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Motherly love (7th Sunday of Easter, 12 May)

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers! Let us all give thanks for our mother who gave us our life, nurtured us, sheltered us, cared for us, and taught us our first lessons of life. It is good to remind ourselves that although the male pronoun is used for God throughout the Bible, there are many…

Joy from Sorrow

Read Canon Chris’s sermon ‘Joy From Sorrow’ 5 May 2024 Joy From Sorrow sermon

Love One Another

Read Canon Chris’s sermon ‘Let Us Love One Another’ 28 April 2024 Love One Another sermon

Staying the course (Sixth Sunday of Easter, 5 May)

Jim Thorpe was a native American track and field athlete who competed for his country at the 1912 Olympics. It is said that on the morning of one of his events at the Olympics, his shoes were stolen. Luckily, he found two odd shoes in a garbage can. One of the shoes was too big…

Sin and Forgiveness

Read Canon Chris’s sermon on sin and forgiveness. 14 April 2024 Sin and Forgiveness sermon

The Shepherd Psalm

Read Canon Chris’s sermon on Psalm 23. 21 April 2024 The Shepherd Psalm sermon

Love one another (Fifth Sunday of Easter, 28 April)

Our second reading today begins: ‘Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.’ (1 John 4:7) They are noble words, are they not? But what does it really mean to ‘love one another’? I believe the English word ‘love’ is somewhat inadequate…

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