Sometimes our assumptions get in the way of us seeing the whole picture.
Rev Pam Hynd's sermon for All Saints & All Souls
Jesus sidestepped a question about taxes in order to give his questioner an even deeper challenge. How might that challenge inform our choices in the complexities of our lives?
The disciples told him not to bother Jesus. Jesus had other plans.
Jesus, give us whatever we ask. Promise us seats at your right and left in your glory. So, James and John really haven't been listening! But are they really so much more stupid than us? And do they actually have a point?
Rev Pam Hynd's sermon for Pentecost 20
In the past - and sometimes still - the Church has thrown out both logic and compassion in its treatment of people who have suffered divorce. Then we read what Jesus, in the Gospels, said about divorce and we wonder if faithful followers of Jesus are condemned to return to that dark path. Let's take a deep breath, read Mark 10:2-15 carefully, and think this through.
Mark 9:35-50 is one of those passages in the Gospels that asks us to look seriously at the way our actions in this part of life follow us to the other side of the grave. This is not comfortable to talk about because it is scary and also because it so highly controversial. So, let's take a deep breath and do this uncomfortable thing!
Week 3 of St Paul's 2021 Season of Creation Jesus said that when we welcome a little child we welcome him. What does this tell us about our care for creation?
In week two of 2021 Season of Creation we look at the relationship between God and the Cosmos God has made. God is known through what God has made and through the words God has spoken. This knowable God is celebrated in Psalm 19 and ultimately revealed in one point of creation where God's work and and Word unite.