This encounter between Nicodemus and Jesus is obviously about baptism. We Christians know this, because for centuries we have turned ordinary people into extraordinary disciples of Jesus Christ by bringing them to the font. In the font they are reborn of water and the Spirit. Throughout salvation history, water and the Spirit have been washing…
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Press on to the mountain-top
Sermon for Last Sunday after the Epiphany There is a compelling line in today’s epistle reading, in the portion from St. Paul’s letter to the church in Philippi. Sometimes a reading will leave you with a sentence or a phrase that rings like a bell and won’t let go of your attention. There are actually…
Washed, blessed, and resurrected – sermon for 12 Jan 2020
Bathing is at ancient as humanity. So it is no surprise that ritual bathing is nearly as old. In most of the world’s religions, there are ceremonies that involve water, and washing, and bathing. Cleanliness, they say, is next to godliness. So when John headed out to Jordan, people might have been surprised at how…
Listening to angels – sermon for 5 Jan 2020
Merry Christmas! We still have a little bit of time left in the twelve days of Christmas. Epiphany begins with Evening Prayer tonight, and then we enter a short season which revolves around epiphanies – discoveries of Jesus and who he is. The great story of Epiphany of course is the arrival of the magi…
Word. Become Flesh. – sermon for 29 Dec 2019
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory. Now we are a few days away from Christmas. We have travelled to Bethlehem and seen the child lying in the manger. We have felt the stirrings of hope and joy in our hearts. Now, though, a few days after…