Christmas Morning talk, St John and St Stephen’s, 2019. Luke 2:1-14 Play turtle dove track – who can identify this? You might wonder why we’re listening to a call of a turtle dove – if there’s any vague link with Christmas?! On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: […]
St John and St Stephen, Advent 2A. Isaiah 11:1-10 7 Matthew 3:1-12. December 8, 2019. Isaiah 11. A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. On this Second Sunday in Advent I wonder: What might God be saying to us through the image […]
Second Sunday before Advent,17.11.19 Malachi 4: The Great Day of the Lord & Luke 21: 5-19: The Destruction of the Temple Foretold Today Jesus tells it as it is – something we can be poor at in religious life, full as we often are of ‘shoulds’ and ‘oughts’. The invitation to look at the wonders […]
Eucharist, St John’s and St Stephen’s 27 October, end of Creation Season. Joel 2:23-end & Luke 18:9-14 The last Sunday in October is traditionally Reformation Sunday. So perhaps it’s fitting that we think today about a parable of Jesus addressed to ‘some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous’. This little parable, which […]
Sermon for Trinity 17C (aka Creation Season) 13.10.19 Luke 17:11-19 Don’t be surprised if faith is found amongst those we don’t tend to notice, who are continually noticed by Jesus. It’s a case this morning, not of the Good Samaritan, but of the grateful Samaritan. Luke is often at pains in his gospel […]