Sermons From Clayton Wesley

A way into the parable of the wedding feast and the man who doesn’t have the correct outfit. A story of resistance and courage.

Jesus breaks the cycle of violence in this week’s reading (sorry for the two week break. I was on holiday)

Getting forgiveness sin wrong and what seeing them differently might mean

What does it mean to take a bother or sister aside and show them their faults as Matthew's gospel advises?

What can we do with Jesus shocking call to ‘take up your cross’? Not much I think…

Jesus is in Caesarea Philippi and that matters when he tells the disciples that he is going to build the church 

The Canaanite woman is a story that turns her world, Jesus’s world and ours upside down

Jesus walks on the sea; Peter walks on water. What’s the difference? And what was Peter doing?

What can we take from Jesus feeding the 5000? In what ways are we fed in this story?

Jesus’s short parables of the kingdom, what do they have in common?

What to do about evil? The parable of the weeds and the wheat 

The Parable of the Sower. What does it mean that the seed is sown everywhere?

In this week's text Jesus, in a counter-cultural move, invites us to rest

What does it mean to welcome God?

Do you hate your parents? Jesus said you should. Or, maybe he was saying something else...

The reading for this week is Matthew 9:35-10:8 Jesus sending out the twelve disciples 

A short reflection (we’ve returned to public worship in a limited and very short service this week) on the trinity for Trinity Sunday.

It is Pentecost. Happy Birthday! Let's have a bit of a look at some of what it means to be Church 

The last Sunday of Easter 2020 and the last words of Jesus in John's Gospel. What does Jesus want for his disciples? He wants them, and us, to know God. 

In the third quarter of the Gospel of John, Jesus continues to invite his followers into his abundant, grace-filled life and world-view.