| The
Seven Deadly Sins - Sloth |
[14 September 2008]
Alberto Santos-Dumont will be unknown to many of you but he
is someone that has influenced your life. He was born in Brazil but
in 1891 at the age of 18 he moved to France where one of his great
passions was flying. One of the realities was that he spent more
time crashing than flying but Alberto was someone of amazing
determination. He initially designed hydrogen filled balloons called
dirigibles and which he would fly for short distances around Paris.
He would often delight crowds by arriving uninvited and unannounced
at official functions and becoming the star of the show. >>>more
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| The
Seven Deadly Sins - Lust |
[31 August 2008]
A little boy returning home from his first day at school
asked his mother, “what is sex?” His mother had prepared herself
for this question and gave a simple but detailed answer that she had
rehearsed. She even included God in her answer which she was
particularly pleased about. When she had finished the young lad
produced an enrollment form which he had brought home from school
and said, “yes, but how am I going to get all that into this one
little square?”>>>more
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| The
Seven Deadly Sins - Greed |
[24 August 2008]
Whenever I take a trip into Aranui or some of the poorer suburbs of our
town I know I’m rich. I pass by people whose clothing tells me
they haven’t been in a clothes shop for months and their shoes or lack
of shoes tell me they don’t spend much money on these luxuries. The
homes see are basic, and the cars all show signs of wear and tear.>>>more
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| The
Seven Deadly Sins - Gluttony |
[17 August 2008]
Pride, anger, envy, greed, lust, sloth, and gluttony – the
seven deadly sins. I’m
not quite sure how gluttony made it into the list.
I do know that in the early church there was a strong ascetic
movement that stressed that people needed to give up pleasures of
life or the sins of the flesh as they called them.
Remember John the Baptist who took off into the desert where
he wore simple clothing and ate things like locusts and wild honey.
For some this was considered an ideal and eating too much
became a serious sin. However
when the seven deadly sins were put together in the middle ages
gluttony almost didn’t make the list.
>>>more
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| The
Seven Deadly Sins - Anger |
[10 August 2008]
The bill has an odd amount on it so we call the number shown
to find out more. A voice answers telling us there is no operator
available right now to take our call but if we hold the line our
call will be answered shortly. The music comes on which is not quite
our sort of music. Four minutes later a voice comes on again telling
us that we are very important but there is no operator available to
take our call right now. Please hold and an operator will be with
you shortly. There is more music and our fingers tap the bench in
front of us, but they are not tapping in time to the music.>>>more
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| The
Seven Deadly Sins - Envy |
[3 August 2008]
Of the seven deadly sins envy is the odd one because of all
the seven sins it is the one that produces no pleasure. Others like
over eating, letting go of pent up anger, enjoying the profits of
greed, giving in to lust, or just having a slothful lie in, have an
element of pleasure. Envy, longing for what someone else has, is a
sad sin. Thomas Aquinas the medieval scholar defined envy as sadness
at the happiness or glory of another.>>>more
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| The
Seven Deadly Sins - Pride |
[26 July 2008]
The word sin used to be a word that would make people sit up and take
notice. It used to have an effect on people like the word cancer does
today. There was something dangerous and dreadful about it. To call
something sinful these days is to invite the comment that it’s naughty
but nice, so we talk of eating a large piece of chocolate cake as sinful,
or of pampering ourselves in some way as a sinful indulgence. Sin has been
domesticated and changed from a rotweiller into a poodle>>>more
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| The
Spiritual Practice of Worship |
[13 July 2008]
We’ve been looking at spiritual practices over the last few
Sundays - discerning Gods voice or leading, healing, hospitality,
telling our story, contemplation and listening to God in the
