Anglican Church in Brisbane, Australia
Suzanne Grimmett SERMON Sunday 15 November 2020 St Andrew’s Parish of Indooroopilly Matthew 25:14-30 Getting what we expect ©Suzanne Grimmett I have recently tried out something called an “Escape Room” with a few friends. It is a game where you have to solve a puzzle in a room set up with lots of clues, but no easy … Read more
These are words from the Collect for this Sunday. To think about what is eternal always sparks a longing in our hearts, I think, because it reminds us simultaneously of our mortality and of the sense that we belong outside time in a story of love and creativity that is much bigger than ourselves. Poet … Read more
SERMON St Andrew’s Parish of Indooroopilly Sunday 8 November 1 Thessalonians 4.9-18 Matthew 25.1-13 Flickering wicks ©Suzanne Grimmett Be prepared. That’s what it is all about, right? Now I could preach a nice safe sermon on being ready, keeping your lamps lit with plenty of Bible study and prayer and good works of sacrificial service. … Read more
“Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air…” – 1 Thessalonians 4:17a In what is probably the earliest of all of the New Testament writings, Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians is a celebration of the faithfulness of … Read more
SERMON Sunday 18 October, 2020 Feast of St Luke, Evangelist and Martyr Jeremiah 8.22 – 9.3 Psalm 145.10-18 2 Timothy 4.9-17a Luke 10.1-9 Quoth the Raven ©Suzanne Grimmett Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of my poor people not been restored? Jeremiah 8.22 When … Read more
SERMON 10 October 2020 St Andrew’s Parish of Indooroopilly Exodus 32.1-14 Psalm 106.1-6, 106.20-24 Philippians 4 Matthew 22.1-14 Laughing with sinners and crying with saints ©Sue Grimmett I wonder what you really think about the idea of a wedding banquet to which we are all invited? This parable can bring to the surface our real … Read more
SERMON Sunday 4th October St Andrew’s Parish of Indooroopilly Exodus 20.1-4, 20.7-9, 20.12-20 Psalm 19 Philippians 3 Matthew 21.33-46 Tending the vineyard, making the new wine ©Sue Grimmett I would have sent in the troops. Wouldn’t you? The vineyard had been set up with everything it needed to produce abundant grapes to make into rich … Read more
SERMON Sunday 13 September St Andrew’s Parish of Indooroopilly Exodus 14.19-31 Psalm 114 Romans 14.1-14 Matthew 18.21-35 Our Identity is Freedom ©Suzanne Grimmett A viral pandemic has forced many Christians to break the Sunday morning church-going habit of a lifetime. Such a disruption to our routine practices has invited greater reflection for many … Read more
SERMON St Andrew’s Parish of Indooroopilly Sunday 6 September, 2020 Exodus 12.1-14 Romans 13.1-10 Matthew 18.10-20 Everything belongs ©Suzanne Grimmett This month we celebrate the Season of Creation, a time in the liturgical calendar for us to honour the sacredness of the natural world and our shared place in the web of life. … Read more
SERMON Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost St Andrew’s Parish of Indooroopilly Sunday 23 August 2020 Identity and the new humanity ©Suzanne Grimmett Who do you say that I am? I wonder what answer we would get from one another if we were to ask each other that question? I think we all know we wouldn’t come up … Read more