Sermons from Southpoint Church

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.

Fear usually isolates us, but a "theology of proximity" imagines fear leading into deeper connection. "Give me your hand” is that movement towards greater proximity.  Boyung Lee in her 'A Sanctified Art' commentary redefines faithfulness from following rules to drawing near to those who are vulnerable. Faithfulness risks joining those who are at risk. It means being vulnerab...

Even knowing the road ahead will be painful, disorienting and with a high risk of death, what is it that prompts both Mary and Jeremiah say "yes" to what is asked of them?

We do not always witness the where and the how of God’s work. The movement of God does not always arrive with clarity.  At times, it is almost imperceptible because it does not resolve as we had imagined.  And yet, we are still invited to pay attention and to tell each other what we see:  “Now it springs forth—do you not perceive it?” “Tell what you hear and see.”

“Every Advent, we light candles, sing carols, and pray for Christ’s coming because we believe God entered a frightened world to bring good news… God chose to take on flesh in the time of Herod. God intimately knows the fears we experience. Instead of donning some kind of armour, God chose to arrive in the most vulnerable embodiment: that of a newborn baby without a sure place to rest… We can join...

Remaining faithful to one another, and to where we live ... filled with life, filled with hope.

The Pharisees tried to make the Law small and defined so they could fulfill it. But Jesus wants us to focus on the biggest, most fruitful expression of the Law, one that is so expansive and life-giving that only God can fulfill it.

Luke 19:1-10

God hears our cries. God shares our eagerness for justice. In Richard Rohr’s daily blog entry “Prophetic Solidarity and Compassion” he wrote, “Empires are never built or maintained on the basis of compassion... Empires live by numbness. Empires expect numbness about the human cost of war. Corporate economies expect blindness to the cost in terms of poverty and exploitation. Governments and societi...