Sermons
- Sermon By: The Rev Jeff Lackie
- Categories: action, challenge, diversity, faith, God, Kingdom', Sunday Worship
Jeremiah gets right to it. “The days are surely coming…’ I know, the Scripture puts these words in God’s mouth but work with me here.
- Sermon By: The Rev Jeff Lackie
- Categories: action, Body of Christ, challenge, diversity, Divine Promise, faith, Hope, hospitality, humility, Love, Sunday Worship
A friend of mine suggested the other day that Luke’s gospel doesn’t really show us ‘Jesus at his best.’ That caught me by surprise,
- Sermon By: The Rev Jeff Lackie
- Categories: abundance, action, challenge, diversity, Hope, Sunday Worship
There are words we don’t like hearing. Hate is one of them, especially when it is directed towards people (or things) for which we have
- Sermon By: The Rev Jeff Lackie
- Categories: abundance, Body of Christ, diversity, gratitude, hospitality, humility, Love
Who doesn’t want to be first? Who among us prefers to patiently wait while the corner-pieces of birthday cake are gobbled up by those who
- Sermon By: The Rev Jeff Lackie
- Categories: abundance, action, Body of Christ, challenge, Divine Promise, faith, God, Hope, Sunday Worship
I like words. I’ve always been a fan – reading, talking, playing with meaning – and a good thing too, considering my vocation. So
- Sermon By: The Rev Jeff Lackie
- Categories: abundance, action, Body of Christ, challenge, diversity, Divine Promise, faith, Sunday Worship
The vision that Jesus models – for a society modelled on God’s lovingkindness and compassionate justice – is ALWAYS going to generate conflict and division. Capitalism works reasonably well – but it comes with costs that once may have been hidden, and now are bursting into view. Costs for the climate – for the economy – and for a society built around a competitive, win-lose model of business. Competition for profit, for market, for resources and for a finite consumer budget drives predatory practices and leaves deep (and often permanent) scars.