Sermons
Archives for February 2022
Date Based Archive: February 2024
Year B – Second Sunday In Lent – Covenant Not Law
25 February 2024
Most people tend to like rules. We know where we stand. Sometimes rules inhibit us – like when we know the road is clear but they’ve either forgotten to take… Read more
Year B – First Sunday In Lent – Wilderness blessings
18 February 2024
I’ve always been intrigued by the sequences of events at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. It begins with his baptism, then sent into the wilderness, tempted by the devil, among… Read more
Ash Wednesday – God’s Valentine Love
14 February 2024
Around the world today many people will be celebrating but most won’t be aware of the significance of what today brings to Christians – Ash Wednesday. Today, being 14th February,… Read more
Year B – The Transfiguration – Preparing For The End
11 February 2024
In the beginning God said “Let there be light – and there was light”. This is not the light that we associate with daylight from the sun as the sun… Read more
Year B – Fifth Sunday After Epiphany – Blessed proclaiming the Gospel
4 February 2024
The first chapter of Mark is an amazing chapter. Here we are about to end our Epiphany season and we are still in chapter one. In this chapter we’ve had… Read more
Year A – First Sunday In Lent – Tempted
26 February 2023
“Temptation” is a word that doesn’t have much context in today’s world – a world that is often described as being “post-modern”. One of the central understandings of post modernism… Read more
Ash Wednesday 2023
22 February 2023
Be reconciled to God. Paul is pleading with us to be reconciled to God. It’s an interesting request. I didn’t think that I was not reconciled to God. Isn’t that… Read more
Year A – Transfiguration
19 February 2023
At lunch times I like to go home and while I’m eating my lunch I usually watch an episode of one of my favourite TV shows and it’s usually a… Read more
Year A – Sixth Sunday After Epiphany – Spiritual growth
12 February 2023
It’s hard to fathom that our Grandson is turning one next week. It’s been amazing watching him develop – crawling, standing up and eating solid foods. That last one is… Read more
Year A – Fifth Sunday After Epiphany – Salted or Assaulted
5 February 2023
We live in a very health-conscious age. We watch our calorie intake – we read that ever shrinking panel on the back of products to see how many kilojoules that… Read more
Year C – Seventh Sunday After Epiphany
20 February 2022
I believe that one of the most powerful people in the Bible is Joseph – the firstborn son of Jacob and Rachel even though he was the 2nd last son… Read more
Year C – Sixth Sunday After Epiphany – Not pitied but envied.
13 February 2022
These 2 years of Covid have been extremely difficult and challenging. I remember through the first wave of lockdowns where we were told – 2 weeks to flatten the curve… Read more
Year C – Fifth Sunday After Epiphany – A broken spirit renewed by God
6 February 2022
We have an interesting set of readings for today. Usually there is a thread running between them that creates a common theme. On one level that theme is being called… Read more
Year B – Second Sunday In Lent – Human responses to divine plans
28 February 2021
Peter sometimes gets a bit of an unwarranted criticism throughout his time with Jesus. Yes he didn’t always get things right – but isn’t that human nature? Do we always… Read more
Year B – First Sunday in Lent – Ministering Angels in the Wilderness
17 February 2021
Wasn’t that quick? We woke up Friday morning to discover that we were back into lockdown for the 3rd time. We thought everything was going okay. We had hit zero… Read more
Year B – Ash Wednesday
17 February 2021
Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return are words we would normally hear after the sermon on Ash Wednesday as you receive a sign of the… Read more
Year B – Transfiguration Sunday – The Life-Force of God
14 February 2021
When we read the book of Genesis, one of the most well-known acts of God’s creation is the first act when God says – “Let there be light”. Like many… Read more
Year B – Fifth Sunday after Epiphany – God’s healing proclamation
7 February 2021
As the restrictions for the pandemic ease around us it’s really hard to know the difference between what can and can’t we do as opposed to what should or shouldn’t… Read more
Year A – Ash Wednesday – His blood be on us
26 February 2020
Having just returned home from a cruise on the Princess cruise ship I have been watching with great interest and also relief what is happening in China with the Coronavirus… Read more
Year A – The Transfiguration – Listen to him
23 February 2020
Having recently returned home from a cruise in January I can’t help feeling for the 4000 people who were quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan. The rooms… Read more
Year A – 6th Sunday after Epiphany – Reconcilable differences
16 February 2020
There are some tough teachings in the Bible but none would be as challenging as the one Jesus has placed before us today. Jesus says: if you are angry with… Read more
Year A – 5th Sunday after Epiphany – Salting the earth
9 February 2020
Do you ever get frustrated when you buy fresh produce from the supermarket and in a couple days it’s already looking like it’s ready to be thrown out? Bananas, for… Read more
Year A – 4th Sunday after Epiphany – Simply blessed
2 February 2020
Sometimes the solution to a problem is so simple that we often overlook it because, it can’t be that simple. In fact a Franciscan monk, William of Occam from the… Read more
Ephiphany 7
24 February 2019
People in society today like to do things that make them stand out in the crowd. They might do it by the clothes they wear. They might do it by… Read more
Year C Epiphany 5
10 February 2019
I’m not sure how you feel about it – and maybe it’s just my age showing – but I get really annoyed when I hear our Prime Minister, Scott Morrison,… Read more
Follow the leader
25 February 2018
One of the features of Australian politics over the past 10 years has been the instability of leadership. In the past 10 or so years we have had the deposing… Read more
Jesus predicts Peter’s denial
21 February 2018
As a parent I would always try to give a word of encouragement to my children before a big event. Whether it was a sporting event or before an exam… Read more
Hating sin, loving the sinner
18 February 2018
The story of Noah’s ark is a favourite among many people, particularly young children. It is a story that is best known for the images of all the different animals… Read more
Faith in low times
11 February 2018
High and low experiences are part of everyday life. When a couple gets married they vow to love each other “in sickness and in health – for better and for… Read more
True healing
4 February 2018
One of the things that I miss about my first Parish in Minyip, a rural country town in the Wimmera, is going out at night and just looking up at… Read more
Listen to HIM.
26 February 2017
Over the past few weeks we have heard Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. It has had some challenging commands like turning the other cheek and loving your enemy. We heard… Read more
Hidden greatness
19 February 2017
My father and I often have quite interesting discussions on politics and world news. My father comes from a Middle Eastern background so his solution to crime is quite simplistic…. Read more
Keeping the Spirit of the Law
12 February 2017
Sometimes I find the 10 commandments very easy. After all, I’ve never murdered anyone. I love my parents. I have been faithful in my marriage. I don’t bear false witness… Read more
Pass the salt please
5 February 2017
When I read the bible reading for today the first thing I did was googled “can salt lose its saltiness. Apart from the bible reading I’ve never heard of it… Read more