silence, seeking justice and the kingdom of God. I’ve been gently
hammering the theme that we need to consciously nurture these
practices, and churches that do so will find the living presence of
God becoming more apparent and real. Churches where the living
presence of God is apparent and real have a future. >>>more
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| If you would like
a copy of one of the sermons listed below, please send an email to Dugald
Wilson |
| 2008 |
|
| 6 July 2008 |
The Spiritual Practice of
Justice |
| 15 June 2008 |
Growing Churches Practise
Contemplation |
| 18 May 2008 |
Emerging Church |
| 4 May 2008 |
Be Yourself |
| 27 April 2008 |
A Better Way |
| 20 April 2008 |
Acceptance |
| 6 April 2008 |
The Cross - Part Two |
| 30 March 2008 |
The Cross |
| 10 February 2008 |
The Way of Sacrifice |
| 3 February 2008 |
Violence in Our Community |
| 27 January 2008 |
What has become of our souls? |
| 20 January 2008 |
Climate Change |
| 13 January 2008 |
The Issue of Creation |
| 6 January 2008 |
The Great C's |
| 2007 |
|
| 23 December 2007 |
What's it all about? |
| 28 October 2007 |
Love |
| 21 October 2007 |
Finding God's Dream for Our
Lives |
| 7 October 2007 |
God's Special Dream |
| 2 September 2007 |
The Father Wound |
| 26 August 2007 |
Prayer as Meditation and
Contemplation |
| 19 August 2007 |
Prayer Problems |
| 12 August 2007 |
Prayer |
| 29 July 2007 |
Investing Your Money as a
Christian |
| 22 July 2007 |
Paul in Athens |
| 15 July 2007 |
William Wilberforce |
| 24 June 2007 |
The Conversion of Paul |
| 17 June 2007 |
Jesus at the Centre |
| 10 June 2007 |
A Minority Religion that
Attracts |
| 3 June 2007 |
The Holy Spirit |
| 20 May 2007 |
The Good Samaritan |
| 13 May 2007 |
God Knows Us by Name |
| 5 May 2007 |
The Kingdom of God and
FAIRTRADE |
| 22 April 2007 |
Thin Places |
| 25 March 2007 |
Understanding the Cross |
| 11 March 2007 |
How Do You See God? |
| 11 February 2007 |
YES! God |
| 4 February 2007 |
God Whispers |
| 28 January 2007 |
Finding God's Perspective |
| 21 January 2006 |
The Core of Jesus' Ministry |
| 2006 |
|
| 24 December 2006 |
Jesus Born as One of Us |
| 10 December 2006 |
Making Space for God |
| 3 December 2006 |
The Dream of Jesus |
| 25 November 2006 |
The Use of Money |
| 19 November 2006 |
Concerning Poverty -
Celebrating Ebule |
| 12 November 2006 |
The Story of Ruth |
| 5 November 2006 |
Why Me? |
| 29 October 2006 |
Vision for St Marks |
| 22 October 2006 |
Job |
| 8 October 2006 |
Same
Sex Relationships and Leadership in the Church |
| 1 October 2006 |
Jesus
- Son of Good |
| 24 September 2006 |
Jesus
the Saviour |
| 17 September 2006 |
Who
Do You Say that I Am? |
| 10 September 2006 |
Let
Spring Inspire You |
| 3 September 2006 |
The
Amazing Father |
| 20 August 2006 |
What
is Your Deep Longing for Your Church Community? |
| 13 August 2006 |
The
Value of Compost |
| 6 August 2006 |
Blessed
are the Peacemakers |
| 30 July 2006 |
Climate Change |
| 23 July 2006 |
The Power of Forgiveness |
| 16 July 2006 |
The Power of Acceptance |
| 9 July 2006 |
The Power of Peacemaking |
| 2 July 2006 |
The Power of Good
Relationships |
| 25 June 2006 |
The Power of Determination |
| 18 June 2006 |
Getting God's Perspective on
Your Life |
| 11 June 2006 |
Born Again / Born from Above |
| 4 June 2006 |
The Holy Spirit |
| 21 May 2006 |
Love One Another |
| 14 May 2006 |
Mothers' Day |
| 7 May 2006 |
The Good Shepherd |
| 30 April 2006 |
A
Joyful People |
| 23 April 2006 |
Jesus
- Saviour of What? |
| 2 April 2006 |
Am
I Growing in Love for God and All People |
| 19 February 2006 |
The Man on His Mat |
| February 2006 |
Guest Sermon - Bono's Address
to US Leaders |
| 12 February 2006 |
Is
Nothing Sacred? |
| 5 February 2006 |
Spirit
Filled |
| 29 January 2006 |
Demons
and Evil |
| 8 January 2006 |
You
Are My Beloved |
| 1 January 2006 |
God
is With You |
| 2005 |
|
| 27 November |
Making Space
for Jesus |
| 20 November |
You Shall
Not Covet |
| 13 November |
Do Not Bear
False Witness |
| 6 November |
Do Not Murder |
| 30 October |
Death and Dying |
| 23 October |
Keeping the Sabbath |
| 16 October |
Finding Solid Ground |
| 11 September |
The Power of Forgiveness |
| 21 August |
A Vision for St Marks |
| 14 August |
Christian Faith and World Poverty |
| 7 August |
Peace Sunday 2005 |
| 31 July |
Feeding the 5000 |
| 17 July |
The
Bible |
| 10 July |
Psalm
139 |
| 3 July |
God
Guides Us |
| 15 May |
The
Holy Spirit |
| 8 May |
The
Importance of Family |
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