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Encounters with Jesus

Encounters with Jesus: Part 6

Encounters with Jesus: Part 6

Encounters with Jesus is a Lenten Journey on the road to Easter, joining us in solidarity with Christ and carving open space within us for the life of God to spring forth.

David Armstrong continues 'Encounters with Jesus' with a reflection on Palm Sunday, the anticipation and arrival of Jesus into Jerusalem as he begins the week of his passion and the events of Good Friday.

Encounters with Jesus: Part 5

Encounters with Jesus: Part 5

Encounters with Jesus is a Lenten Journey on the road to Easter, joining us in solidarity with Christ and carving open space within us for the life of God to spring forth.

David Armstrong continues 'Encounters with Jesus' with Jesus call to his disciples to live the way of the cross everyday, and enter into the great paradox of the Kingdom of God: that through death comes abundant life and joy.

Encounters with Jesus: Part 4

Encounters with Jesus: Part 4

Encounters with Jesus is a Lenten Journey on the road to Easter, joining us in solidarity with Christ and carving open space within us for the life of God to spring forth.

David Armstrong continues 'Encounters with Jesus' with a reflection on the love of God from John 15 and the call for followers of Jesus to bear the fruit of love in their lives, a love that flows from our connection and friendship with Jesus.

Encounters with Jesus: Part 3

Encounters with Jesus: Part 3

Encounters with Jesus is a Lenten Journey on the road to Easter, joining us in solidarity with Christ and carving open space within us for the life of God to spring forth.

David Armstrong continues 'Encounters with Jesus' with the third and final of Jesus temptations in the wilderness showing that the way of the Kingdom of God comes not by power or force but by the way of self-sacrificial love, seen clearest at the cross.

Encounters with Jesus: Part 2

Encounters with Jesus: Part 2

Encounters with Jesus is a Lenten Journey on the road to Easter, joining us in solidarity with Christ and carving open space within us for the life of God to spring forth.

David Armstrong continues exploring the story of Jesus temptations in the Judean wilderness. The second temptation sees Jesus demonstrate that the Kingdom of God comes instead in small, slow and ordinary ways as an invitation to a deep relationship and not shallow spectacle.

Encounters with Jesus: Part 1

Encounters with Jesus: Part 1

Encounters with Jesus is a Lenten Journey on the road to Easter, joining us in solidarity with Christ and carving open space within us for the life of God to spring forth.

David Armstrong begins our new series 'Encounters with Jesus'. looking at the first temptation of Jesus in the wilderness and the invitation to find nourishment for our souls in the story of God.