by Neil Ellis | Feb 11, 2024 | Sermons
The Sermon The Sermon Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12 I was chatting with Mary Jane on Thursday. At the end of our conversation I indicated I was off to work on the sermon. “Make it a good one!” she said. Sermons are funny things. The very first sermon I preached...
by Neil Ellis | Feb 4, 2024 | Sermons
Emerging Emerging Scripture: Mark 1: 29-39 I’d like to begin this morning with a poem from Irish poet John O’Donohue, For a New Beginning. In out-of-the-way places of the heart, Where your thoughts never think to wander, This beginning has been quietly forming,...
by Neil Ellis | Jan 28, 2024 | Sermons
Praise Yah! Priase Yah! Scripture: Psalm 111 Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! Our psalm this morning is a psalm of praise and thanksgiving. It was composed to be remembered. Each of the 22 lines in this psalm begin with a different letter of the Hebrew alphabet. We call...
by Neil Ellis | Jan 21, 2024 | Sermons
To Be Called by Christ To Be Called by Christ Scripture: Mark 1: 14-20 How does one start following Jesus? If I were to ask you how you became a Christian, what would the story look like? “Dietrich Bonhoeffer is one of many theologians who have thought deeply about...
by Neil Ellis | Jan 14, 2024 | Sermons
Come, See, and Follow Come, See, and Follow Scripture: John 1: 43-51 Who is Jesus? I think this is the question that is on Nathanael’s mind when Philip invites him to come along. Who exactly is this Jesus character? I also wonder if that’s a question that...