Bishop Trevor Walter’s sermon centred on the words spoken to Mary from the angel in the tomb which were for her to go tell the disciples and Peter that the Lord has risen and that he goes before us.

Jesus calls and empowers his Church to experience and appropriate the profound, reconciling mercies of God in our communities, and surrounding world.

What should we do when hurt by others in the Christian community... ? Jesus shows us a path toward healing and reconciliation.

Any farmer knows it is foolish to waste seed. Who then is this sower who throws seed around so carelessly? It must be someone who has an endless supply.

Sometimes we feel as though we are prisoners, caught in a pit of despair from which there is no way out. But with the words of Zechariah, God reaches down to us, bringing hope in the person of a king who will set the captives free.

When faced with a disciple who has betrayed him three times, the resurrected Jesus Christ responds by asking Simon Peter three questions. Peter’s answers draw us to a path of repentance and salvation.

Jesus issues a grim warning to all his disciples, including us, about what it means to proclaim him Lord. But there is reassurance in his message. There is hope. And there is life.

In five powerful verses, Psalm 100 draws us into the presence of the God of Abraham. We become one, Hebrew and Gentile, ancient and present, brother and sister, joyfully praising the God who made us and rescued us from sin.