Sermons & Seminars

a purposefully impious, particularly playful, Purim party – come party! Glynn Cardy 26th Hepetema 2021 A parable[i]: Once upon a time God walked into heaven

Glynn Cardy 19th September 2021 I was handed a book in 1983 called “Into the Whirlwind”.  I was a second-year theological student at St John’s

Glynn Cardy 12th September 2021 Parts of this sermon have been adapted from Roy Hoover’s work in Profiles of Jesus. This last week I’ve visited

Father’s Day gives us the opportunity to think about fathering, and in particular our own fathers.  Some memories are good, some aren’t.  Some are great. 

29th August 2021 Mark 7: 1-8, 14, 15 Outside our back door, tucked around by the clothesline, is a lemon tree.  It’s on the East

Glynn Cardy John 6:1-14 Sun 25 Jul I choose to read this gospel text today as a story of a child who fed God. You

One of the descriptions of a church is a community of friends. Not just Quakers. But every denomination, congregation. So, to belong to a church community is to be ready to come into a commitment to friendship. To be ready to be a friend to others, and befriend yourself more deeply.

The celebration of Matariki coincides with Winter Solstice [June 22nd] which is the seasonal beginning for the European New Year. Both Maori and European cultures share this time.

1 Samuel 16:1-13 is the story of Samuel the prophet, allegedly under instructions from his God, going to the house of Jesse the Bethlehemite (and the invisible Mrs Jesse) and choosing a new king from among Mr and Mrs Jesse’s sons (not daughters) while the current king (Saul) was still alive and reigning.