Where is God on the Streets?
God on the Streets As part of your preparations for Ordination training, you are advised to lay some things aside – at least for the duration of your training – and it’s one of the things that I am...
View ArticleWe Need To Get Out More!
Do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go – Joshua 1:9 Talking to a bright, shiny new ordinand the other day*, I listened as he told me all the wonderful...
View ArticleThe Public Face of Christian Conflict
‘Love at the heart of faith is visible’ On Monday (20th January 2014) I came up to Ripon College, Cuddesdon to hear Christopher Landau speak on “Who cares what the church is saying? Christian...
View ArticleComing Out… Into The Light
Does God weep over his creation? Recently, after much prayerful thought I have reached what I believe is a clarity in thinking with regard to something that I have often struggled to express. That is...
View ArticleOf Being Challenged
We are challenged to look beyond what we think we already know The last few days have been particularly challenging, both in terms of my personal response to events that have happened and reflections...
View ArticleRoman Reflections – Supersize Faith
The Altar Canopy or Baldacchino, St Peter’s Basilica, Rome The first of a series of reflections following a visit to Rome to discover its links with the early Christian church and the church as it is...
View ArticleDeath, Dying and Bereavement
Death, Dying and Bereavement Not the cheeriest subject for this time of year – or any time of the year really, but a weekend’s training, curtailed somewhat into an intensive one-day session due to an...
View ArticleDon’t Sweat The Small Stuff?
Don’t sweat the small stuff? Readings: James 1:17-27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 May I speak and may you hear through the grace of our Lord: Father, Son and Holy Spirit There’s an American idiom that you...
View ArticleGod’s Attitude Should Be Ours
Our attitudes to God and each other should be the same as his attitude to us. A sermon for Evensong based on Jeremiah 7:1-16 and Romans 9:14-26 May I speak and may you hear though the grace of our...
View ArticleDenying Ourselves
Photo Credit: Werner Volmari / Unsplash Sermon for the 12th Sunday after Trinity based on the following readings: Romans 12:9-21 and Matthew 16:21-end May I speak and may you hear through the Grace...
View ArticleCalled To Be Saints
All Saints, Elizabeth Wang © Radiant Light A sermon written and preached on All Saints Sunday, 1st November 2020 based on Matthew 5:1-12 and 1 John 3:1-3 This morning we celebrate All Saints, a time...
View ArticleInitiating Universal Motherhood
Sermon preached for Mothering Sunday, 14th March 2021 based on readings John 19:25b-27 and Colossians 3:12-17 May I speak and may you hear through the grace of our Lord; Father, Son and Holy Spirit....
View ArticleListen… Learn… Love
Sermon preached on Sunday 5th September 2021, introducing the Pastoral Principles of Acknowledging Prejudice and Speaking Into Silence ahead of the Living in Love and Faith course to be run at St...
View ArticleWhat’s In A Name?
Sermon preached at St Peter’s, Boyatt Wood on New Year’s Day 2023 based on readings Luke 2:15-21 and Psalm 8 May I speak and may you hear through the Grace of our Lord; Father, Son and Holy Spirit....
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