Category: Sermons

Leave them wanting more

December 3, 2024

The other day, I had a nostalgic moment when I received an Advent calendar through the post. It was one of the old-fashioned ones, where behind each flap is just a little picture—no gifts, no trinkets. I’ve heard of people receiving Advent calendars with teabags, or ones filled with toiletries or toys. There’s even one with little bottles of gin for the odd days and tonic for the even days. But the most universal Advent calendar gift is, of course, chocolate. Most people love chocolate and there are good reasons for this … More Leave them wanting more

The one who is worthy will be king

November 21, 2024

The lectionary is an interesting thing, I mean it is a good thing as you can read the whole bible, not just favourite bits and really see the story of God and humanity through it. The problem is sometimes I look at the readings I have to preach on and groan but sometimes I feel like I have won the lottery and that’s how I felt when I saw this Wednesday’s … More The one who is worthy will be king

Life is like a journey

November 5, 2024

Have you ever heard people talk about life being like a journey? I think that’s an image that is used in literature and songs you start in one place and you make your way along the road picking up different experiences and altering the course as you go. I like this and I can see how it works there are times when things are going well and it’s like a gentle woodland stroll, the birds are singing and the flowers are growing. However there are other times when it’s like one of the rounds on Total Wipeout … More Life is like a journey

All Saints Day

November 4, 2024

Today we remember All Saints, those who have gone before us in the faith and shown us good how to follow Jesus. The things I love about these saints is their stories because that is what is most fascinating hearing who they were and what happened to them … More All Saints Day

Hide & Seek with God

October 29, 2024

Seek the Lord and live, if we ask this as a question, “how do we seek the Lord and live?”, most people would say read the Bible more and pray.  Both of which are a very good start, but I feel there’s much more to our relationship with God than that.  If we really want to seek the Lord we have to look at our lives and the way we live them.  Do we do what Jesus would do? an old saying that is still as relevant today as it was when it was first banded about a few years ago or do we tend to try and hide our lives from God as Adam and Eve did, or even some of the Old Testament Prophets … More Hide & Seek with God

Harvest 2024

October 13, 2024

I’ll be honest harvest is a festival that I have always struggled with especially as a child. I think it is very much a case of the festival has, at times, gotten behind what’s really happening in the world … More Harvest 2024

Because it’s there

September 24, 2024

I need mountains. I realised this first when, as a student, I lived in Cambridge. When I went out for a walk the land was completely flat and featureless, the paths straight. I remember a similar feeling later visiting my brother in Ontario, and finding the roads in the agricultural area where he lived all went either north-south or east-west, on a grid like the streets in New York. There were no hills to get in the way. It made navigation easy, but it was so boring … More Because it’s there