Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 25 June 2023. ‘Jesus Himself is also divisive. Will we accept Him as the Son of God – and our Redeemer? Will we receive Him as He comes to us or is there an agenda in our lives to which we expect Him to conform? Is he Lord, but subject to our conditions?’
Archives for June 2023
Trinity 2: Pray together with one heart and one hope
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 18 June 2023. ‘Jesus has already placed His trust in you – He believes in you so why are you doubting Him?’
Church Times reports on General Synod
Reports from the Church Times newspaper on last week’s General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church, including recorded interview with the Primus.
Commentary: Render unto Caesar …
I usually start these thoughts with an aspect of modern life and its priorities and perspectives, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. Often there are some questions to look into – contradictions, confusions or whatever. Then comes the perspective of the gospels and I usually finish there. So this is going to be different because at one…
Trinity 1: Life in a different order and purpose
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 11 June 2023. ‘It is one thing to profess a faith and then to get comfortable in it. To allow it to become routine and predictable. But the challenges here were about believing and trusting.’
Scottish Primus asks for patience as Dyer crisis drags on
The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church opened on Thursday on a sombre note, as the Primus, the Most Revd Mark Strange, read out a pastoral statement about the continued suspension of the Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney, the Rt Revd Anne Dyer.
General Synod reports
Official reports on this week’s General Synod can be seen on the Scottish Episcopal Church website.
Trinity: He is for all who will believe in His Name
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 4 June 2023. ‘He is there in all His three persons so that we may know Him more deeply in the dimensions of our own lives and in the dimensions of our time here on earth.’
