A sermon preached on not-St-George’s-day
Jesus Christ is Risen – He is risen indeed Hallelujah! Happy Easter. Today is Not St George’s Day. Lots of you think it is but it isn’t. And some of you are still thinking “It is! Its Always 23rd April – what nonsense is this! Of course it is St George’s Day.” No it […]
Take Refuge
Psalm 34.11-20, John 19.25-27 – Mothering 2025. Lent 4. 30th March. 8am, 9.30, Welcome to Mothering Sunday – I suppose a good mothering Sunday sermon should say something along the lines of Be Thankful – Be thankful for those who have mothered you. For your mothers – “Women hold up half the sky” – so […]
Keep Short Accounts
Every now and then we ask questions like Why do bad things happen to good people? Today I will not answer that question! Jesus doesn’t either. The Gospel reading gives two examples of this and the Psalm – well we’ll come to the Psalm. Jesus is told about Something Horrible that had happened recently. […]
Hope
16th Feb sermon from 1 Cor 15.12-2- & Luke 6.17-26 This is a sermon about Hope. About getting hope, making sure you’re topped up with hope, being aware of when you’re struggling and could do with some more hope. Last week I bumped into someone in the street who doesn’t like our church, doesn’t like […]
Because you say so
a sermon for 9th Feb 2025 from 1 Corinthians 15.1–11 Luke 5.1–11 (photo is of Revs Carole Derreck and James) 2 points for you today. Jesus asks Simon to do something and he replies: Because you say so. I want you to take that as your take home point today. Its enough to try […]
Praise, Pray, Repeat
Sermon from 2nd Feb 2025, with help from Luke 2 and Heb 4. Today’s sermon is Be like Simeon, be like Anna. Or Praise, Pray, Repeat. Praise, Pray, Repeat. What a fantastically encouraging couple of saints. So be like Anna, Be like Simeon. Praise Pray repeat. Praise Pray repeat. In the Gospel reading we […]
Talking to Jesus about anything
a sermon for 19th Jan – (John 2.1-11) I once asked a Year 6 pupil, top end of primary school, if you could do any of the miracles of Jesus what would you want to do – walk on water? Heal the sick? And this child, quick as quick, piped up: I’d want to turn […]
Stay Curious
Happy New Year. And a Happy Christmas. Do keep greeting people with a Happy Christmas. You can certainly get away with it until 6th. Frankly I shall be pushing my luck until Candlemas. 4 points for you today. Stay Curious, Be Courageous, Encounter Christ, and Keep Connected Firstly Be Curious. It is curiosity […]
Pain as God’s Megaphone
a sermon for 29th Dec 2024 I mentioned to some of my clergy colleagues that today I would be preaching on the subject of Holy Innocents, the massacre at Bethlehem. And they said ‘What sort of idiot are you?!’ Who actually wants to hear a sermon on a horrible painful subject like that, a few […]
A Christmas morning blessing
A 5 pointed sermon for you today! Afterall its Christmas! It’s a prayer, a blessing, for you to know – the Eagerness of the Shepherds, the Joy of the Angels, the Perseverance of the Wise, the Obedience of Joseph and Mary, and the Peace of Jesus Christ. That’s my prayer, that’s the 5 points. […]