Mark Whittall

Sermons & Blog

4 days ago

What really matters

Sometimes we like to make things complicated, when really they are quite simple. Sometimes we do that with the gospel reading that we jus...

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Nov 13

Enter the Flow

Today, I want to do something a little different. I want to use today’s parable of the talents to take us on a guided meditation, and the...

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Nov 6

Stuff Matters

Stuff matters. I like that. I like living in a world where stuff matters. Where if I put in the extra effort, I can get an A on that pape...

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Oct 30

Blessing Comes First

This is Jesus’ first sermon, and his great manifesto. It is a vision of transformation. It is a call to action. It is an invitation to a...

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Oct 23

Learning to Love

Finally something which they can all agree on! After three days of conflict and disagreement in the Temple, finally something upon which...

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Oct 16

Whose Image?

“Give to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” It is one of the most famous lines in scri...

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Oct 9

More Than Good Advice (Thanksgiving)

At first glance, today’s gospel looks like good advice: “Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about...

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Oct 2

What Will He Do?

“When the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do?” Now that’s a good question. Where there is injustice, where there is oppression,...

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Sep 25

Change Your Mind

“Even after you saw it, you did not change your minds.” God wants us to change our minds. And that’s a problem. Because we don’t like to

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Sep 18

Chosen

Last Sunday we talked about two ways of being human, the way of transaction on the one hand, and the way of mercy - grace, compassion, ge...

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Sep 11

Two Ways

You’ve probably heard the jokes about there being two kinds of people in this world? You know, like, there are two kinds of people in thi...

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Sep 4

Sideways

"There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush ... Then Moses said, 'I must turn aside and look" Some of o...

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Aug 7

Sink or Swagger

Did you notice that it was never Jesus’ idea that Peter get out of the boat? This story of Jesus walking on water is one of the most dram...

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Be the Church

Like a Fish in Water

7 Ways COVID-19 Will Transform the Church

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