Are you looking for fresh insights into Bible readings that will stimulate your thinking, warm your heart and support your spiritual journey? These engaging sermons by New Zealand Methodist lay preacher, Philip Garside will get you going. Philip says, "I'm fascinated with how the Bible readings for the Sunday arose: who wrote them, what political or religious situation they sprang from, and what did the writer intend as the message to readers and listeners in their day? I then add in related material from our lives today, from our world, and suggest ways we can interpret the Bible readings. What Good News do they contain for us here and now? I usually draw out a sermon's spiritual or devotional lessons as part of a short recap at the end. Head stuff first, then hands, then heart." He follows the approach of "taking the Bible seriously, but not literally," and writes sermons the way he speaks. This informal approach works well with congregations. The 62 sermons in this book are arranged in the order they were preached over 12 years and follow the three-year cycle of readings in the Revised Common Lectionary. There are indexes of Scripture readings and of People / Themes, and a Bibliography of key books, recordings and other sources referred to in the sermons. The book is supported by free online PowerPoints, images & photos, video clips, and audio recordings of many of the sermons. Philip also hopes that this book will encourage other lay people to learn to lead worship and to take up the rewarding challenge of preaching.