Colourful Dreamer

As we explored last week, the theme for this year’s international Season of Creation is “Oikos- a home for all”. Last week we explored the word “Oikos” which is Greek for the family or household, the family's property, and the house. And we looked at several words which come from oikos. One of those words is ecology which comes from “oikos – logia”- the study of the household. Our theme this week is Ecology: Protecting our Common Home. In particular we are invited to pay attention to the integral web of relationships that sustain the wellbeing of the whole Earth. Each creature – not only animals, insects and plants, but also non sentient creatures and minerals form part of this web and contribute to the health of the Earth. The Creation story in Genesis 1 reminds us that as humans we were created on the same day as all the animals, we are not separate to this glorious, diverse earth community. As we saw last week another of those oikos words in Economy – the rules of the household...

The notes for this sermon can be found here  Gate Pa – Year B 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Season of Creation One Readings: Psalm                          Psalm 125      First Reading:              Prov 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23            Second Reading:        James 2:1-10, 11-13, 14-17    Gospel:                         Mark 7:24-37                What I want to say: I want to introduce this year’s theme for the season of creation, - A home for all? Renewing the Oikos of God – joining worldwide c...

This year is a big year for our planet. Among the most important gatherings to be held is the COP26 Climate Change Conference in in November. In preparation for a series of online meetings between international faith leaders are being held. In February the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, addressed the first of these. As we join churches of all denominations around the world in celebrating the Season of Creation, I offer some excerpts of his speech. Sometimes, God pulls the threads of circumstance together and our lives are changed forever. This year has been an extraordinary example of such a moment. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced the world to look at how we have been living and operating, when so much of what was considered ‘normal’ was not possible. We have been confronted by our behaviour: by our sin; our greed; our human fragility; our exploitation of the environment and encroachment on the natural world. For many this uncertainty is new. But many more around the wo...

You can listen to this sermon here   Gate Pa – Year B   22 nd   Sunday in Ordinary Time, Readings: Psalm                                       Psalm 45:1-2, 6-7 First Reading:                           Song of Solomon 2:8-13          Second Reading:                       James 1:17-27                         Gospel:              ...