A selection of sermons
Taranaki
Maunga from Manganui Gorge
Come to the river
A sermon for the Baptism of Jesus
Sunday 9 January 2022
A modern Christmas miracle
A sermon for Christmas Eve
Friday 24 December 2021
When we stumble
A sermon about when we mess up, and why I don't believe in hell
Sunday 26 September 2021
Let's not reject grace
A sermon about hope and reconciliation
Sunday 8 August 2021
Whose side are we on?
A sermon about sexual abuse in the Church
Sunday 25 July 2021
They didn't know we were seeds
A sermon about the realisation of justice and peace
Sunday 13 June 2021
Be drunk with love
A sermon about accepting that the Bible has some erotic content.
Sunday 9 May 2021
Atonement demystified
A sermon about atonement theology.
Sunday 9 May 2021
It
really is him
A sermon about the resurrection of Jesus.
Sunday 11 April 2021
Euology for
Trace Ward, 1958 - 2021
An
audio version is also available.
What have we done to the earth?
A sermon about our violence against the earth, and climate change.
Sunday 24 January 2021
Water, water, every where
A sermon for the Baptism of Jesus
Sunday 10 January 2021
Like
the Virgin?
A sermon about Mary's pregnancy and purity culture.
Sunday 20 December 2020
Maybe
he is already here?
A challenge to rapture theology
Sunday 8 November 2020
Hanging up our
gloves
A Christian response to the violence of the Older Testament
Sunday 8 November 2020
On whose authority?
A sermon about authority in the Church.
Sunday 27 September 2020
One last time
A sermon about saying goodbye.
Sunday 13 September 2020
Virgins, whores,
and tricksters: how the Bible objectifies women, and what we can do about it
A sermon about how women are portrayed in the Bible
Sunday 26 July 2020
The Story of the
Bible
A sermon for National Bible Sunday
Sunday 19 July 2020
God in the time of
pandemic
A sermon about what a Christian response to Covid 19 would look like
Sunday 12 July 2020
A strand of flax is
nothing in itself
A sermon for Te Pouhere Sunday
Sunday 14 June 2020
One year on
A sermon for the first anniversary of the Christchurch mosque shootings
Sunday 15 March 2020
Salt of the earth
and light to the world
A sermon for the Fifth Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Sunday 9 February 2020
Sanctifying the
waters
A sermon for the Baptism of Jesus
Sunday 12 January 2020
Every day will be
Christmas
A sermon for Christmas Day
Wednesday 25 December 2019
When joy seems
compulsory
A sermon for the Third
Sunday of Advent
Sunday 15 December 2019
Transforming the
world through ordinary acts of grace
A sermon for the Second
Sunday of Advent
Sunday 8 December 2019
Remembering
Parihaka
A sermon about Parihaka
Sunday 10 November 2019
Perspective is
everything
A sermon about faith and gratitude
Sunday 13 October 2019
Counting the cost
A sermon about the cost of discipleship
Sunday 8 September 2019
To the Moon and back
A sermon about mission.
Sunday 11 August 2019
Keep
on knocking
A sermon about persistence and prayer.
Sunday 28 July 2019
A
wind from heaven
A sermon for the Day of Pentecost.
Sunday 9 June 2019
Nobody
is excluded
A sermon about exclusion, persecution, and homophobia
Sunday 12 May 2019
Loving
our Muslim brothers and sisters
A sermon about how we should love and care for our Muslim brothers and sisters
following the terror attacks against Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand
Sunday 24 March 2019
Making
it happen
A sermon for the First Sunday in Lent
Sunday 10 March 2019
What
persecution REALLY looks like
A sermon about claims of Christian persecution in western countries.
Sunday 17 February 2019
Being
saved
A sermon about what it REALLY means to be 'saved'.
Sunday 10 February 2019
Rejected
by his own people
A sermon about rejection.
Sunday 27 January 2019
Where
do we find God?
A sermon for the Feast of the Epiphany.
Sunday 6 January 2019
We
don't have to agree
A sermon about living with disagreement.
Sunday 9 December 2018
Not
one stone left
A sermon about the Roman destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
Sunday 18 November 2018
The
day the balloon burst
A sermon about why God allows suffering.
