Tagged with: pain


The Heart of the Matter: Healthy Pain
Sun Jul 3 '16
|We experience a whole range of emotions, some of them challenging. In this talk, David considers how we can express the more difficult emotions such as anger, resentment, and fear.

The Heart of the Matter: Good Grief
Sun Jun 26 '16
|At times, all of us experience loss, perhaps through relationship breakdown, tricky life circumstances, bereavement, or shattered hopes and dreams. In this talk Tim considers how we can process our loss in a healthy way and find healing and hope.

The Heart of the Matter: Endings and Beginnings
Sun Jun 26 '16
|At times, all of us experience loss, perhaps through relationship breakdown, tricky life circumstances, bereavement, or shattered hopes and dreams. In this talk Sharon considers how we can process our loss in a healthy way and find healing and hope.

Joseph: Fragile Dreams that changed the world: Learning to Forgive - Genesis 45
Sun Nov 30 '14
|Filled with emotion, Joseph reveals his identity to his brothers and offers forgiveness to them. In this talk, at our baby dedication and baptism services, David looks at the power of forgiveness, and considers how and why we should learn...

Joseph: Fragile Dreams that changed the world: The Transformation of Judah - Genesis 44
Sun Nov 23 '14
|As Joseph tests his brothers, Judah pleads for mercy and offer his own life as a substitute for his brothers. This seems vastly different from the Judah we saw in chapter 37; the brother who masterminded the betrayal of Joseph. Why...

Joseph: Fragile Dreams that changed the world: The Transformation of Joseph - Genesis 42-43
Sun Nov 16 '14
|Joseph’s brothers arrive in Egypt in search of food and as they bow before Joseph, the dreams of his youth are fulfilled. But it is a painful rather than a joyous experience. This talk will look at the journey of...

Love is a Verb: Broken Sex - Psalm 51
Sun Jul 1 '12
|Sex is a good and powerful gift from God. But when misused it can leave us disappointed and hurt. What does Jesus offer to those carrying pain, regret and shame? How can we experience restoration from hurt inflicted upon us?...

Habakkuk: The Complaint - Habakkuk 1:1-11
Sun Apr 15 '12
|Who was Habakkuk? Why was he writing? And why are we spending four weeks reading about him? In this talk we explore the context behind the book of Habakkuk and consider how to understand what is going on when it...