Jun 27

Simply Sharing – seeing the real me

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This week we celebrate ‘Simply Sharing’ and reflect on the call of Christ to ‘extend hospitality to strangers’. We think about barriers to noticing strangers and ways to extend ourselves to live as Christ calls.

Sermon Sunday June 27th, 2010 (pdf)
St. David’s Uniting Church, Oakleigh
Rev. Arnie Wierenga


Jun 20

Unity starts within

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Who we are and the baggage we carry with us impacts on how we live. We reflect on the idea that unity with others demands that we deal within. We are reminded that Jesus is the true vine and that pruning the old wood from our lives is often difficult or painful.

Sermon Sunday June 20th, 2010 (pdf)
St. David’s Uniting Church, Oakleigh
Rev. Arnie Wierenga


Jun 13

Which story will you tell?

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We often tell stories that make us either look good or feel good about ourselves. We encounter a fascinating story from the gospel of Luke where a Pharisee is upstaged by a “sinner”. As we delve into the details we reflect on our own role as both Pharisee and “sinner”, and find a path to God’s grace and love.

Sermon Sunday June 13th, 2010 (pdf)
St. David’s Uniting Church, Oakleigh
Rev. Arnie Wierenga


Jun 6

Finding food through the drought

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Things are not as they appear. When both widow and prophet are struggling to make sense of a desperate situation they are both pushed to see beyond limits. Through a difficult human encounter the hospitality of God is found and with it an abundance never imagined or thought possible.

Sermon Sunday June 6th, 2010 (pdf)
St. David’s Uniting Church, Oakleigh
Rev. Arnie Wierenga


Jun 6

Gathering crumbs

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Often the realities of life prevent us from functioning at our best. This was as true for Jesus’ disciples as it is for us. This week we reflect on the feeding story where there is only a few loaves and fish available for a large crowd and the disciples lack vision for what is possible.

Jesus invites the disciples to feed the crowd and yet they cannot. So rather than get angry or just do it himself, he begins the process of blessing and breaking of the bread and then invites the disciples to join in with the hospitality of God.

Sermon Sunday May 30th, 2010 (pdf)
St. David’s Uniting Church
Rev. Arnie Wierenga