The kingdom of God in the ordinary events of our lives
As I write we are in our second week of lockdown and the weather is bitterly cold, certainly not the kind of weather for thinking about seeds growing, [...]
The journey of faith
This Sunday we will be meeting again on-line for worship, and the good thing is that we will have more participation from our Samoan young people. The [...]
Share the vision of Isaiah and the comfort of the Psalms
This Sunday I had planned to recognise and thank those who have served on the Church Council and also to commission the new members. But then the lock [...]
Empowering the church – Pentecost
The story of Pentecost we hear from the writing of Luke both in his Gospel and in the Book of Acts carries some very powerful messages for us in the C [...]
Jesus’s presence among us
Over the Fifty days of Easter we hear accounts of encounters with Jesus and how the early church experiences the presence of the risen Christ. This Su [...]
Breaking down barriers
All through the Easter Season as we reflect on the meaning of the resurrection, the Church invites us to read the book of Acts as our first reading. T [...]
Compassion of the good shepherd
Many years ago I studied Theology and Liturgy at Lincoln Theological College in England. It was a joint Anglican-Methodist college situated under the [...]
Easter – God’s light dawning
Let me invite you to cast your mind back to Holy Week and Easter last year. We were in the midst of lockdown, filming services, and participating in w [...]