A Woman of Great Faith
This week we have one of the most uncomfortable stories about Jesus where he ignores then appears to reject the Canaanite woman. And then...
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Reverend Sue
Aug 8, 20234 min read
Questions that lead to life
We are confronted by two telling questions this week. Both of which speak to us on the faith journey - especially at those times and...
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Reverend Sue
Jul 25, 20236 min read
The Subversive Nature of the Kingdom
This week we continue to hear what Jesus had to say about the kingdom of heaven (Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 12 [17]. Matthew...
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Reverend Sue
Jul 18, 20235 min read
Wheat and Weeds
The parable of the wheat and the weeds is one of the many counter intuitive moments in Scripture that remind us God’s grace breaks into...
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Reverend Sue
Jul 11, 20234 min read
Teaching in Parables
Jesus uses parables to reveal, to encourage, to challenge those open to the kingdom, and to confound those not in the right frame of mind...
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Reverend Sue
Jun 27, 20235 min read
Sacrifice and Surrender
The story of Abraham and Isaac, sometimes called the Akedah or the binding of Isaac, is pivotal to the Jewish and Christian faiths. And...
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Reverend Sue
Jun 20, 20236 min read
Who Belongs?
We have some very difficult and disturbing texts to grapple with this week leading us to reflect on who is family, tribe, group and who...
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Reverend Sue
Jun 13, 20235 min read
God is to be found in Hospitality
God can be found in the providing of hospitality to strangers and in those times when we are open to the hospitality of others. (Third...
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Reverend Sue
May 30, 20234 min read
Trinity - The Heart of God is Community
The Trinity is something we can get ourselves in a knot over. I have certainly wrestled with the idea and construction of the Trinity....
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Reverend Sue
Apr 4, 20234 min read
Easter Day - Love has come again
Christ is risen, he is risen indeed. Alleluia! Today is such a joyous day and such a blessed relief. After the long slow build up of Lent...
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Reverend Sue
Mar 28, 20234 min read
Lent Six - Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday is the beginning of Holy Week and the time we hear of our Lord’s passion for us and remember the last week of his human life:...
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Reverend Sue
Feb 21, 20235 min read
Lent One - The Wilderness Experience
Lent is a season of certainties and mysteries. The great certainty of God’s unending love for us expressed in the passion of Jesus for us...
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