Gen 15.1-12, 17-18, Luke 13.31-35 The sermon this week is in the series called 21st Century Anglicanism. So, just a reminder that for Anglicans, when we consider issues, whether what happened in New Zealand yesterday, or climate change or Brexit or education we look through three different lenses – scripture, reason and tradition. Other churches […]
Deuteronomy 26:1-11, Luke 4:1-13 Lent 1 – The Seven There are no flowers in church, no drums, no Gloria, and the liturgical colour has changed from the white of Epiphany – the season of light – to purple, the colour of mourning. This the season of Lent, a penitential, dark season of the church’s year. […]
Luke 8.22-25: Jesus Calms the Storm 2nd Sunday before Lent, 24th February 2019. Today’s gospel reading is the story of Jesus calming the storm. I like to read around the passage a bit before starting on the sermon, and looked in Matthew and Mark to see if the same story is there; which it is. […]
Luke 6 v 17-26 Last week Gary opened his sermon by saying that in Café they were looking at football as a metaphor for theology with it being very much from the supporters’ point of view the going through the pain, the sense of shared experience, and the faint insistence of hope. Then the letting […]
Isaiah 6, Luke 5:1-11 May I speak… Well I’m relieved to see this week that some people did come to church today and not go off to the golf club, or somewhere else, instead! On Monday at Café Theologique we looked at football as metaphor for theology… Our table wondered about the faith of supporters. […]
Luke 4.14-21 Introduction If you could summarise in a few sentences the very essence of your being – about who you are and what is unique about you – what would you say? Don’t worry, there’s no way I’m going to ask you to write that down, but it would be a very hard thing […]
Isaiah 43.1-7 Luke 3. 15-17, 21-22 The Baptism of Christ – what a wonderful gift it is that Timothy’s baptism falls on this Sunday. When I start thinking about a sermon, I go through the readings and try to notice if any words jump out at me. ‘I have called you by name, […]
Epiphany 6/1/19 Good morning! Where were we… Hope you all enjoyed your New Year celebrations. And have a feast of New year’s resolutions? Did you know today women are scattered hither and thither across Ireland celebrating “Nollaig na mBan”? They will be passing off house work to the men and saying goodbye to the Christmas […]
Luke 2.41 – end ‘WITH HIS COUSINS’ A week ago, here after church, I spoke with Rob and Vicky Jones as Rob held in his arms their young, deliciously smiling, Timothy Francis, whom Vicky volunteered she could easily lose for an hour or two when they met up the next day with adoring relatives! I […]
It’s Christmas Day.. yay!.. We’ve made it all the way.. all the way through endless dinner, parties, singalong a Christmas hits, tinsel and tat and now we arrive, like the shepherds and Mary and Joseph, at this humble stable in Bethlehem… and look upon this great thing which has occurred… But the great thing… makes […]