Staying true to the disciplines of ordinary faithfulness is part of our calling as we follow the way of Jesus Christ; and engaging in them eases our burdens considerably.
An Open Table where Love knows no borders
An Open Table where Love knows no borders
Sermons on Matthew (Page 8)
Temptations can hook us away from where we want to be, following Jesus, but perhaps we need them in order to discover who we are in relation to them.
In the face of a major disaster, Jesus’ call to not worry is both challenged and illuminated.
The salvation of the world lies in Jesus’ model of non-retaliation.
Jesus’ teaching on the new ethics for disciples do not weigh us down because they are wrapped in generous mercy and humour.
God has given us all we need to live out our calling with integrity.
In the growth of children, God reveals to us much of how we all should be growing and developing.
When fidelity to Christ’s call is failing to bear the expected fruit, but is bearing good fruit, however humble, the call may be to persevere in hope.
The promise that God will bring new life from a dead stump challenges our haste to chop down whatever seems to be in our way.
Christ uses his power to lift up others, but we are prone to misuse power to exalt ourselves.
Love is both a command and an eschatological promise. The promise undergirds our striving to obey the command.
When greed and fear demand that we give our attention to money, Jesus calls us to reclaim the image of God within us, and offer ourselves to God.
There are no passengers in the Kingdom – those who accept the call must go on to clothe themselves in righteousness.
When everything seems to be against us, God will open up for us a way to freedom and life.
Jesus commits himself to the path of redemptive suffering in preference to either fight or flight, and he calls us to follow him in that commitment.
The once and for all sacrifice of Christ and our living sacrifice of ourselves are becoming one sacrifice as we and Christ become one.
Jesus will be there for us in the midst of the storms, but we are to stay together in his boat rather than jump ship in a misguided “display of faith”.
The incoming Kingdom of God often challenges conventional social norms to such an extent that it is perceived as anarchic or even evil.
Jesus calls us to do the hard work to prepare the soil of our hearts an minds, ready to grow the fruits of faith, hope and love.
In Baptism, Christ has united us with himself in his death to sin and his resurrection to radically new life.