Good Hope MCC - Word for Word Rev. Pressley Sutherland\'s column for thoughts and devotions. http://www.goodhopemcc.org/ghmcc Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:35:28 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.goodhopemcc.org/ghmcc/images/M_images/ghmcc_logo_newfeed.jpg Good Hope MCC http://www.goodhopemcc.org/ghmcc Rev. Pressley Sutherland\'s column for thoughts and devotions. Provision for Every Season http://www.goodhopemcc.org/ghmcc/content/view/506/163/ by Rev. Pressley Sutherland For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven… Ecclesiastes 3.1 Is there ever a neat and tidy way to sum up a year of life experiences? Each New Year I find myself feeling pressure to make succinct meaning of the year which... Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:40:51 +0100 I Cry Aloud to God http://www.goodhopemcc.org/ghmcc/content/view/490/163/ by Rev. Pressley Sutherland I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, that I may be heard. In the day of my trouble I seek the Sovereign; In the night my hand is stretched out without wearying. My soul refuses to be comforted. I think of God, and I moan; I meditate, and my... Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Experimenting with Christianities http://www.goodhopemcc.org/ghmcc/content/view/474/163/ by Rev. Pressley Sutherland When I was in seminary, one of my professors said that when we think of early Christianity, it is more accurate to think of early Christianities. I wonder what would happen if we thought in these terms today----a world full of Christianities. Jesus set in motion a... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Completed in One Another http://www.goodhopemcc.org/ghmcc/content/view/450/163/ by Rev Pressley SutherlandThere is a story in Matthew 14:13-21 (content/view/100/92/1/13/) where thousands of people are gathered and hungry because they have followed Jesus to a deserted place. He had launched himself out into a boat in order to have some solitude, but when he saw that the crowds followed,... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Dreaming Faith Communities http://www.goodhopemcc.org/ghmcc/content/view/444/163/ by Rev Pressley SutherlandWe are living in a time of great exile. Our churches and many faith communities feel like agents of exile and suffering to many, many people. I don’t know about you, but when I anticipate some of the conversations at the upcoming Anglican Lambeth Conference, the recent... Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:04:21 +0100