Christmas Eve B
24 December 2023 Christmas Eve this year focuses on the seemingly ordinary theme of God’s coming to us in Christ. However, the key issue in this coming, is in [...]
Advent Sunday B
03 December 2023 And so the year starts again, and as usual, we begin with the end – the vision of God’s reign consummated in Christ. To be fair, [...]
Baptism Of Christ A
08 January 2023 What struck me in the readings for Christ’s Baptism this week was the quietness of it all. There is no fanfare, no glitz and no loud, [...]
Christmas 1A
01 January 2023 This is a tough Sunday to preach, coming after the Christmas celebrations of this week. The Gospel reading is the slaughter of the children under King [...]
Epiphany A
06 January 2023 Epiphany embodies two journeys for me. The first is the new vision that the Gospels present of God’s grace and love being extended to all people, [...]
Advent 2A
04 December 2022 This second week in Advent draws us into the possibilities of real peace for us and our world – God’s Shalom realm. Ironically, there is so [...]
Advent 3A
11 December 2022 Joy is seldom recognised for the incredibly restorative, liberating force that it is. Unfortunately, even in faith communities, soberness, seriousness and even cynicism are often portrayed [...]
Christmas Eve A
24 December 2022 Christmas Eve this year focuses on the seemingly ordinary theme of God’s coming to us in Christ. However, the key issue in this coming, is in [...]
Advent 4A
18 December 2022 It seems almost trite and superfluous to say that the incarnation is the greatest statement, the greatest manifestation of love ever – but that doesn’t make [...]
Christmas Day A
25 December 2022 Christ is the “Word Made Flesh”, John tells us. In Christ, God’s grace and love, God’s compassion and mercy, God’s wrath and forgiveness are verbally, physically, [...]