Resources - Sermons

Resources - Sermons

29 January - 5 February 2012 - Storytelling

Part 1: Who needs a mustard plant?

“Beneath the favorite tale of the moment
a deeper story always lies waiting to be discovered.”
(Thomas Moore)

Saltimbanques Resting
Honore Daumier - Resting clowns
 

Let the children come to me - 22 January 2012

Let the children come to me!”
Scripture Readings: Mark 10:13-16 and Luke 12:51-53
 
“Life's splendor forever lies in wait about each one of us in all its fullness, but veiled from view, deep down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If you summon it by the right word, by its right name, it will come.”
(Franz Kafka)
 

Time and the Gospel of Thomas - 15 January 2012

“Jesus said, ‘Let one who seeks not stop seeking until one finds. When one finds, one will be troubled. When one is troubled,
one will marvel and will rule over all.’”
(Gospel of Thomas, Saying 2)
 

Jesus's Baptism - 8 January 2012

“You are my beloved Son; in you I take delight.”
(Mark 1:11b)

25 December 2011

innocence cannot lead us to you
until it is displaced by knowledge

knowledge cannot lead us to you
until it is replaced by innocence
 ~ shabbir banoobhai

Don't burn out - 11 December 2011

Scripture reading: Matthew 25:1-13

Alberto Giacometti - The toppling man

Act against silence - 4 December 2011

Scripture reading: Mark 8:27-38

Without longing, no be(longing) - 27 November 2011

Image adapted from the front cover of John Berger's Hold Everything Dear

Dialogue vs Monologue - 23 October - 6 November 2011