Rev. Pressley Sutherland\'s column for thoughts and devotions. http://www.goodhopemcc.org/ghmcc Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:49:52 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.goodhopemcc.org/ghmcc/images/M_images/ghmcc_logo_newfeed.jpg 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 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 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 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 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 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