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Shoah…An Obliteration of Potential
Shoah – an obliteration of potential A sermon preached on Candlemas, honouring Holocaust Memorial Day 2018, based on Luke 2:22-40 May I speak and may you hear, through the Grace of our Lord, Father,...
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Day Nine – A Lost and Changing Identity: The Story Of A Most Extraordinary...
Jakub Weksler Waszkinel at Yad Vashem As the problem of anti-Semitism rears its ugly head once more in British politics, I was moved to visit again the story of an amazing man whom I had the privilege...
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Love One Another…
The end of the Easter season is fast approaching and we will pack away our Alleluia responses for another year (liturgically and in theory). So before we do so here is a reminder that that our praise...
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A Heart of Stone?
Evensong Message for Pentecost 2018 – Reading Ezekiel 36:22-28 and Acts 2:22-38 Today we celebrate Pentecost – an outpouring of the Holy Spirit – sent just as Jesus had promised – enabling and...
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Treasure in Clay Jars
What is it that makes us special? Thoughts from this morning’s sermon focussing on the reading 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 May I speak and may you hear through the grace of our Lord, Father, Son and Holy...
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God’s Attitude Should Be Ours
Our attitudes to God and each other should be the same as his attitude to us. A sermon for Evensong based on Jeremiah 7:1-16 and Romans 9:14-26 May I speak and may you hear though the grace of our...
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Making Space for Prayer
Flowers for Peace Last week we ran a series of School Prayer Spaces at Saint James’ Church of England Primary School, West End, Southampton. This involved creating interactive activities which the...
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Ambitious for God
When your ambition is big then your efforts should be even bigger – Anon Evening reflection based on Romans 15:14-29 When you were younger, what were your ambitions, your hopes and dreams? I know I...
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How To Fill The Time In Between
The First Sunday of Christmas is what I call the in-between time. It sits between the great festivals of Christmas and Epiphany and doesn’t seem able to muster up its own special liturgy after all the...
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The Best Laid Plans… On Being Prepared
William Blake – The Angel Appearing to Zacharias (1799 -1800) Sometimes you think you’ve got it all under control, the necessary preparations have been made, the last minute arrangements set up, and...
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Wedding Vows
The year 2018 was full of new and exciting events in our family, amongst which was the wedding of our youngest daughter, Ruth, to her fiancé, Josh. Not only are weddings great social occasions, when...
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Drawn From The Deep
He drew me out of deep water Based on Luke 5:1-11 When I was little I would occasionally be allowed to go fishing with my dad. I say allowed, because it was actually for my father a time when he could...
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Label Jars Not People
A short note before my latest post below – as it seems a long time since I last posted anything. However, having just seen our church though a time of interregnum, I am looking forward to getting more...
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Sabbath Rest
It’s really hard when you want to write about something that you know is a good thing to do but you are not so good at actually doing it yourself. A someone commented yesterday when I delivered this...
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Replacing Law With Grace
Replacing Law with Grace There are times when the Law is important and there are times when it needs to be replaced with Grace; whether it is to make a point or whether it is part of the way we need to...
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Reaping the Harvest
This weekend had all the elements of a traditional Harvest Festival at church. The autumnal colours of the flowers; an altar groaning under the weight of tins and fresh produce brought as gifts for...
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Evangelism – Keeping It Simple
Never be afraid of being evangelical – it’s easier than you think! A talk for Evensong based on Acts 13:13-41 and Isaiah 5:8-30 May I speak and may you hear through the grace of our Lord, Father, Son...
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Standing Together
Sermon preached on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day based on Psalm 27:1-8, Matthew 4:12-23 and 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 and using resources provided by CCJ (Council of Christians and Jews) for their...
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Don’t Worry… Be Happy?
Sermon based on Matthew 6:25-34 and Romans 8:18-25 May I speak and may you hear through the grace of our Lord; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen I was listening to a radio interview the other day in...
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The Arrival Of A King
You could hear him coming before you could see him. Except it wasn’t him who was making any noise, it was the crowds that ran alongside, or reached out to tear branches from the roadside trees to wave...
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