Today as we celebrate the first Sunday in advent, we also remember that it is the first Sunday of the Church’s New Year and we begin to prepare for Christmas Day. Yes, I’ve said it Christmas Day (I think we can now officially say it as it’s only 4 weeks today!!) … More Advent Sunday 2022
The first reading today from Amos reminded me of an inspirational quote from Mahatma Gandhi, which I’m sure some of you may know and which I know is written on a wall in a school and that is: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” … More Caring for others, like the Good Samaritan
In 1965, only 3 years after his first album, Bob Dylan was already an extremely popular singer songwriter. Yet when he played at Newport Folk festival that year, was booed off the stage after only 3 songs … More Being who we are meant to be
Taken as a story today’s gospel reading has everything. Royalty and power, sex, violence, narrative tension – it’s no wonder that it inspired the play Salome by Oscar Wilde, an opera by Richard Strauss and a film starring Rita Hayworth. But it’s an unusual story to find in the gospels– it hardly refers to Jesus at all … More Power (still) corrupts
Welcome to our service of Holy Communion for the third Sunday of Advent 2020. We begin by singing together On Jordan’s Bank. https://fb.watch/2lGslkCK7u/ We end with the hymn Thou, Whose Almighty Word:
This sermon was given by Rev Deborah on Wednesday 5 February 2020. You can listen again here … More R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Today’s readings are full of images. In the gospel reading John talks about the road, the water, the fire and the axe … More Advent 2 2019
If you enjoy reading novels, you will probably have strong views when authors you love are adapted for the screen … More The Living Word of God
This sermon was given by Rev Deborah on Wednesday 9 October 2019. You can listen again here … More Jonah
There is so much in all the readings today that choosing one theme is almost impossible … More Trinity 2019
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