Pentecost 25 - A Different Way - Matthew 25:14-30
The Parable of the Talents can encourage us to explore our talents/gifts. Or may be in this parable Jesus is suggesting a different way.
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Pentecost 24 - Watching and Waiting - Matthew 25: 1-13
Matthew draws us into the theme of watching and waiting, which is a part of the wise life, but also part of the wise faith. It's not about something off into the future, but about being awake, in faith, in mind, in the world and days in which we find ourselves. Let us explore life and faith together.
Pentecost 23- Practice What You Preach- Matt 23: 1-12
If we claim to follow Christ, our actions must reflect the Christ we proclaim!
Pentecost 22 - Love and Humility- Matthew 22:34-46
The greatest commandment is to love God with heart, should and mind, with all we are, to love our neighbour as ourselves. To humble ourselves.
Pentecost 21 - Render to Caesar - Matthew 22: 15-22
Jesus calls us to live out our lives as authentic, created-in-the-image of God people. This touches everything we do, say and think, and as controversial as it sounds, how we vote.
Pentecost 20- The Invitation That Requires Our Response- Matthew 22:1-14
God's grace welcomes us as we are, but it also calls us to change.
Pentecost 19- What Ae We Doing with God's Vineyard?- Matthew 21:33-46
God has entrusted this vineyard for a moment in time, so may we tend to it faithfully, share it generously and produce good fruit.
Pentecost 18 - The Parable of the Two - Matthew 21: 23-32
A father has two sons..... who couldn't be more different in their responses. Yes, it's a story ages old, but also a story about the ways, the paths, the choices of responding. The parable begins with these words.... "What do you think"? So what DO you think? Join us as we explore life and faith together.
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