Ashes: Unbinding
Ashes: UnbindingJohn 11:1-45, Ezekiel 37:1-1426 March 2023 Opening Prayer As you met with me in the preparation, now meet with us in the proclamation.Speak a word of life into your people. Speak a word of life over your people.To the heart that is broken, Lord, speak a word of healing.To […]
Ashes: Sin & Temptation
Ashes: Sin19 March 2023Miak Siew Preface- there is use of language that comes from a place of privilege as someone who is not visually impaired. I hope people who are visually impaired hears this message from a place of generosity and forgiveness. I’ve been told we don’t talk a lot […]
Ashes: Letting Go
Ashes: Letting Go12 March 2023Free Community Church “The Water” – The Samaritan Woman at the Well (John 4:1-42) Adapted from Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again by Rachel Held Evans I went to the well at noon. Sun burning my neck, sweat stinging my eyes, […]
Ashes: Loss
Ashes: Loss5 March 2023Miak Siew I came across this quote earlier this week – “To observe Lent is to prepare for loss – Kate Bowler” and it was a very astute observation (pun intended). To observe Lent is to prepare for loss – from the very beginning of Lent, we […]
Ashes: Dying into Life
Ashes: Dying into Life26 February 2023Miak Siew Today marks the first Sunday of the season of Lent. Lent is a period of spiritual preparation and reflection – lasting for 40 days from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. So today, we also begin our Lenten sermon series “Ashes.”While we did not […]
Walking Together: Resilience
Walking Together: Resilience19 February 2023Miak Siew I don’t know about you, but 2023 has not started the way I would have liked. There is a part of me that is asking “can I reboot 2023?” I am glad though that I am not alone, and I feel supported through the […]
Walking Together: Integrity
Walking Together: IntegrityMatthew 5:27-3712 February 2023 As we seek to walk each other towards growth and wholeness in Christ, we know that firstly, the glue that holds all relationships together is trust. And trust is based on integrity. Without integrity, there is no trust. Question 1 (Word Cloud)What is integrity? […]
Walking Together: Reconciliation
Walking Together: Reconciliation5 February 2023Miak Siew When I started writing this sermon, I thought I would talk about conflict, but as I progressed, it turned out that a better sermon title is “Reconciliation.” Because – conflict arises everywhere, even here in church. Pauline ended her sermon with Matthew 5:48 from […]
Walking Together: Flourishing
Walking Together: FlourishingMatthew 5:1-1229 January 2023 Our Focus Theme for 2023:Walking each other as community towards growth and wholeness in Christ. But what is growth and wholeness in Christ? And what are the steps that could help lead us towards growth and wholeness? Today our Scripture text comes from Matthew […]
Walking Together: Abide
Walking Together: AbideJohn 21:1-1915 January 2023 Last week I quoted Nadia Bolz Weber – She wrote:“Christianity is a lousy religion for the “I’ll do it myself” set. We are meant to be tangled up together. We are meant to live lives of profound interdependence, growing into, around, and out of […]
Walking Together: Mutuality
Walking Together: Mutuality8 January 2023 When Pauline shared the focus theme for this year – “Walking each other as community towards growth and wholeness in Christ” – there was an image she used – walking each other home. I want to start off asking all of you – why “walking […]
Walking Together: Burning Hearts
Walking Together: Burning HeartsLuke 24:13-351 January 2023 Introduction Question 1 (Word Cloud) What do you desire for 2023?Spiritual, mental, physical, emotional, social, relational, etc.? I desire many things – good health, meaningful time with family and friends, to grow as a person, to love and be loved. But in the […]