Malcolmdrogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 483 )

• The Three Wise Women of Bethlehem. Chistingle 2025

  Christingle 2025I loved the school nativity play. It was about Bethlehem – and the imagined police force in Bethlehem.They had a problem. There were so many... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2025 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Gift of Dignity at Christmas. A Carol Service Talk 2005

  

  In Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi’s Adoration of the Magi, a rather chubby baby Jesus sits on Mary’s lap and blesses the wise man who kneels at his... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2025 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Steadying the Heart When Life Feels Slow, Unfair, Or Irritating

  

  James 5:7-10“Strengthen your hearts for the coming of the Lord is near”Images from the west side of St Marys Westgate, Burnham Market parapet. Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2025 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Wild Man with a Wild Message

  

  Matthew 3:1-12John was a wild man.The Assembly of the Holy Prophet St John the Baptist, Old Believer Icon, C19th Nevyansk school, Urals. All the people of... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2025 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• How to Keep Spiritually Awake.

  

  Matthew 24.36-44 Advent is about keeping awake. Jesus tells the story the man who was burgled. He tells us that if the man had known when the burglar was coming... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2025 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Advent: A Season of Waiting and Longing

  We have just bought ourselves an Advent calendar. We couldn’t find one with the nativity scene but did find one with a village church in the snow - so it sort o... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2025 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Why Each Person Matters.

  

  REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY 2025A couple of weeks ago I heard an interview with a woman who had lost her father 50 years earlier, when she was a little girl. He had... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2025 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Trafalgar Day Sermon. On the 220th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar and th...

  

  KEEPING THE MAST UPRIGHT What Nelson Can Teach Us About Faith and DutyA sermon preached in All Saints, Burnham Thorpe, the birthplace of Lord NelsonIt is... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2025 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• How Will We Be Judged?

  

  Luke 18:9-14I love this story that Jesus tells. It is about a familiar theme that we find in Luke – a theme that is introduced in the Mary’s song: “God will... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2025 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Fragility of Life

  

  Last month I had the privilege of visiting Herculaneum. The archaeological site is smaller than Pompeii and more manageable. There was obvious wealth - a huge... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2025 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Leeks, Tractors, and Gratitude: A Harvest Reflection on Luke 17:11-19

  

  Luke 17:11-19 On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2025 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Reflections on Faith.

  

  Luke 17:5-10 "The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith! The Lord replied, ‘If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2025 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Giving up Everything for Jesus

  

  Luke 14:25-33[There was a baptism in this Sunday service]Well, having heard that reading, you must wonder what on earth you are about to do in having your... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2025 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• On Miracles and the Supernatural. For Those Who Can't Believe.

  I’ve been speaking with several people over the past few months about the supernatural. They say something like this: “I am drawn to Jesus’ teaching – about... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2025 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Learning Humility

  

  Luke 14.7-14 This is not just a passage offering advice about weddings and dinner parties.The audio of this talk can be found here It is good advice - which I... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2025 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• On Division and Unity, and What Brings Peace

  

  Luke 12:49-56This is a surprising passage! Is not Jesus the prince of peace? Did he not come to bring peace, ‘to guide our feet into the way of peace’ (Luke... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2025 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Putting Jesus in the Centre

  

  Luke 12:32-40What is it that we strive for? What is it that we most want from life? Where is our heart?Jesus eats with sinners. Sieger Kodel. Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2025 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Financial Planning and the Rich Fool

  

  Luke 12:13-21 Here we have someone else trying to enlist Jesus to their ‘just’ cause. ‘Tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me’. Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2025 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• St Margaret of Antioch

  

  2 Timothy 4:1-8; Matthew 13:44-46St Margaret of Antioch, as she is known in the West, is the same as St Marina the Great celebrated in the Eastern churches. Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2025 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Jesus Cares for You

  

  Luke 10:38-endJesus gave the wrong answer.I know that because I asked the children in an assembly last week.An audio of the talk can be found hereI had Martha... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2025 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY