THE WHEAT AND THE TARES; THE MUSTARD SEED; THE LEAVEN IN THE MEAL: Matthew 13: 24–33 I have combined 3 Parables of the Kingdom as they evidently form a connected teaching in the eyes of the evangelist even if they may have been uttered by Jesus more than once and in different settings, writes Rev…
Lent 4: Facing the future
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 11 March 2018.
Lent 3: Wisdom not of this world
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 4 March 2018.
Commentary: Judge not that ye be not judged
‘Absolutely outrageous!’ – ‘Totally unacceptable!’ – ‘Utterly scandalous!’ The cries of disapproval resonate throughout the public space, whether in print, broadcast or on the net, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. And they do indeed protest very vigorously against a crime, an offence against decency or women, or a spectacularly poor explanation of some exercise in political…
Barnabas Fund prayer focus for March 2018
An update from the Barnabas Fund, which offers hope and aid to the persecuted church. News this month from Kenya, Pakistan, Sudan, Syria and China.
Lent 2: Take up the cross and carrying it willingly with Jesus
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 25 February 2018.
Lent 1: We are commissioned with the same message that Jesus Himself had
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 18 February 2018
Parables of the Kingdom: Lent course week 1
PARABLE OF THE SEED AND THE SOIL: Matthew 13: 3 – 23 Chapter 13 of Matthew’s gospel begins a series of parables in which Jesus teaches about the Kingdom of God. The first parable however only mentions the Kingdom of God obliquely, as Jesus explains it to the disciples. In this sense there is something…
Sunday before Lent: From Moses and Elijah to Peter, James and John
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 11 February 2018.
Epiphany 5: New wine, new wineskins
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 4 February 2018.
Meeting St Brigit of Kildare
Our Tea and Talk series resumed on Thursday, February 1, when Rebecca Tavener introduced us to St Brigid of Kildare, also known as Brige or Brigantia or Bride.
Commentary: Money is a fine servant but a dreadful master
I have commented before on the way our money is founded on our confidence in the authorities that issue and regulate it, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. Much of our money has no physical existence as it is comprised of accounting entries in a computer rather than notes or coin, and there are people who would…
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