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"Darker, Closer, I Shall Not Be In Want..." Willowburn's first Covid sermon from 22 March 2020 (when it all got real). Plus some rocks in our shoe (LAMTs - Light and Momentary Troubles), some WB conversational cameos, some prayers (which you can enter into), relief versus restoration, some cool quotes from ancient Christianity (eg when the shadow g…
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"Faithful. Hyphen Faith-full. Faith-fullness: Allegiance, dependence, trust…” We wondered this morning what “every act prompted by our faith” might look like as we enter our new circles rhythm… Have a listen and help us find out... This is part 4. You might also like to listen to parts 1-3 to give you the back story. Hope it encourages you. A…
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In this session seven words that summarise the faith-fullness of a church of nobodies from nowhere 2000 years ago. Seven words that take faith-minus to faith-plus. Seven words that beg for connectedness to Jesus and to each other. And from these seven words we ask (actually God asks) what is lacking in our own faith? The answers are in these seven …
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Sometimes it's just the simplest phrase in the bible that gets your attention (and your heart): 'Was With Us'. That got my attention (and my heart). This phrase 'was with us' described a nobody from nowhere who, whenever Paul the apostle turned around, 'was with us'. Beatings, plots, prison, shipwrecks, traumas, terrors... Yep, everytime Paul turne…
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Time to rethink our church. Rethink (reconsider, reassess. Re- ‘again, anew’). Rethinking Commitment. Rethinking Willowburn so we can transition to a completely new rule and rhythm for our little church. Using the lessons of Apollo 13 and Philippians 2 we hold up 'church' to scripture and ask: Can we rethink our commitment? Session 1 in our Rethink…
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I preached this sermon on mental health after many years of reflection and with at least two of those years hanging out with my Psychologist friends who I have come to love and appreciate so much. I hope this encourages, strengthens and brings hope as the Christian story often does when it is at its best and we are not. During the church service we…
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Why do you think you would remain faithful? And how long? A year? Ten? What about a few hundred? Session 44 in our Meet God Almighty (MeGA) Series: "A long faithfulness in the same direction" I pray it directs your heart to the love of God, the fellowship of the Spirit and the grace of the Lord Jesus. Grace and Peace as we end our kingdom phase and…
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Remembrances, conceptions, understandings, that's what our realities are made of. That's what our relationship with God could be shaped by. So what on earth (or in heaven) would the remembrances, conceptions, understandings of Notre Dame have to do with a Galilean breakfast 2000 years ago. This Resurrection Sunday, dive in, go deeper... Hope this l…
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In this sermon I was really astounded by how it was a little baby called Samuel could turn out the way he did when he was born and bred in such a vile time. I was even more astounded to see not only how he turned out but how the world around him was changed because of him and the work God did through him. And then, to notice something else, somethi…
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Imagine if Jesus said to you 'Come away with me for a while, get some rest...' Would you then expect to spend the first day 'away getting some rest' in intense service to 15,000 people, the first night rowing for nine hours and not getting anywhere (as well as a nearly drowning) and then the day after that in more intense ministry and service? Seem…
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Faith isn’t just mental assent, or a profession. Of course it’s never less than this, but it’s also way more. Faith and faithfulness are exactly the same word in scriptures which has massive implications. The question of faith in a Deepwater Storm, like the one in today’s passage (Matthew 8:23-27), isn’t just will you doubt. It’s will you follow?…
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Seeking the face of Jesus in the face of God and our MeGA (meet God Almighty) series brings us to the atrocity of a man who, in the name of God, fulfils a foolish vow by killing his daughter. Can anything good come from this? Can anything good come when we insist on living in 'my truth' rather than The Truth. See the consequences of an unchallenged…
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Seeking the face of Jesus in the face of God and our MeGA (meet God Almighty) series brings us to the mixed bag that is the hero Gideon. There's more to this dude than a fleece... there's a rolling barley loaf. And of course, some important lessons and trajectories towards the Lord Jesus. Hope it encourages...…
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Seeking the face of God, finding the face of Jesus in number 31 of our MeGA (Meet God Almighty) series. In this session we meet the the Honey Bee and the Thunderbolt… and we also meet the pretensions and the assumptions bloating our so-called solutions. Oh, and along the way we also meet a mother-warrior, a mother-tactician, a mother-judge and a mo…
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Luke 5:1-11. This sermon is the first in a series of seven answering a call to go into deepwater. I've been gripped by Peter's deepwater experiences with Jesus - both literal and metaphorical - so I've created this series as a a means of putting that same deepwater call to us as a church. I hope it encourages you to follow Jesus even (especially) i…
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Today at the 'Burn Meet Moses meet God Almighty. Moses, a man born and raised into an oppressive divide between nations, meets God Almighty, and his life is given sure-footed purpose to navigate the in-between. Today, this same God through the person of Jesus gives us the ultimate example to walk in between our ever-polarising social and political …
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Whatever. It. Is. There is grace for that... You know what we noticed as we were driving up the range the other day? The tree’s dying in Redwood Park. Same same around Prince Henry Heights. Trees dying from the drought. From dryness, aridness, barrenness... This drought is death. We’re being told by experts that we may see ever increasing droughts …
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