by Neil Ellis | Mar 9, 2020 | Sermons
From Where Does My Help Come? From Where Does My Help Come? Psalm 121 is known as the Traveller’s Psalm. It speaks to the help we receive from God throughout all of life. While the majority of the Psalm takes the form of a priestly blessing, the harrowing...
by Neil Ellis | Mar 2, 2020 | Sermons
Right Relationships Right Relationships On this first Sunday of Lent the Lectionary texts have us looking at themes of sin, temptation and forgiveness. The Psalmist reminds us of how good it feels to confess and how much God enjoys forgiving. Meanwhile the Gospel text...
by Neil Ellis | Feb 25, 2020 | Sermons
Lightning in a Bottle Lightning in a Bottle Transfiguration Sunday marks the change in season. From Epiphany, a season of light and discovery to Lent, a darker season and one of reflection. The passage on the Transfiguration comes near the middle of the gospel account...
by Neil Ellis | Feb 17, 2020 | Sermons
You Have Heard it Said You Have Heard it Said What do we do when we think we understand what is going on. We believe we know what it means to follow Jesus and are willing to do so, but we come across a passage that challenges our assumptions and beliefs? The passage...
by Neil Ellis | Feb 10, 2020 | Sermons
Be Salty Be Salty What does it mean to be salt and light in the world? As followers of Christ are we afraid to mix it up with the world? Do we fear allowing our light to shine? As Jesus speaks to the disciples and the crowd on the hill he makes it clear that we are to...
by Neil Ellis | Feb 3, 2020 | Sermons
Dwell in Possibility Dwell in Possibility The Sermon on the Mount or the Beatitudes are a wonderfully challenging sermon given to us by Jesus. This passage should challenge us to dwell in the possibility of what we can do as workers in the kingdom of heaven. ...