2 Corinthians 6:1-13, Mark 4:35-end Almost exactly 3 years ago, I preached here on this passage. These verses, and the picture ‘Be calm’ by Sieger Köder spoke very much to me at a particular time of uncertainty in my life, when it felt like the waves would overcome both Rosemary and me. The story and […]
This is the third in our series of sermons led by Ali , Christine and myself that are designed to lead up to the Week of Accompanied Prayer that we’ve planned for the parish beginning on Sunday June 10. We still have a few spaces left if you’d like to join in. But even if […]
Ascension. Acts 1.15-17, 21-26, John 17.6-19 In our church year we are in an in between time – between the Ascension (last Thursday) and Pentecost (next Sunday). Traditionally in the church this is marked as a time of waiting in prayer for the coming of the Holy Spirit. There are many different kinds of prayer […]
John 15.1-8 Introduction – On the 4th of March 2016 four gunmen entered a home for the elderly, abandoned and fragile run by the Missionary Sisters of Charity (Mother Teresa Sisters) located in a poor suburb of Yemen’s port city, Aden. They killed twelve people, included a local, young lady doctor, a Muslim, who […]
I was 18, a medical student at a party in London, glass of wine in hand, and the student pastor Greg sidled up to me and asked, “ How is your theology Ali?” I was studying medicine, not theology and I suspect what he really wanted to know was how was my relationship with God, […]
Acts 3:13-19, Luke 24:36-48 If you have seen the film, ‘The Shape of Water’, you may have wondered about the title. The movie takes its name from Plato’s idea that in its purest form, water takes the shape of an icosahedron, a 20-sided polyhedron, evoking the idea that beauty has many faces. It’s a lovely, […]
+ May I speak … Quote from Les Miserables: “To love another person is to see the face of God.” It’s been a week, a long week.. and a lot can happen in a week. I wonder how your weeks have been since we last were together celebrating the wonder of Easter’s resurrection… have you […]
A Talk for Family Communion, Mark 16. “The Garden looks so beautiful this morning…” We join this morning with the woman making their way towards the tomb of Jesus…. Their hearts, we presume, are heavy.. The women are strong.. they have seen a lot of life – and death. They are not afraid of […]
Psalm 118 | Mark 11:1-11 Palm Sunday. Anticipation So here we are .. Palm Sunday.. the beginning of Holy Week This is the most vivid week of the church year. It’s why the liturgical colours go from Lent’s purple to red! In this vivid week the human story is written on a cosmic canvas. In […]
