Teach us how to pray
October 10, 2018
On Wednesday 10 October, Rev Deborah spoke about how Jesus taught his disciples the Lord’s Prayer. You can listen again here … More Teach us how to pray
Tag: disciple
St Philip
April 19, 2018
Rev Deborah’s sermon on Wednesday 18 April was about St Philip. You can listen again here … More St Philip
The Road to Emmaus
April 4, 2018
This sermon was given by Rev Deborah on Wednesday 4 April. You can listen again here … More The Road to Emmaus
Candlemas
February 23, 2018
We all know Candlemas as the time in the Christian year when we bless the candles that are used in church throughout the year and as the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple when it was customary for parents to present their baby boy in the temple to give thanks to God … More Candlemas
US and THEM
August 21, 2017
Matthew 15:10–28
Isn’t that an embarrassing story about Jesus? OK, the woman’s daughter is healed by the end – but it doesn’t sound like the Jesus we know and love. It seems to include a couple of the hard sayings of Jesus. Things we wish he hadn’t said … More US and THEM
Transfiguration
August 8, 2017
We heard this sermon from our Reader Christine on Sunday 6 August 2017.
Transfiguration – a dictionary definition says; a complete change of form or appearance into a more beautiful or spiritual state.
I don’t think we could describe Jesus’ transfiguration any better, but explaining it is a bit more difficult … More Transfiguration
The Road to Emmaus
April 30, 2017
Rev Deborah preached this sermon on Sunday 30 April.
Cleopas and his friend are leaving Jerusalem. It is late afternoon and the worst of the afternoon’s heat is just beginning to subside. They are talking, nineteen to the dozen all about what has happened. As they leave the city walls behind, they look around themselves furtively, as if they think that they might be followed … More The Road to Emmaus
The Road to Emmaus
April 19, 2017
In her sermon this morning, Rev Deborah imagined what it might have been like for the two disciples that didn’t realise they had met Jesus on the road to Emmaus … More The Road to Emmaus
Mothering Sunday
March 30, 2017
This service was given by Rev Deborah on Mothering Sunday 2017, and was highly interactive! It began with a Mothering Sunday quiz, with the two sides of the congregation playing against each other … More Mothering Sunday
2nd After Epiphany
January 22, 2017
We all know that God is all-powerful, all-knowing and all-loving, but I often wonder whether he felt a need to change his tactics, his ideas, when he began to deal with the human race as one of us? … More 2nd After Epiphany
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