 2006 |
Job |
| 8 October 2006 |
Same
Sex Relationships and Leadership in the Church |
| 1 October 2006 |
Jesus
- Son of Good |
| 24 September 2006 |
Jesus
the Saviour |
| 17 September 2006 |
Who
Do You Say that I Am? |
| 10 September 2006 |
Let
Spring Inspire You |
| 3 September 2006 |
The
Amazing Father |
| 20 August 2006 |
What
is Your Deep Longing for Your Church Community? |
| 13 August 2006 |
The
Value of Compost |
| 6 August 2006 |
Blessed
are the Peacemakers |
| 30 July 2006 |
Climate Change |
| 23 July 2006 |
The Power of Forgiveness |
| 16 July 2006 |
The Power of Acceptance |
| 9 July 2006 |
The Power of Peacemaking |
| 2 July 2006 |
The Power of Good
Relationships |
| 25 June 2006 |
The Power of Determination |
| 18 June 2006 |
Getting God's Perspective on
Your Life |
| 11 June 2006 |
Born Again / Born from Above |
| 4 June 2006 |
The Holy Spirit |
| 21 May 2006 |
Love One Another |
| 14 May 2006 |
Mothers' Day |
| 7 May 2006 |
The Good Shepherd |
| 30 April 2006 |
A
Joyful People |
| 23 April 2006 |
Jesus
- Saviour of What? |
| 2 April 2006 |
Am
I Growing in Love for God and All People |
| 19 February 2006 |
The Man on His Mat |
| February 2006 |
Guest Sermon - Bono's Address
to US Leaders |
| 12 February 2006 |
Is
Nothing Sacred? |
| 5 February 2006 |
Spirit
Filled |
| 29 January 2006 |
Demons
and Evil |
| 8 January 2006 |
You
Are My Beloved |
| 1 January 2006 |
God
is With You |
| 2005 |
|
| 27 November |
Making Space
for Jesus |
| 20 November |
You Shall
Not Covet |
| 13 November |
Do Not Bear
False Witness |
| 6 November |
Do Not Murder |
| 30 October |
Death and Dying |
| 23 October |
Keeping the Sabbath |
| 16 October |
Finding Solid Ground |
| 11 September |
The Power of Forgiveness |
| 21 August |
A Vision for St Marks |
| 14 August |
Christian Faith and World Poverty |
| 7 August |
Peace Sunday 2005 |
| 31 July |
Feeding the 5000 |
| 17 July |
The
Bible |
| 10 July |
Psalm
139 |
| 3 July |
God
Guides Us |
| 15 May |
The
Holy Spirit |
| 8 May |
The
Importance of Family |
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