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John 3: Nicodemus must be born again
This week we focused on Jesus' encounter with Nicodemus, a really rich passage with lots to dig into. We started by looking at the...
Rev Leigh Greenwood
Jan 20, 202010 min read
John 2: clearing the temple
As we continue our reading of the fourth gospel, we now find ourselves in chapter two. As I explained last week, we won't be covering...
Rev Leigh Greenwood
Jan 13, 20209 min read
John 1: the first disciples
We are beginning the new year with a new series, and from here until Easter, we will be working through the Gospel of John. We’ll be...
Rev Leigh Greenwood
Jan 8, 202010 min read
Christmas Candles
Because the message of Christmas isn't only for a day or a season, here is a Christmas message to take us into the new year. The...
Rev Leigh Greenwood
Jan 2, 20208 min read
Christmas Gifts and a Christmas Prayer
Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ, and so you might say it is the biggest birthday party in the world, a birthday party to which...
Rev Leigh Greenwood
Dec 25, 20194 min read
Christmas Surprises
Last Friday, we held our first Crafts and Carols event, creating and assembling our very own nativity scene as we sang our way through...
Rev Leigh Greenwood
Dec 23, 20192 min read
On Sacred Space
On Sunday we spent time thinking about sacred space, places that help us feel particularly connected to God. We started by hearing the...
Rev Leigh Greenwood
Nov 27, 20199 min read
On Peace
A couple of months back, we looked at the passage from Ecclesiastes that says there is a time for everything. One of the questions I...
Rev Leigh Greenwood
Nov 11, 20198 min read
On Giving
Sunday was our church gift day, when we invited special donations towards some necessary work at the church, and so we took it as an...
Rev Leigh Greenwood
Nov 4, 20198 min read
Five Scrolls: Song of Songs
On Sunday, we reached the end of our series on the Hamesh Megillot, with the fifith of the five scrolls, Song of Songs. As with the...
Rev Leigh Greenwood
Oct 30, 20195 min read
Compassion leads to change
On 20 October, we welcomed back our good friend Martin Gage, who spoke on Mark 11:12-25. He has kindly shared with us a video that covers...
Rev Leigh Greenwood
Oct 28, 20191 min read
Five Scrolls: Esther
On Sunday we looked at the Story of Esther as part of our series exploring the Hamesh Megillot - the Five Scrolls which are the sort of...
Rev Leigh Greenwood
Oct 16, 201910 min read
Five Scrolls: Ruth
On Sunday we returned to the Hamesh Megillot and the story of Ruth. We have encountered Ruth’s story a couple of times over the past year...
Rev Leigh Greenwood
Oct 7, 20198 min read
Harvest: In Celebration of Water
Sunday was our Harvest festival, as part of which we held a collection for WaterAid, a charity which aims to ensure that everyone has...
Rev Leigh Greenwood
Sep 30, 20197 min read
Five Scrolls: Lamentations
This is the second in our series on the Hamesh Megillot, or Five Scrolls from the Hebrew Bible. Check out last week's blog for an...
Rev Leigh Greenwood
Sep 23, 20198 min read
Five Scrolls: Ecclesiastes
Our teaching over the past few months has been largely thematic - the Big Story, God in popular culture, the Lord's Prayer - and so I...
Rev Leigh Greenwood
Sep 16, 20195 min read
Reflections on Welcome
Last Sunday marked one year since I started my ministry at SBC, and so I wanted us to go back to where we were a year ago and think about...
Rev Leigh Greenwood
Sep 2, 20198 min read
Doctor Who and the Modern Parable
Last week we looked at Marc Chagall’s painting White Crucifixion, helped along by some poetry and some music. This week we stayed with...
Rev Leigh Greenwood
Aug 25, 20199 min read
Reflecting on White Crucifixion
A couple of months ago, we spent a couple of weeks finding God in popular culture. We thought about what the animated film Kubo and the...
Rev Leigh Greenwood
Aug 19, 201910 min read
The Lord's Prayer | Yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory
On Sunday we reached the end of our series on the Lord’s Prayer, with the doxology yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for...
Rev Leigh Greenwood
Aug 5, 20198 min read
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