Morning Worship from St Margaret’s Prestwich for the 14th Sunday of Trinity was on 13 September 2020. You can see the service in full here … More Trinity 14: a genuine welcome without judgement
This sermon was given by Rev Deborah on Sunday 29 December 2019, and was based on: Isaiah 63-7-9 Hebrews 2:10-28 Matthew 2:13-23 My Andrew, his brother and I were sitting having a ‘snacky’ tea – one of those where you use up the bits and pieces from the last few days. Andrew asked, ‘is it … More Sober Up Sunday/Lament and Hope
It’s a happy story, who isn’t happy at a wedding – just look at any wedding photographs, everyone is smiling and seems to be having a good time. Our wedding in Cana is also a feelgood story and a complete story with a beginning, middle and end … More John 2.1-11
At our grandson’s nursery there are two forbidden words, which they refer to as the N word and the A word. Now the N word is “naughty”, and I can understand why we might not want to use that … More Be Angry, but do not Sin
One of the most uncomfortable things about reading the Bible is that when Jesus talks about sin, he is never pointing his finger away from us at the other people, the bad ones, the ones not like us … More Unforgivable Sin
This article comes to you against a backdrop of chemical attacks and reprisal bombings in Syria, protracted Brexit negotiations, teenage mental health issues at an all time high, endemic loneliness amongst the elderly in our society, poverty and food banks as a norm in the UK, the world’s oceans clogged up with plastics, more high school shootings in the USA, grotesque power-posturing by political world leaders, and countless other atrocities at home and around the world … More A Place at the Table
Picture the scene. It’s the Sunday after Jesus appeared to Mary in the garden, and then to the disciples in the house. They are there again, talking excitedly about what might happen next. Except for Thomas who is sitting in the corner with his head buried in his hands … More Low Sunday – Showing Scars
When I was a teenager (and before I had come to a personal faith), I recognised that there was something different in the faces of those that I knew that believed. Before I understood that it was the Holy Spirit shining out of them, I used to describe this phenomenon as them having “ITV” faces which drew its analogy from the sparkly radiance that make up and lights achieved in a TV studio … More Transfiguration
I wonder if anyone played the game of careers as a child? It was a board game, a bit like monopoly, although instead of buying property, as you moved around the board you followed different occupations, which would bring you happiness, money or fame. You set your own goals at the beginning, and won by being the first to achieve them. It gave a very simple message – life is a competition, success is what matters … More There is no Pecking Order in the Kingdom of God
