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Called to Love
Love One Another, As I Have Loved You On Maundy Thursday we are explicitly called to love one another. Sometimes though it’s not as easy as you think. This reflection was preached as a sermon at St...
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Brea(d)th of Forgiveness
Breath – Nave window at the Church of the Holy Spirit, Lebanon, New Jersey* The gospel reading for the 2nd Sunday of Easter, as often happens, included in part the reading that was given for Easter...
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A Glimpse of Heaven’s Glory
Based on the following readings: Luke 2:1-14 and Isaiah 9:2-7 Another Christmas and what a wonderful time this Advent and lead up to Christmas has been this year. Over the last few weeks at St James’...
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The 12 Days of Christmas
Today we are on the cusp of an old year and a new year according to the calendar. I am not sure that 24 hours makes a lot of difference relative to time, but it is a point when we seem to put a marker...
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Annus Horribilis… Annus Mirabilis
I wonder, if like me, you found the reaction to what appeared to be a lot of ‘celebrity’ deaths in 2016 becoming a little bit wearisome. Don’t get me wrong – each person’s death was a cause for sorrow...
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Come and See…
Come and see – John 1:29-42 How do we share good news? Do we rejoice that we have heard something wonderful but forget that others too might like to hear it? Do we ever think to invite them to come...
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Judas – Servant or Scapegoat
The turning point for Jesus and Judas? My dissertation for my MA focused on the question of whether Judas Iscariot might be God’s scapegoat. This sermon preached on Maundy Thursday 2017 is based on...
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From Alpha to Omega
Easter Sunday Evensong brought to a close an amazing day of celebrations and the end of the journey we had been on throughout Holy Week. From the highs of Palm Sunday, with it’s joyous branch waving,...
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Walking The Emmaus Road
The Road to Emmaus by Daniel Bonnell The story of the Road to Emmaus lends itself beautifully for us to think about our own journeys of faith; the processes we go through of discovering who Jesus is,...
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The Holy Family and the Mayfly
The Holy Family and the Mayfly by Albrecht Dürer The month of May is with us and we continue to see signs of new growth and life all around. Not those first buds of spring, but the lush greenness of...
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How Awesome Is The Sight
How awesome is the sight? So often we can have a refrain or single phrase of a song running through our heads. When this happens we can often find that an idea comes of how we might represent those...
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A Seed That Falls Into The Ground
Meditation on A Seed that Falls into the Ground Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit....
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Not In Our Own Strength
The Promise of the Holy Spirit An Advocate, a comforter, a helper, an assistant… the gift of the Holy Spirit means that we never have to rely solely on our own strength; and some days you need it...
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Challenging Hatred and Prejudice
‘Even the dogs are grateful for the crumbs from under the Master’s table’ It’s funny when certain things start to press into your consciousness and suddenly you see and hear it all around you. Over the...
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Conflict and Resolution
I am presently taking part, as an attendee, in the inaugural Festival of Preaching being held at Christ Church College, Oxford. It is a sort of preacher’s refresher course or inspirational ideas...
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Day Six – Pilgrim Footsteps
Nobody wants to be subjected to sitting down and looking at the holiday snaps album. However, if you would like to look at more images then do go to the Jerusalem Gallery to see the rest of the photos...
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Day Seven – A Day of Rest
Sunday sees us dispersing ourselves to various churches in and around Jerusalem After so many new sights and sounds over the last week it is nice to be doing something familiar, although not quite as...
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Day Seven – Antiquities and Art
‘Turning the World Upside Down’ by Anish Kapoor, 2010 Any trip to a famous city would not be complete without a Sunday afternoon browse around a museum, especially if it houses particular treasures....
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Risky Business
Sermon based on 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 and Matthew 25.14-30 How much of a risk are you willing to take on behalf of your faith? Have you ever considered that it’s necessary to take risks? Surely God...
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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
A sermon for the third Sunday in Advent recalling John the Baptist as the ‘one calling out in the wilderness’, and the call to be that voice today. Reading: John 1:6-8, 19-28 May I speak and may you...
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