Nathan has been a pastor of our Church since 1994.
The sacred is all around us and within us, but don’t make the mistake of trying to regulate it.
An Open Table where Love knows no borders
An Open Table where Love knows no borders
Sermons by Nathan Nettleton (Page 28)
Christ calls us to continue to grow in the measure of our love, prayer and good works.
The unity of the churches, as an expression of reconciliation, is integral to the message of good news in Christ.
Jesus gives us a peace that is not secured at the expense of victims, and he sends a Defence Counsel to lead the defence of the world’s victims.
Jesus is the model for rightly honouring the victims by exposing and resisting the systems that sacrificed them.
Extravagant devotion to the crucified Christ is the foundation of our compassion and care for other victims of the world’s callousness.
God’s grace is lavished on all who will receive it, but some of those who have every right to it refuse to receive it unless they are singled out.
The Catechumenate, and the annual Lenten journey, are about writing the Word of God into our hearts so that it can protect us from evil and bear fruits of righteousness.
The encounter with the resurrected crucified Jesus enables us to see the absolute love, mercy and non-vengefulness of God.
Recognising Jesus as Lord requires such a reversal of conventional values that it cannot but dangerously transform us.
With Jesus as our pattern, we find a new identity in our uncompromising allegiance to God’s ways.
To name Christ as King is to identify ourselves as dissenters to the claims of any other authority.
The impossible love and grace of God invite us to participate in the life of God despite our circumstances, but we often get stuck in trying to find meaning in the circumstances.
God offers to make us his children, a position that may not appeal to our autonomous ambitions, but which offers honour and security.
Jesus leads the way in exposing and opposing violence, no matter what the cost, and life is found in following his lead.
Jesus invites us to find our communion in the violence done to him instead of in doing violence to others.
Jesus becomes a victim of our systems of feeding on one another in order to forgive us, set us free, and nourish us for life.
When we recognise Christ’s presence in the Eucharistic liturgy, we will bring the sick in search of healing.
The church is formed when we ask Christ to rule over us and make a covenant with him to define the terms.
The Christian life is often lived against overwhelming odds, but the presence of Christ and some basic godly resources make it a good bet.