by Neil Ellis | Apr 8, 2019 | Sermons
Have the Poor with You Always What would it look like to live in true community with everyone who lived the town of Cobourg? To strike down the barriers of class, ethnicity, gender and so on. The passage from John’s gospel that we look at on this fifth Sunday...
by Neil Ellis | Apr 3, 2019 | Prayer
We are the naked ones clothed in Your mercy. More safe are we with Your smile upon us than carrying much armour. You are our best protection against wild words that beguile. You are our fod, sweet to taste and sustaining. You are our guide at all times. The knee that...
by Neil Ellis | Apr 1, 2019 | Sermons
Resentment What is the greatest source of resentment in our lives? What issues, problems and experiences drive us to resent situations in our lives? How do we deal with these complex emotions? What is the source of them? Scripture: Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32 Resentment...
by Neil Ellis | Mar 25, 2019 | Sermons
Called to Repentance Lent is a time of preparation.A time when the Christian community prepares for the events of Holy Week: The trial, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Part of preparing for these events requires that we examine ourselves and our complicity...
by Neil Ellis | Mar 18, 2019 | Sermons
Sacrificial Love On this Second Sunday of Lent we find Jesus’ lament for Jerusalem. Here Jesus turns and squarely faces his destination. Where he must go and preach his final sermon on love, which will take place on the cross. It is an extrodinary passage in...
by Neil Ellis | Mar 13, 2019 | Prayer
Your love, which breathed this world into being, invites us into deeper relationship with you, removes the shackles of power and fills us with your healing, grace and mercy. Your love, which from the moment of our birth has known and called us by name challenges our...
by Neil Ellis | Mar 11, 2019 | Sermons
The Temptations of Jesus Are Not Ours We have entered the season of Lent and the journey towards Jerusalem begins with Jesus being sent by the Holy Spirit to the wilderness. Jesus will fast for forty days and be tempted by the devil. The temptation of Jesus by the...
by Neil Ellis | Mar 4, 2019 | Sermons
Departures When we think of the hymn Tell me the stories of Jesus. The story of the Transfiguration is not one that immediately comes to mind. It may be a fascinating story that gives us key insights into who Jesus is and how his presence is understood within the...
by Neil Ellis | Feb 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
God’s Love Many of the teachings of Jesus are difficult. Some are difficult to understand, such as some of the parables which require us to work out exactly what Jesus is saying. Others are difficult because of their subject matter. Whenever Jesus taught and...
by Neil Ellis | Feb 19, 2019 | Sermons
Hope in the Resurrection The resurrection of the body is a central theme of the Christian faith. We confess that Christ was raised from the dead and that this promise shall be ours as well. We don’t know how it will happen, what it will look like or even when it...
