Archbishop Thabo Makgoba - St Andrew’s, Pimville, Soweto
28 February 2010
Lent 2, Yr C: Gen 22:1-18, Ps 116:11-16, Rom 8:31b-34, Luke 9:28-36
May I speak in the name of God the Father, who gave up his Son for us all – and raised him to new life by the power of the same Spirit that is at work in us. Amen.
Normally, when I visit a parish, I begin my sermons by greeting my ‘dear brothers and sisters in Christ’.
When I come here, I have to change my approach – I have to say, not only ‘Dear brothers and sisters in Christ’ but also ‘Dear Mothers and Fathers in Christ’.
For here in St Andrew’s, even dressed as an Archbishop, I feel something of an impostor – to be at the front, leading the service, among so many of you, who have known me for so many years!
