Atrocious Accounting, Amazing Grace
Glynn Cardy 24th September 2023, Matthew 20:1-15 When a wise woman reached the outskirts of the village and settled under a tree for the night,
Forgiveness and Judgement
Glynn Cardy 17th September 2023, Matthew 18:21-35 Forgiveness and judgement. Let’s begin with the forgiveness. The first reading, the parable of the soup stone, is
Real Presence
Glynn Cardy 3rd September 2023 Our first reading today, the calling of Moses, offers us the metaphor of the burning bush – an image Presbyterians
Saving A Baby, Saving Our World
Glynn Cardy 27th August 2023 In 2008 the book “Saving Paradise: How Christianity traded love of this world for crucifixion and empire” was published. It
Where Might God Be Hiding?
Glynn Cardy 13th August 2023 The story in Genesis 37, popularized by Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat, is part of the foundational
The Wonderful and Wacky World of Church Communities
Glynn Cardy 6th August 2023 Children throughout most of recorded history have been seen as the property of their fathers, similar in that sense to
The Subversive Parables of Jesus
Glynn Cardy 30th July 2023 One of the tell-tale signs that a parable originates with the historical Jesus is its subversion of myth. My culture
Baptism
Glynn Cardy, 9th July 2023 Today is the start of Matariki, a festive season, that we now mark with a public holiday next Friday. Matariki
The Path of Uncertainty
Glynn Cardy 18th June 2023 St Luke’s is a creed-free church. Which is not to say that we don’t have beliefs. But is to say
Healing More or Less[i]
Glynn Cardy 11th June 2023 The gospel reading for today brings together three stories of healing. One is about a tax collector who got up
