Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 12 March 2023. ‘But Jesus’ living water is there for all of us, and we do not have to earn it. We only have to ask.’
Archives for 2023
New Rector appointed for All Saints, Bearsden
The Rt Rev Kevin Pearson, Bishop of the United Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway, is pleased to announce the appointment of the Rev David Guest as Rector of All Saints, Bearsden. His institution will be at the church on Thursday 15 June 2023 at 6pm. David says, “I am excited to be heading to Scotland to…
Lent 2: The extravagance and exuberance of God’s love
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 5 March 2023. ‘Instead of each person in the world facing a just judgment for their sins, they would only have to look at and to trust in Jesus. God was never going to desire a regime of condemnation when He could fashion in Jesus a regime of forgiveness and renewal.’
Lent 1: All these temptations are present in Christian experience today
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 26 February 2023. ‘What Adam had freely forfeited, Jesus freely restored by going to the cross. What had fallen into weakness was raised in unbelievable power. What had fallen apart in the name of self-fulfilment and self-realization was restored to glory by a single act of total self-giving and self-abasement.’
Commentary: Our values have to be able to stand for themselves
There is something very strange in today’s fashion for denying the concept of truth, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. The idea is that since all truth is subjective, there can be no objective truth, by definition. Any view expressed has to be personal and limited by personal experience and perspective, especially that of race and social…
Quinquagesima: The starting point for being the people of God
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 19 February 2023. ‘The Transfiguration of Jesus looks back at the law and the prophets and forward to the death and resurrection of Jesus. Above it all and overshadowing it is that cloud of unspeakable holiness and unapproachable glory from which comes the voice of God, and speaking of Jesus: Listen to Him.’
Sexagesima: We are living members of the kingdom of God
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 12 February 2023. ‘If life as a whole is precious to God – whether it is the birds of the air or the flowers of the field – then the life of those who seek His face and who serve His purposes are even more deeply loved.’
Epiphany 4 & Presentation of Christ: All we need to do is to ask
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 5 February 2023. ‘It is His simple humanity that encourages us to approach in faith and confidence, knowing that whatever we face, He also has seen in its essence.’
Epiphany 3: God says that He only looks for simple things
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 29 January 2023. ‘Those in power would never understand, in any generation. They still don’t.’
Drumchapel Mission closes
The Diocese reports that Drumchapel Mission – “this small and loving community of the Scottish Episcopal Church” – closed its doors after a special service held on Sunday 16th October 2022. “The four remaining members had asked Bishop Kevin for a swift closure because they no longer had the resources to continue. “Approximately 50 members…
Epiphany 2: Releasing people into a realm of finding themselves
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 22 January 2023. ‘Far from imposing a rule, God seeks to release His people within a commonwealth of His love and deliverance. It is a regime of enhancing His people to become what He had always wanted them to be. To fulfil the potential that was always there, waiting to flourish into their fullest expression.’
Baptism of Jesus: To fulfill all righteousness in the sight of God
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 15 January 2023. ‘The disciples who followed Him were not going to form a community spirituality circle in which members could pick and choose that which was to their taste and avoid the uncongenial.’
Epiphany: The life we are intended to live
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 8 January 2023. ‘But when we put together the law and the prophets with the gold, and the frankincense and the myrrh then they give each other life and meaning.’
