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• ‘O That You Would Tear Open the Heavens and Come Down’ Isaiah 64.1-9

  

  Isaiah 64.1-9‘O that you would tear open the heavens and come down’ (Isaiah 64.1) In Isaiah 64, the people of Israel have returned from exile. Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2020 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Matthew 25.14-30: Using Our Talents for God

  

  Matthew 25.14-30 Three reflections on the parable of the talents1. Treat what you have as a gift from God entrusted to you The Master entrusts each of the slave... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2020 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Song of the Ruthless Shall Be Stilled. A Talk for Remembrance Sunday Moscow...

  Remembrance Sunday 2020 We have come to remember. In a few minutes we are going to have our two minutes silence. Two minutes – and I’m quoting from a series of... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2020 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Revelation 21.1-7: A Talk for a Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance for Thos...

  Revelation 21.1-7It has not been an easy year for many people. COVID is not a good way to die People are separated from those that they loveAnd several of you... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2020 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• How Do I Love God and Love My Neighbour? Matthew 22.34-40

  Matthew 22.34-40If we loved God with all our heart, soul and mind, and if we loved our neighbour as ourselves .. We would so delight in God that God would be... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2020 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• St Sergius of Radonezh

  

  St Sergius is a figure or major significance. He is described as 'the Teacher and Mentor of the Russian land". His life was recorded by one of his followers,... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2020 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Forgetting God. Conspiracy Theories and the True Cornerstone. Matthew 21.33-46

  

  Matthew 21.33-46 Matthew 21 is a story that could inspire a block buster. A man builds a house on the edge of Moscow. He invests his time and his money to... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2020 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• You Can Change Your Mind. Matthew 21.23-32

  

  Matthew 21.23-32 This reading is a challenge to us to change our mind To change our mind about Jesus. Jesus tells a story about a person who changed his mind, t... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2020 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Grace. Matthew 20.1-16

  

  Matthew 20.1-16 Last week we looked at forgiveness. This week we look at grace. Forgiveness is about mercy. It is about me not receiving what I deserve to... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2020 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Forgiveness. Matthew 18.21-35

  

  Matthew 18: 21-35 What do Christians have in common? It is certainly not language (although obviously at St Andrew’s that is quite important!), or culture or... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2020 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Living as Day People and Not as Night People - Romans 13.8-14

  

  Romans 13.8-14 Love for neighbour. Detail from choir screen. National Museum of Scotland. Wake up! That is what we are told in Romans 13. When I am on holiday... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2020 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Gathering of the Leftovers - Matthew 14.13-21

  

  Matthew 14:13-21 Over the last few weeks we’ve been looking at Jesus as the Messiah, God’s King who has come to bring in God’s kingdom. And Jesus the Messiah... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2020 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Mary Magdalene

  

  Today in the Church calendar we remember Mary Magdalene. From 1995-2005, I was vicar of a St Mary Magdalene Church in Holloway, London, so she is someone who wa... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2020 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Separation of Good from Evil: Matthew 13.24-30,36-43

  

  Matthew 13.24-30,36-43We look this morning at a parable Jesus told about the Kingdom on God (Matthew talks of Kingdom of heaven but others speak of it as the... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2020 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Precious Precious Word of God. Psalm 119.105-112

  Psalm 119.105-112 Psalm 119 is the giant among the Psalms. It has 176 verses.It is also the longest chapter in the Bible. It is very personal. Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2020 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Glasses of Water and the Vulnerable Missionary. Matthew 10:40-42

  

  Matthew 10.40-42Over the last two weeks we have been reading through Matthew 10 In Matthew 10.1-8 Jesus tells his first followers to preach the Kingdom of God... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2020 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Six Reasons for Hope in the Face of Persecution. Matthew 10.24-39

  Matthew 10.24-39 This is a passage about courage, hope and not being afraid in the face of opposition. Jesus has sent out his 12 disciples to preach the... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2020 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Kingdom of God

  

  Matthew 9:35-10:8 Three things from this passage 1. It is about the Kingdom of God Matthew 9.35: Jesus went about proclaiming the Good news of the Kingdom.... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2020 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• How Do We Live Together Well? 2 Corinthians 13:11-13

  2 Corinthians 13.11-13 How do we live together well? After all we are all quite different. We have our own agendas and priorities, we invest our identities in... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2020 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Living Water of the Holy Spirit. John 7.37-39

  

  John 7.37-39Three verses – but there is so much here. Jesus is talking about the Holy Spirit“Now he said this about the Spirit, which believers in him were to... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2020 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY