Seek First the Kingdom of God and ….
A Harvest sermon (see also Matt 6.25-33, 1 Tim 6.6-10) Can I start off by saying Happy Birthday to me! I think of Harvest as my Birthday and today is my 4th birthday, and the start of my 5th year. A little while back, when I was about 20, I got my first car. […]
Letters from Sabbatical #3
Dear Brothers and Sisters, For this letter we find ourselves back in Seaford following two delightful weeks in Northumbria. The planned purpose of this time was to consider and reflect upon all we had heard and learned over the past six weeks. We had reached the mid-part of the sabbatical time. We arrived full of […]
P.U.S.H
a sermon preached on 29th Sept 2024 at St Luke’s (from James 5.13-end) Today’s take home point is Pray. Pray Until Something Happens. PUSH. If all is well with you and the world – Pray. IF you’re having one of those days, weeks, then Pray. If you’re struggling with a sin, Pray. IF you […]
Pray Bad Prayers
as preached on 22 Sept 2024 from James 3-4. I want to encourage you today to pray Bad Prayers. Pray prayers that are not well thought through, that have poor grammatical construction, I want you to pray selfish prayers, angry prayers, stupid prayers, bold prayers. And I want you to add to these prayers a […]
Let mercy triumph over judgement
A sermon helped by James 3.1-12 and Mark 8.27ff “Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it” that’s a quote by Dumbledore from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Books. Kamala Harris in her book The Truths we hold published in 2018 wrote “Words have the ability […]
Catching the train of your thought before it leaves your mouth
(A sermon off James 2.1-17 – 8th September 2024) Last week I left you with some homework: To read scripture and to apply it. To be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to become angry, to keep a tight rein on your tongue – how did you do? I did some of them. […]
Letters from Sabbatical #2
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Here is our second letter from afar. After the excitement of our first four weeks of sabbatical which encompassed New Wine, a short retreat at West Watch, putting our house in Berkshire up for sale and looking after grandchildren, you might expect life to slow down a little! But no, […]
The God we worship gives us joy, wisdom, and listens
Welcome to a new sermon series from the Epistle of James. St James – this James was the brother of Jesus – this is the James that you can read about in Acts 15 leading the first recorded PCC meeting. You can also read about James in the writings of Josephus, a non-Christian, Jewish writer, […]
Letters from Sabbatical no.1 (from Derreck)
Dear Brothers and Sisters, We have come to the end of the fourth week of sabbatical, time flies! We know that sabbatical is not meant to be a holiday (it is far more than that) but it has been incredibly busy, and we have heard and learned much from God over this first month. Here […]
I arise today throgh a mighty strength
(a sermon for st Lukes 25th Aug 2024 from Eph 6.10-20 Have you come across the prayer of St Patrick’s Breastplate? I arise today Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity … God’s wisdom to guide me, God’s hand to guard me, God’s shield to protect me, Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ […]