'Who are you?' ... a series for Lent on Identity
A Lenten series of 'Who we are':
Lenten Study booklet: Being in Christ
A 3-part study guide, linked with the sermons
Lenten Study booklet: Being in Christ
A 3-part study guide, linked with the sermons
Who are you? ... 'In Christ'
Romans 10:8-13
Luke 4:1-13
What's your name? Where do you come from?
... discussing the Temptation of Christ in the wilderness.
The fascinating thing, I have found, is that the people who are most sure of their identity in Christ are the least pretentious, the least frenetic, the most present in a simple way to the people and tasks before them.
Romans 10:8-13
Luke 4:1-13
What's your name? Where do you come from?
... discussing the Temptation of Christ in the wilderness.
The fascinating thing, I have found, is that the people who are most sure of their identity in Christ are the least pretentious, the least frenetic, the most present in a simple way to the people and tasks before them.
What are you here for? ... 'Being a Blessing'
Philippians 3:17-4:1
Luke 13:31-35
You are blessed and you are a blessing. Including the wonderful picture Jesus gave of him as a mother hen gathering up her chicks under her wings.
Philippians 3:17-4:1
Luke 13:31-35
You are blessed and you are a blessing. Including the wonderful picture Jesus gave of him as a mother hen gathering up her chicks under her wings.
'Being Changed'
... easier said than done to change things about ourselves. Even harder to change other people, no matter how hard we try ... including a reflection on the Parable of the Prodigal Son
... easier said than done to change things about ourselves. Even harder to change other people, no matter how hard we try ... including a reflection on the Parable of the Prodigal Son
'Being Creative'
You have been created to be creative! A fun interactive sermon about how to encourage the creative process ... moving from copying to innovation. Includes some good quotes about creativity.
You have been created to be creative! A fun interactive sermon about how to encourage the creative process ... moving from copying to innovation. Includes some good quotes about creativity.
'Be Yourself' (everyone else is already taken!)
Palm Sunday
... Jesus on the donkey showing how he set his own identity. But is 'being yourself' everything it's cracked up to be??
Palm Sunday
... Jesus on the donkey showing how he set his own identity. But is 'being yourself' everything it's cracked up to be??
'Being Surrendered': a reflection for Maundy Thursday
Luke 22: 39-42
Not my will but yours
With full order of service including informal Communion
Luke 22: 39-42
Not my will but yours
With full order of service including informal Communion
'Alive in Christ'!
Romans 6:3-11
Luke 24:1-12
Easter Sunday ... on the power of the resurrection, our relationship with God and transformed identity.
Paul’s claim here is that the resurrection of Jesus was not so much a historical event, not just something that happened back then on Easter Sunday in the year 33. Paul’s revolutionary theology, based on the experience of the early church, is that the resurrection of Jesus is something that keeps on happening over and over again in my life and in your life.
Romans 6:3-11
Luke 24:1-12
Easter Sunday ... on the power of the resurrection, our relationship with God and transformed identity.
Paul’s claim here is that the resurrection of Jesus was not so much a historical event, not just something that happened back then on Easter Sunday in the year 33. Paul’s revolutionary theology, based on the experience of the early church, is that the resurrection of Jesus is something that keeps on happening over and over again in my life and in your life.
It's time for a change
A talk at a youth service, many a long year ago but still good stuff (I think anyway!)
We are first of all loved, and secondly we are called. God loves you, more than you can imagine. And it is as we say 'Yes' to that love that we are given a new sense of purpose and possibility for our lives. We are freed from the human, limited expectations of other people and the world around us. Free to be who we truly are, who we were created to be.
A talk at a youth service, many a long year ago but still good stuff (I think anyway!)
We are first of all loved, and secondly we are called. God loves you, more than you can imagine. And it is as we say 'Yes' to that love that we are given a new sense of purpose and possibility for our lives. We are freed from the human, limited expectations of other people and the world around us. Free to be who we truly are, who we were created to be.