Sunday 2nd March was Jen’s last Sunday with us as a curate. We read Matthew 14:22-36 and Jen shared her reflections on the excitement and challenge of leaving the safety of the harbour and responding to God’s call to new adventures. ‘We are not meant for the harbour…we gather to be equipped so we can go out and grow God’s kingdom.’ You can listen here or using the player below.
On Sunday 2nd February, Chris introduced our new series: listening carefully to what our Master says. We’ll be working through the Sermon on the Mount, listening afresh to Jesus’ wisdom and praying that we will be surprised by these familiar words. What does it mean for us to respond to Jesus’ challenging, puzzling, revolutionary call to establish God’s kingdom on Earth, ‘where Love has the final word but it’s costly too’? The reading is Matthew 5:1-12. You can listen here or using the player below.
Following on from his talk at the Feast last month, Ben continues to explore God’s invitation to a deeper journey and practical ways we might respond to this call. Encounter and growing depth of relationship with God forms us into the safe, peaceful, loving, generous people the world needs. Reflecting on Romans 12:1-5, Ben discusses the ways we might intentionally and practically, individually and corporately worship God with our whole lives and be (trans)formed in the process. You can listen here or using the player below.
Ben also mentions two ways you can dig into the message of Romans a bit more: using the Bible Project’s introduction which you can find here, and a book and a course about Romans produced by the Bible Society.
At Kairos’ 14th birthday celebration, Ben shared some sabbatical news, updates on current church projects (first 9 minutes of the talk), and a sense of where God is leading us for the next season. In a fearful, complex and conflicted world, God invites us to go deeper, no longer paddling on the beach but embarking on a journey to explore the ocean depths of God’s love. Not settling for being close to God’s kingdom, are we willing to step into it? We will continue to learn and discuss what it means to put this into practice, but a first way of saying ‘yes’ to God’s invitation is to learn how to pray “in a way that connects you with God and allows you to start to process what you see around you in the natural on a slightly different level, that allows you to access God’s presence, provision and care.”
God welcomes us to “deeper life in a world of fragmentation; deeper church in a world of polarisation; deeper faith in a world of uncertainty… Take another step, there’s an ocean to explore, there are wonders of the deep. Will you come?”
Readings are Mark 12:28-34 and Ephesians 3:14-18. You can listen to the talk here or using the player below.
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