Category Archives: Sermons

Philippians 2:12-18 I have been reading Winston Churchill’s History of the English Speaking Peoples over the last few months.  It’s been fascinating filling in a lot of gaps in my historical knowledge both about Britain but also about USA. Most recently, I have been … Continue reading →

It’s called: germination: the process by which seeds grow into standing shoots of corn. Science has given us a good understanding of how the process of germination and growth happens but, of course, from the point of view of a farmer in the first century, it … Continue reading →

Nicodemus John 3:1-15 ‘He is an Englishman! For he himself has said it, And it’s greatly to his credit, That he is an Englishman! For he might have been a Roosian, A French, or Turk, or Proosian, Or perhaps Itali-an! … Continue reading →

Introduction by Revd Alex Pease: What we are about in Itchen Valley Parish is encouraging people to become followers of Jesus Christ; to become his disciples; to be empowered by the Holy Spirit for God’s purposes in our lives.  A … Continue reading →

Someone is coming….. Why doesn’t God step in and do something? It’s what we hear often when people are suffering. Or expressed in the other way, the way which drains us of all hope ‘if God really existed he would not have allowed this to happen’. … Continue reading →

Please do listen to God Pod episode 125.  A link to the God Pod follows.  This is a recording of a series of short talks at St Mellitus College in London a few weeks ago.  The talks were remarkable because … Continue reading →

Remain in the Vine John 15:1-8 The Who Cares survey last year taught us about the many challenges that so many of us face in the Valley with over 40% of our population with problems with relationships and 16% with negative emotions. So many of our … Continue reading →

Gerry’s sermon at Parish Communion on 23rd April 2018

Easter, Entropy and the third banana Notes for a talk given at the Family Communion at St Mary’s Easton on Easter Sunday 2018 – the slides shown follow: Easter Assembly What is this – a green banana What is this … Continue reading →

When I turned on the news this morning the first two items were about a church service in France to mourn the victims of the terrorist shooting and marches across America to protest against the gun laws there. Both incidents … Continue reading →

“I am in prison, but its good because…..” or “I am on death row, but its good because…..” Could we ever imagine saying that? It’s effectively what Paul was saying in this passage from Philippians verses 18-26. Last month, we … Continue reading →

Temptation for All Age Worship Matthew 4: 1-12 Before the service everyone who came in was given a toffee – in a red or blue wrapper and told ‘this is not for you, hold on to it and you will … Continue reading →

There was nothing at the beginning. No church, probably not even a synagogue. It was a pagan military town in Macedonia, worshipping the gods of Rome and it all started (as revealed in Acts 16) with a handful of women … Continue reading →

The recording of the talk from the Ash Wednesday service follows or if you prefer please read the transcript below Do you ever feel that God ignores you, that he does not hear your prayers? Do you feel that they … Continue reading →

Please feel free to listen or read the transcript below It generally happens at parties. I get invited, I go along, I don’t wear my dog collar, and someone asks me, just to be polite….“what do you do?” Of course, … Continue reading →