Sermon – November 30, 2025 The ancient Greeks had two words for time: chronos and kairos. While chronos is quantitative, kairos is qualitative. Chronos is about minutes; kairos is about moments. Chronos refers to clock time—time that can be measured in seconds, minutes, hours, and years. Kairos, however, refers to the right moment, the opportune…
Sermon November 23, 2025 As we pause at this threshold, we are invited to contemplate our King—Jesus Christ—whose kingship is unlike any the world has ever known. Earthly kings rule through power, authority, and prestige. But our King chose a different path. He willingly embraced suffering and offered himself to be crucified for us. His…
Sermon – May 4th , 2025 Join us as we explore how Jesus arranges a breakfast meeting with His disciples after the resurrection and re-commissions Peter for his mission. Together, we reflect on the powerful lessons this moment offers for our own Christian journey—about grace, restoration, and renewed purpose in Christ.
In Matthew chapter 13 a string of Jesus’ parables of the Kingdom are found with a concluding statements about how a wise householder considered the Kingdom. This is the springboard for consideration of Life in the Kingdom of God during a pandemic.
The Bible is a before, during and after collection of writings centred on Jesus and his coming. Today Francis orientated to feature what Jesus first preached as a public message. Isaiah gave details of his coming, Matthew documented them and Paul picked up the pieces when new Christians messed it up.
On Christmas Day we heard Luke’s account of the birth featuring Shepherds visited by angels and lots of make-do arrangements. Mary pondered all these things in her heart. What do we need to see here and what might be of importance to us who want to welcome God’s actions in our lives?
In the summertime it’s good to review our priorities. The readings for today all reflect the need to be sure about what is necessary and what is not in God’s Kingdom economy as represented by Jesus. To give the sound crews a holiday there is not audio for this message.
Jan opens up the passaged read at today’s service of the Word
Neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
In the second of three messages learning from Jesus’ declaration of the Kingdom in Mark’s Gospel, Francis seeks to learn from the first Kingdom incident arising from where Jesus went to Sabbath Day worship. In Mark’s Gospel the confrontation between Kingdoms breaks out early and this has much to teach us. Read on if you…