Compline Reflection 26th March 2024 Tuesday: Feet Come see his hands and his feet, the scars that speak of sacrifice, hands that flung stars into space to cruel nails surrendered. See Christ’s feet nailed to the main beam of the cross; nailed with the same brutality as his hands have been pinned. Again see the …
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Sermon 2024-03-25 Compline
Reflection for Compline 25th March 2024 Monday: Hands Come see his hands and his feet, the scars that speak of sacrifice, hands that flung stars into space to cruel nails surrendered. Hands pierced by nails, great clumsy pieces of iron hammered in with brutal power, hammered in with thoughtless uncaring cruelty; each blow struck with …
Sermon 2024-03-10 Evensong
10th March 2024 Homily for Evensong Texts: Ephesians 2: 1-10, John 6: 1-14 How, I wonder, do you refer to this day? Is it as the majority of people in this country would tell you Mothers’ Day or would you, like me, be what most people would consider being horribly pedantic and insist on calling …
Sermon 2024-03-10 Communion
Sermon 10th March 2024 – Mothering Sunday We’ve come here this morning to say thank you. Thank you to our mothers for all that they are and all that they do for us. And for some of us we have come here to remember. To remember our mothers who are no longer here to say thank …
Sermon 2024-03-03
Sermon 3rd March 2024 I was at Holmbury and shared one of my dark secrets, can share more with you. I was demoted from Head Boy at my Public School as I was caught drinking and smoking at the local pub and you probably think I’m going to say I was really contrite and ashamed, …
Sermon 2024-02-11
Homily 11th February 2024 This homily is based on the music to be sung at that service including the hymns Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies, The Race that Once in Darkness Pined and God is Working His Purpose Out and Psalm 46 Originally, I was not scheduled to take this service but on Monday …
Sermon 2024-02-04
Sermon 4th February 2024 – Candlemas Luke 2:22-40 I’d like to begin with a confession. I am really inpatient. Mainly with myself. When I was about 5 we were given the opportunity at school of taking up a musical instrument, and much to the delight of my parents, I chose the violin. I persevered for about 6 …
Sermon 2023-12-31
Sermon 31st December 2023 Texts: 1 Samuel 3: 1-10, John 1: 43-end What is the one thing that we are given after our birth that costs nothing and yet is absolutely essential for all of us to have? The answer of course is our name; the name that for most of us we will be …
Sermon 2023-12-19
Sermon 19th December 2023 Carol Service The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season! Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason. It could be his head wasn’t screwed on just right It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight. But I think that the most likely reason of all …
Sermon 2023-12-10
Sermon 10th December 2023 Evensong at St James’ Romans 15: 4-13, Luke 21: 25-33 What does Advent mean to you? Is it a season in it’s own right or just the inevitable pause, the holding of breath before Christmas? The time when life gathers pace as we prepare for the big day – shopping, planning, Christmas card writing, …
