Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 27 August 2023. ‘Paul says that we are to offer ourselves as a living sacrifice to God. It also applies to our minds, our thinking and our speaking. It applies to our willingness to speak out. It is the mainspring of all our work in the church.’
Archives for August 2023
Commentary: Nobody goes to the cross in order to fulfil or to validate oneself
This is a strange time, when the news is full of personal and national tragedy, the sporting calendar continues apace and the national mood is either elated of sunk in depression, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. Not being particularly sporting myself, most of its content passes me by and those sports that do interest me are…
Trinity 11: We can still believe and trust
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 20 August 2023. ‘There are people in our own time who may be only dimly aware of the things of our faith and life – but who appeal to us for our aid. As we are able we also can surely hear and have mercy, and begin to tell a story.’
Trinity 10: ‘My grace is sufficient for you’
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 13 August 2023. ‘For all our learning and standing, we also need to put ourselves under His protection. To find in Him our peace and security, our sense of being and of direction. Above all, to rely on Him when we may be so undermined by doubt and insecurity.’
Summer edition of SEI Journal
The Summer 2023 edition of the Scottish Episcopal Institute Journal is now available, featuring the theme of ‘Christianity and Zionism.
Trinity 9: The greatest gift of all
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 6 July 2023. ‘The greatest gift of all is His own life poured out for us. The message of His salvation. This is the foundation of all subsequent works of mercy for the people of the land.’
