The Vision of Isaiah

Two talks on Isaiah 1:1-20 by Rev Richard Keith on 2 December 2018 Talk 1. What is your name? Where are you? What day is it? These questions are often used by doctors and nurses and paramedics to test if a person with a head injury is orientated to person, place and...

Willing and Able

A sermon on Mark 9:14-29 by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 25 November 2018 I have been a believer all my life. One of my earliest memories is of my mother leading me in prayer at bedtime. I have always believed in God and in his son Jesus. As a child I loved going to...

Listen to Him

A sermon by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 18 November 2018. Sometimes, people surprise us. We think we know them. We think we have their measure. But then they surprise us. They do something extraordinary that shows us how wrong we were, that shows us who they really...

The Great Story

A sermon on Mark 8:27-9:1 by Rev Richard Keith on 11 November 2018 Stories have power. Stories draw us in so that we see the world through the eyes of the characters inside them. Their experiences become ours. We wonder: what would I do if I was faced with the same...

The Master’s Table

A sermon on Mark 7:23-30, preached by Rev Richard Keith on 4 November 2018 In Mark chapter 7 verse 23, we read, “Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre.” Tyre was on the Mediterranean coast, northwest of Galilee, in what we would now call Lebanon. For...

Inside Out

A sermon on Mark 7:1-23 by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 28 October 2018 Hypocrisy means play acting, performing a role. It’s what actors do in a play. They pretend to be someone else. They wear a mask. But it isn’t who they really are. Play acting is fine if that’s...

Jesus Provides

A sermon on Mark 6:30-44 by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 21 October 2018 Food is joy. Food is friendship. Food is life. Food is for everyday and special occasions as well. Whether it is a birthday party or refreshments after a funeral, we mark both the high and low...