Good Hope MCC - Word for Word Rev. Pressley Sutherland\'s column for thoughts and devotions. http://www.goodhopemcc.org/ghmcc Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:37:16 +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. http://feeds.feedburner.com/GoodHopeMcc-WordForWord?format=skinGoodHopeMcc-WordForWordhttp://feedburner.google.com The Thorn In My Side Is Not Being Gay... http://www.goodhopemcc.org/ghmcc/content/view/548/163/ by Reverend Pressley Sutherland The Apostle Paul once wrote that he had a ‘mysterious’ thorn in his side that he struggled with inside himself. I think this is one of those places where many people can identify with Paul, and most of us think we are the only ones struggling with... Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:18:11 +0100 Call Me By My True Names http://www.goodhopemcc.org/ghmcc/content/view/527/163/ Text of a Speech Given by Rev Pressley Sutherland at the Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Gay Hate Crimes Awareness Demonstration and Commemorative Gathering Held On the Eve of the South African General Election, 21 April 2009, Green Market Square Methodist Church, Cape Town. Today’s event is both political and sacred. In today’s... Sat, 23 May 2009 14:01:32 +0100 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