Rev. John Morrison Readings: John 1:43-51 (NRSV) with reference to Psalm 139. I’ve been with you just over a year now. Kristine and I arrived the week before SMAD2020 and SMAD2021 starts tomorrow. Two Sundays after SMAD, with most Church and Community Centre groups about to commence for the year, Read more…
10 Jan – Let all creation dance! – Genesis 1:1-5, Mark 1:4-11 The opening lines of Genesis – so familiar to us – are full of drama and energy – and even dance! “In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void Read more…
We are the magi – Isaiah 60:1-6 and Matthew 2:1-12 Courtesy of quarantine, it was a very quiet Christmas at my house. As far as I know there were no nativity scenes in our back shed. Or shepherds popping in. Or choruses of angels. But there were people bringing – Read more…
Readings: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 and Ephesians 1:15-23 (NRSV) Introduction I’ve been reading some interesting stories during the week, about kings in disguise – kings who disguised themselves as commoners so that they could more freely move around amongst their people. Some of these stories are ancient myths or legends, some Read more…
Serving God, Serving Others Readings: Psalm 123:1-4 (NRSV) and 2 Corinthians 1:1-4 (NRSV) Do you feel like praising God today and expressing your trust in God? Or are you lamenting today and crying out to God to do something? Or a bit of both? Whichever of those options you just Read more…
Canberra Baptist Church 9.00 & 10.30am services, 15 March 2020 Life-giving Water from the Rock Rev. John Morrison ________________________________________________________________________________ Readings Exodus 17:1-7. John 4:5-42. (NRSV) Introduction Did you clean your teeth this morning? Did you have a shower? They are rhetorical questions. You don’t have to put your Read more…
Canberra Baptist Church 9.00 & 10.30am services, 8 March 2020 A Time to Listen and a Time to Speak Readings Psalm 121. Matthew 17:1-9. (NRSV) Rev. John Morrison _____________________________________________________________________________________ Introduction Today is the second Sunday of Lent. It’s common during this pre-Easter period to trace Jesus’ journey Read more…
Guest preacher – Doug Hynd Genesis 12:1-9, Romans 4: 1-3, 13-25 We have all seen enough of the Star Wars movies to understand the conventions surrounding the way such a movie begins. The camera provides us with images of a sweeping view across the cosmos with the rapidly moving lights Read more…