A sermon – a bit about Samson

This is out of the usual pattern of sermons, we have been covering Old Testament figures under the very broad title ‘Heroes of Faith’ – seeing in these often deeply flawed individuals inspiration for our own journey of faith. This is the end of the series….
Heroes of Faith – Samson
Judges 13-16
We probably know a number [...]

Amidst all the chaos…this week’s sermon

It’s time for another sermon…

This one was written for my interview on Thursday, or at least the basis of it was (preaching a sermon at the start of an interview is definitely a first for me, and I was more nervous than i have ever been at the start of a sermon! And during!)

I fleshed [...]

Now the truth can be told

Not been blogging, and been quite distracted lately, due to the last week where I went around the country and had two job interviews! I have been thinking very seriously about ‘discernment’ and how I find out God’s will for what I should be doing – normally I just get on with things and hope [...]

Sunday’s here

I’ve done two services this morning and have written a sermon for them, now i have to put together some thoughts for this evening when we have a special service for a flower festival!  We’ve not had such a festival for a few years in this parish, certainly not since I came, but part of [...]

This month’s editorial

I seem to have got out of the habit of posting my ‘letter from the Vicar’ on my blog. As it sometimes gives something to comment on, here’s this month’s!
There are lots of funny (both in the amusing and peculiar sense) ideas of what or who the Holy Spirit – or Holy Ghost in older [...]

Tarting things up

I spent today at Ely Cathedral – about once a month I get the chance to go and be a ‘Day Chaplain’, which means saying prayers on the hour over the Cathedral PA and being available to anyone who might want to chat, about pretty much anything. It was raining and grey, so I [...]

Trying to understand and to learn

One of the blogs that I am pleased to have discovered and like to visit and which I enjoy is written by a thoughtful and devoted Muslim. It is, I believe, crucial to the world we live in that we seek to understand those of different faiths to our own and Saifuddin offers wisdom [...]

Another sermon, perhaps I’m making up for lost blogging!?!

Last Sunday of the Easter Season…
Time for another sermon, this one is a rewrite of a previously preached sermon (something I rarely do, but i wanted to ground the opening in my own experience!). In its preached form is contained a fair amount of ad lib around the script – particularly around the fact [...]

Belated, but here at last

Thinking about this week’s sermon, I looked back over last week’s (so I don’t repeat myself too much!) and as I’ve not posted a sermon for a few weeks here it is….
Matthew 7.7-12John 14.8-14 Meeting God
Where do you find God?
Where in the last week, or month, have you found God? Or felt [...]

Movie watching with a point

Or without a point, as in last night.
I stayed up late to watch Die Hard 4 last night. I really enjoyed it, but it made me ask some questions as to why many people ‘buy into’ the idea that violence can offer some form of redemption or hope. But maybe more of that [...]