St Basil's Church

Dan continues our reflection on the cross by exploring how Jesus did not react to the anxiety of those who sought to kill him, either by seeking to control them or by compromising himself. He was sufficiently secure in his relationship with his father to offer the love and forgiveness of God to them, and to us, even in the face of rejection, thereby enabling his followers to do the same to others. 

As we journey through lent, visiting theologian Dr Jane Williams helps us reflect on the beauty and power of the cross. With profound simplicity she unpacks how God gives us all we need: God's self. A must listen as we approach Easter

Following up the announcement last week, Pete unpacks Joshua 3 and the lessons we can learn from it in the months ahead.

This Sunday Pete James shared a significant update for our church and invited us to a period of increased hunger for God, surrender, unity and prayer.

Bex unpacks the story of the mustard seed - when we are sure of the end of the story we are free to play a creative part in the unfolding of God’s Kingdom. We’re called to be a community of hope made up of ordinary people, filled with God’s extra-ordinary presence.

Through the story of the “Ten Lepers” in Luke’s gospel, Jonah outlines how often the things that interrupt us and force us into a Christ-like surrender of our conceptions of what the world perceives as worthwhile, are usually the places where the kingdom is to be found. 

Dan begins our series by looking at the rich young ruler trying to anxiously earn his way towards eternal life, and Jesus’ challenge to him to give up his source of security and comfort. In a similar way we find God’s presence and receive the Kingdom of God when we relinquish the illusion that we can control our future and trust Jesus in the present.

In the drama of Christmas story we confess that what we imagine can’t save us. Jonah explains how the seemingly impossible is found to be possible at Christmas: God becomes man to redeem us to Godself. We can take heart and find hope in the great light shining in the darkness.

Pete invites the church not to live in reaction to the ups and downs the year will hold, but to consistently prepare for the circumstances we’ll face in the ‘public place’, by fostering intimacy with Jesus through prayer in the ‘private place’.