Sunday 14 October 2018
Following
the Christ as children
A sermon about following the Christ with child-like qualities.
Sunday 24 September 2018
The
Blasphemy Challenge
A sermon about blasphemy, and whether
there is such a thing as an 'eternal sin'.
Sunday 10 June 2018
Valleys
of dry bones
A sermon for the Day of Pentecost
Sunday 20 May 2018
Where
does Jesus go?
A sermon for Sunday after the Ascension
Sunday 13 May 2018
A
different kind of body
A
sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter
Sunday 15 April 2018
Counting
down his final days
A
sermon for Passion Sunday
Sunday 18 March 2018
Do
not let your hearts be troubled or afraid
A
sermon for those who have loved ones nearing the end of life's journey
Sunday 4 March 2018
His
true nature revealed
A
sermon about the Transfiguration
Sunday 25 February 2018
A
spiritual warrant of fitness
A
sermon for the First Sunday in Lent
Sunday 18 February 2018
Into
the River
Into
the River (MP3)
A sermon for the Baptism of Jesus
Sunday 7 January 2018
And
again I say Rejoice
A
sermon for Gaudete Sunday
Sunday 17 December 2017
Leaving
the rapture behind
A
sermon for Christ the King Sunday
Sunday 26 November 2017
American
Idol
A
sermon about idolatry.
Sunday 15 October 2017
False
prophets, charlatans, and politicians
A
sermon about religious leaders and politics.
Sunday 10 September 2017
The
most expensive bowl of lentils in the world
A
sermon about Esau, Jacob, social justice, and climate change.
Sunday 16 July 2017
The
real face of the persecuted
A
sermon about what it really means to be perscuted for following Jesus today.
Sunday 21 May 2017
On
earth as it is in heaven
A sermon about the realisation of God's kingdom
Sunday 14 May 2017
Whose
side are we on?
A sermon for Palm Sunday
Sunday 9 April 2017
God
is not a vending machine
A
sermon about faith
Sunday 26 February 2017
Maybe
he is already here
A
sermon for the First Sunday of Advent.
Sunday 27 November 2016
Meeting
the Christ on the margins
A sermon about discipleship amongst the lost, the last, and the least.
Sunday 30 October 2016
That's
how the light gets in
A
sermon about coping with serious offending by Church leaders
Sunday 23 October 2016
Faith
requires action
A
sermon about faith
Sunday 9 October 2016
Beggars
on Lambton Quay
A sermon about how we should respond to begging
Sunday 25 September 2016)
Radical
Hospitality
A sermon about radical hospitality
Sunday 28 August 2016
A
Parable of Pokémon
A sermon about playing Pokémon Go
Sunday 7 August 2016
Prayer
without works is dead
A sermon about backing up prayer with action
Sunday 24 July 2016
Two
simple commandments
A sermon about loving God by loving our neighbour
Sunday 10 July 2016
Christ
or the angry crowd?
A sermon about one church's response to the Orlando Nightclub Shootings
Sunday 26 June 2016
A
marriage made in heaven
A sermon for Trinity Sunday
Sunday 22 May 2016
No
doubt it really is him
A sermon for the Sunday of St Thomas
Sunday 3 April 2016
Scandalous
and outrageous devotion (PDF)
A sermon for Passion Sunday
Sunday 13 March 2016
Fasting
from Indifference (PDF)
A sermon for the First Sunday in Lent
Sunday 14 February 2016
Being
there is everything (PDF)
A sermon about the sacrament of the Eucharist
Sunday 23 August 2015
The
gift that was rejected (PDF)
A sermon about grace
Evensong, Sunday 9 August 2015
When
Christmas isn't happy
A sermon for Midnight Mass
Christmas Eve Wednesday 24 December 2014
Those
whom the world has forgotten (PDF)
A sermon about ministry to the marginalised
Sunday 23 March 2014
One
holy catholic and apostolic Church (PDF)
A sermon about ecumenism and sectarianism
Sunday 26 January 2014
Do
not let your hearts be troubled or afraid (PDF)
A sermon about being with people who are dying
Sunday 5 May 2013
Stoning
the elephant in the room (PDF)
A sermon about scandal in the Church
Passion Sunday 17 March 2013