An online presence for St Francis Anglican Church, Tairua, NZ
This page contains links (and excerpts) to the latest sermons
delivered from the St Francis Church pulpit
If you wish to follow these reflections (receive alerts when new ones appear), add email address below and click Follow button:
To read the whole sermon, click on the sermon title
Anyone who has kept a garden knows weeds grow faster than our crops. We prepare the soil, plant carefully, water faithfully even through a hot dry summer, and yet the weeds appear almost overnight. Life often feels like that … [To read more, click on title]
… we’re blessed in New Zealand to have so many wonders of creation to see. In 2000 we sailed to the Chathams. Two memories stand out from that trip: the first, sailing up huge rollers from the south. I likened it to sailing up four double decker buses, dropping down the other side, before climbing up the next one … [To read more, click on title]
In the New Testament Abraham and Sarah are held up as examples of faith, but … In fact, their faith failed. We see doubt and impatience, and harsh treatment of a slave … [To read more, click on title]
While we accept that the future for humanity is uncertain … we can trust that God has a plan for us and that he will give us the strength to cope with whatever life sends us. So we can live in hope … [To read more, click on title]
A church can talk endlessly about unity, justice, bicultural partnership and reconciliation. But eventually the storms reveal whether those values are decorative language or solid foundations … [To read more, click on title]
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
stfrancischurchtairuanz