Sermons from Southpoint Church

Watch the living water in Ez 47 flows into the Dead Sea. Wherever the river flows, everything lives!

Come see Ezekiel’s vision of living water flowing from the temple towards Creation.

The Spirit grows fruit in us within the complexity, beauty, and messiness of real life. John Koehn ended our summer series of storytelling with his reflections on the fruit of Self-Control

The Spirit grows fruit in us within the complexity, beauty, and messiness of real life. Stanley Martin continued our summer series of storytelling with his reflections on the fruit of Patience

The Spirit grows fruit in us within the complexity, beauty, and messiness of real life. Kathy and Les continued our summer series of storytelling with their reflections on the fruit of Kindness.

It is within the complexity, beauty, and messiness of real life, that the Spirit grows fruit in us. This week, Marc shares his reflections on the fruit of Goodness, to continue our summer series of storytelling.

The Spirit grows fruit in us within the complexity, beauty, and messiness of real life. Andrea continued our summer series of storytelling with their reflections on the fruit of Gentleness

The Spirit grows fruit in us within the complexity, beauty, and messiness of real life. Klayne and Selena continued our summer series of storytelling with their reflections on the fruit of faithfulness.

The Spirit grows fruit in us within the complexity, beauty, and messiness of real life. Carmen and Kevin continued our summer series of storytelling with their reflections on the fruit of peace.

The Spirit grows fruit in us within the complexity, beauty, and messiness of real life. David and Denise continued our summer series of storytelling with their reflections on the fruit of joy.

The Spirit grows fruit in us within the complexity, beauty, and messiness of real life. Ruth and Calvin begin our summer series of storytelling with their reflections on the fruit of love.

On the eve of Jesus’ death he prays, “ Do not let this suffering have the last word. Out of my suffering, may glory emerge .”

We are enfolded into love, by love, for love. For the purpose of love. Because Love is the highest good, the highest command.  Love is at the heart of all things.

Out of uncertainty, comfort emerges out of the words Jesus speaks before his death. 

Life can be so confusing at times. In just those moments, we can listen for the Presence of the Risen Christ walking with us.

You are not alone. And it is not all up to you. This week, return to this place inside, where you and Jesus, side by side, hold both your fear and your future together.

The ache is real, but so is the charism of resurrection. So is the presence of Divine Love flowing communally among us. 

Welcoming vulnerability is not just the way of Jesus, or the way to Jesus. It is the way we welcome Jesus.

When the needs of the world feel too great and your own hands feel too small, may you remember the loaves and fishes—that what is offered in love expands when placed in the hands of God. Blessings, Anne

We live in a world that is stripping people of their dignity. People are being “othered” for having the wrong skin colour, the wrong residency status, the wrong history, the wrong tattoos, the wrong clothes.  A love for God and neighbour will remove shame, restore dignity, and tell a counter narrative around identity and worth. 

In life, there are seasons of epiphany when the goodness we long for draws near. When the season passes, we carry on, holding the goodness we knew within us. 

Salt and Light: a meditation to soften defences, find safety within, and expand

Listen for a brief meditation on the beatitudes, as well as an introduction to the movements of Relational Prayer

What was it like for Jesus to be baptized? What was it like to feel the cool water close over his head and return back into the sunshine?  What feelings moved through his body as he heard the words “This is my beloved Son” spoken over him? 

Looking for the light, watching and waiting for the ways that God is breaking in: where will the manifestation of God come this year? where will it lead us? what will we be invited to do?  As we stop and look and watch and wait, we ground ourselves in Love. Today we remember the presence and the power of Love in our stories of last year.