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• Giving Ourselves First to the Lord. 2 Corinthians 8.1-7

  

  2 Corinthians 8:1-7 Today we start a series of three talks on giving The heart of giving The reason for giving The blessing of giving They are based on 2... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2022 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Preaching Good News to the Poor. Luke 4.16-21

  Luke 4.14-21 The Kingdom of God is good news for the poor, the captive, the blind and the oppressed In Matthew and Mark, when Jesus comes out of the wilderness... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2022 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Gift of Baptism. Luke 3.15-22

  

  Luke 3.15-17, 21-22Today we remember the baptism of Jesus, and it is good to have Leo’s baptism in this service. You may have noticed that before communion, I... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2022 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• It's Christmas. Let's Party.

  

  From 1647 to 1660, Christmas was cancelled in England and Wales! Oddly it was cancelled not by some fanatical politically correct authority, but by the Puritan... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2021 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• What It Means for Mary to Be Blessed and What It Means for Us to Be Blessed. Luk...

  

  Luke 1.39-58Today in our reading we hear how Elizabeth blesses Mary. Or, more accurately, how Elizabeth tells Mary that she is blessed. Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2021 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Emptiness of God. A Carol Service Talk 2021

  Christmas, we are told, is a time of fullness It is a time of stockings, filled with gifts; of full plates for feasting; of glasses full with champagne. Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2021 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Meeting God in the Wilderness. Luke 3:1-6

  

  Luke 3:1-6‘The word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness’ (Luke 3:2) The wilderness is a brutal place. It is dry, empty and cruel. It is the... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2021 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Talk for St Andrew's Day. John 1.35-42

  

  John 1.35-42 St Andrew, according to tradition, placing the cross on the hill where Kyiv was built. A miniature from the Radziwill manuscript. Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2021 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Be A Lert! Luke 21.25-36

  

  Luke 21.25-36Be alert! It is going to get rough. Jesus has been visiting the temple in Jerusalem. The temple was the spiritual, political and emotional heart... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2021 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Remembrance Day 2021. The Things That Really Matter

  

  I read in Voices from the Arctic Convoys, by Peter Brown, the testimony of Austin Byrne. He tells the story of Anderson, a 17-year-old American cabin boy. Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2021 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• We Can Rejoice Because Jesus Wept. John 11.28-44

  

  John 11.28-44‘Jesus began to weep’ John 11:35 In the KJV it is just two words ‘Jesus wept’, making it the shortest verse in the bible. Why? Why does he weep? Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2021 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• What is the Bible?

  John 5:36-47 Imagine that you receive an invitation to have tea with the Queen It is a beautiful invitation, on the most expensive paper, embossed in gold,... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2021 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Do Not Be the Cause of Another Person's Stumbling. Mark 9.38-50

  

  Mark 9.38-50 We continue to read through Mark 9, Jesus’ journey through Galilee, as he teaches his followers what it means to ‘lose your life for my sake and fo... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2021 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Don't Go Up. Go Down. Mark 9.30-37

  Mark 9.30-37 Who is the greatest? Who is at the top? We think of life like a ladder. The greatest is at the top. And we want to go up. When you are at the top,... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2021 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Overflowing Grace of God

  Mark 7.24-37 Today we look at two stories of healings. The first is of the daughter of a Syrophoenician woman, and the second of a man who is deaf. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2021 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• When Sin Leads to Sin. Mark 6:14-29

  

  Mark 6:14-29There is Herod and the sin.It is celebrity scandal in the highest places Herod Antipas (not to be confused with Herod the great who tried to have th... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2021 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Making Invisible People Visible

  

  Mark 5.21-43 If you had a choice of superpowers, what would they be?I’d probably settle for ability to fly! Very useful in this time of closed borders ..But wha... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2021 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• God is with Us. Mark 4.35-41

  Mark 4:35-41The shape of our building/roof is the shape of an upturned boat. That is not accidental. It is the style of church building that is common... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2021 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• What is the Unforgivable Sin? Mark 3:20-35

  Mark 3.19-35What is the unforgivable sin? I was reading online someone who wrote: murder, torture, and the abuse of any human being especially children or... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2021 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God of Hosts. A Sermon for Trinity Sunday.

  Isaiah 6:1-8The story is told of the little girl who came home from Sunday school. What did you do today, asked dad. ‘I drew God’, she said. ‘But Lisa’, said... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2021 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY