by creatorseo | Dec 3, 2023 | Online Service
Whether they be church-goers or not, most people if you asked them would agree; Advent is most definitely a time of preparation. But, of course, the key question is preparation for what? Indeed, the very notion of preparation would imply that we have some...
by creatorseo | Nov 26, 2023 | Online Service
Christ the King could be considered a somewhat awkward Sunday to celebrate. It can strike a rather discordant note, and ring the wrong kind of bells. It carries the danger of conjuring up images of a Byzantine royal court of power, of wealth, riches and status. Please...
by creatorseo | Nov 19, 2023 | Online Service
Today’s Parable of the Talents is not really about money – despite the fact that Matthew’s listeners would have been shocked into awed silence by the sums mentioned. Whenever we read scripture we do need to remember who was the immediate intended audience. Please...
by creatorseo | Nov 5, 2023 | Online Service
On All Saints Sunday we remember that, for the most part, the saints were, simply put people – like you and me. Real people, who lived and hoped and dreamed. People who laughed and cried, loved and lost. People who had families and friends and sometimes enemies; some...
by creatorseo | Oct 29, 2023 | Online Service
In today’s passage from Matthew, also reported in Mark and Luke, Jesus is warning of the times to come, of the apocalypse that we should expect. The fact that the apocalypse didn’t happen as they felt Jesus had foretold, should not blind us to the truth that for them,...
by creatorseo | Oct 15, 2023 | Online Service
As parables go the story of the wedding feast is a rather odd one, and we might also question whether it can actually be attributed to Jesus, in whole or even in part, or whether we might feel the weight of Matthew’s pen pressing upon the page. But if we consider that...
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