Hear O Israel
I was thinking about the text from Deuteronomy – a prayer known as the Shema – Hea O Israel, the LORD your God, the LORD is one. Do you like airports? I think that the opening and closing scenes of ‘Love Actually’ are brilliant in depicting the emotions of love that you see at an […]
The Parable of the Lost Wallet
The Kingdom of Heaven is like a wallet that a foolish driver left on his roof having paid for his petrol at Morrisons. He drove off without a thought to his cash or his cards let alone the gift it had been one Christmas from a relative who brought it from a start up company […]
We hit the gold!!
(Photo ois of team of helpers) This was an excited remark from a teenager at May Camp over the weekend doing archery. May Camp is a unique, i think, event. its a gathering of 370 teenagers from across the Diocese of Chichester. They camp in their Church group circles and gather for loud worship and […]
The Gift is the Giver
Acts 2.1-21 Family Service St Lukes PENTECOST 28th May 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMQKy1Mx49M Has anyone been doing the TKC and praying for your 5? Praying for 5 people in family or friends to come to know the love of Jesus. I was asked by an RE teacher – a few years back – what is Pentecost? I’ve […]
Ascension Day
(A sermon preached on Ascension Day 2023. Photo obviously of two angels explaining to the Disciples … 🙂 The Ascension ought to be a festival season. Didn’t it used to be a bank holiday, a half day of school, early closing, some of you might be old enough to remember it? Never mind about the […]
What are you building?
(Sermon preached on 14th May 2023 – Photo is of a plastic cow painted in gold airfix paint!) So, the Golden Calf – that’s one of those obvious stories we were told as children – its got some great colouring in – and its obviously a visual demonstration about why you do not want to […]
King Charles needs two things
(A sermon on 7th May 2023, the photo is of a home made Orb 🙂 ) God save the King! Gosh we do coronations well. That was amazing yesterday. I was just glued from the moment that boy started the liturgy with– “Your majesty as children of the kingdom of God we welcome you in […]
Pray for the King
(This sermon is to be preached on Friday 5th May 7pm in St Leonard’s, see: Psalm 72, Galatians 5.16-26) Pray for the King! Oh my how would you be feeling if you were the King tonight! Hard to sleep, little appetite? Pray for the King! And tomorrow – the telly, the dignitaries, the protestors, the […]
Dance like no ones watching
(Picture is of Our presi to Damien’s on his priesting – if you would like to contribute to it, please let one of the vicars have your donation!) This is a sermon on 2 Samuel 6. (30th April 2023) Welcome back to the OT. Last year we spent about 25 Sundays looking at particular Children’s […]
Sabbatical starts 1st June – 1st September
My Sabbatical starts on 1st June and i hope to put up here updates of some reflective sorts along the way until 1st September. There will be plenty of times when i am not in a wifi zone and so then i wont be putting things up, and there will be times when i am […]