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• Orthodox Evening Prayer

  s In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Glory to You, our God, glory to You. Heavenly King, Comforter, the Spirit of truth, present... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2024 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Lord of Mercy is Coming. Advent 2

  

  Luke 3:1-6 Our reading from the gospel today is a bit of a fraud! Half of it is a reading from the Old Testament. Luke quotes from Isaiah 40 verses 3-5. Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2024 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Crossing the Road. Remembrance Sunday 2024

  

  Luke 10:25-37Two years ago, nine months after the invasion of Ukraine, I was about to conduct a Remembrance Day service in St Andrew’s Anglican Church in... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2024 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Overcoming the Devastation of Death

  

  John 11:32-44 In John 11:32 we are told that Jesus, seeing Mary weeping and the people with her weeping, is deeply disturbed. Why? Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2024 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Meeting with Jesus

  Mark 10:46-52I love this story. It comes at a very significant point in Mark’s gospel. Mark has put this story here as the climax of the first half of the... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2024 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Holding on to Our Hope That Jesus Will Return

  Luke 12:35-4835“Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; 36be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2024 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Do I Have to Sell Everything That I Have to Follow Jesus?

  

  Mark 10.25-31 [Note to congregation on why I hand out the text. I would love you to take it home with you. To reread it, to think it through for yourself.... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2024 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Four Outrageous Claims of Jesus

  

  John 6.35,41-51 “Our hungers are so deep. We are dying of thirst. We are bundles of seemingly insatiable need, rushing here and there in a vain attempt to... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2024 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Baptism as a Door into Another World

  

  John 6:24-35 Baptism is a door into another world. Like the wardrobe in CS Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. It takes us from this world into... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2024 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Don't Limit What God Can Do.

  

  John 6:16-21 I’d like to focus on the second half of our reading today. The story of when Jesus walks on waterAudio of the talk can be found hereFor most of... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2024 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Talk for the Baptism of a Child. Proverbs 3:1-6

  

  Proverbs 3:1-6The words we have just heard are the words of Solomon to his son, of a parent to their child. They are words that you have chosen that you would... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2024 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Dependence on God and Miracles.

  Mark 6:1-13 “And Jesus could do no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them” (Mark 6:5) Compare that with Mark... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2024 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Excellence in Giving

  2 Corinthians 8:7-24 Talking about giving!It is sometimes difficult coming into the middle of a passage. In 2 Corinthians 8, Paul has been speaking of the... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2024 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Presence and Absence of Jesus. A Talk at the End of the Community of St...

  

  Mark 4.35-41 There is the story told of a millionaire who threw a party. He takes his guests outside and shows them his swimming pool. Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2024 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• True God from True God.

  

  1 John 5.18-21 A couple of weeks ago I was helping with some interviews for a Christian chaplain at a hospital. One of the questions that I asked was, ‘What is... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2024 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Four Reasons Not to Lose Heart.

  2 Corinthians 4.13-5.1 In 2 Corinthians 4:1, the beginning of this section, Paul writes, “We do not lose heart” And here (4.16), “We do not lose heart” It is... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2024 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Prayer Based on the Magnificat

  

  O Mighty and Holy God,Look with compassion on me, Your servant. Keep me in the fear of You, so that I receive all things as Your gift of mercy.Humble me, so tha... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2024 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Vision of God. Isaiah 6:1-8

  

  Isaiah 6:1-8Trinity 2024The Trinity is not a problem to be solved, but a relationship to be encountered. There is a great clip from the film, Nuns on the Run... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2024 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• John 15:26-16:15 on the Holy Spirit. Pentecost 2024

  John 15:26-16:15 It is a very special few days: we have Ascension, Pentecost and, next Sunday, Trinity At Pentecost we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2024 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• On Dragons.

  

  The dedication of the coronation gate, St Margaret's Church, Burnham Norton, 5 May 2024I’d like to speak for a few moments about the dragon on our new coronatio... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2024 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY