Tag Archives: Sermons

Luke 11: 1-13 I met up with a couple that I don’t know the other day, while walking through one of the villages. Seeing that I was a vicar, they were telling me about a huge challenge that one of … Continue reading →

Luke 10:38-42 Martha and Mary – a homily for 8am BCP Communion Its not about the cake… Poor Martha.  She has done all the cooking and not unreasonably asks Jesus to prompt her sister Mary to help but she is … Continue reading →

Everything turned upon what she would do when she opened the basket…. This story of Moses being put in a basket and floated down the Nile and rescued by Pharoah’s daughter, this story is so familiar to us from Sunday … Continue reading →

We have just finished walking the Test Way with friends. It is some 44 miles long and starts almost on the Berkshire border and runs down to the Solent.  I am glad to have done it for 2 reasons. Firstly, … Continue reading →

Naaman is a powerful man.  He is commander of the Aramean army which dominates the entire region.  He is at the right hand of the King of Aram.   And yet he has a need.  Something that is not right … Continue reading →

I came across the following little poem recently, which I found quite challenging. Within my earthly temple there’s a crowd, There’s one that’s humble, one that’s proud. One that’s penitent for sin, One that isn’t, but   simply grins. One loves … Continue reading →

Galatians 3:23-end Who are you? Who am I? What would you say is your identity? What is the major theme running through your life, by which you evaluate the decisions that you make, by which you decide what company you … Continue reading →

Blessed are the merciful Matthew 5/7 A true story……Waterloo station one evening:  A passenger stood waiting for his train to Winchester.  A man came up to him and spat in his face and said ‘I can’t stand Christians’ and walked … Continue reading →

The Acts of the Apostles were Acts not chats! It’s easy to feel defeated, like the disciples before the Resurrection, hiding in a room for fear of the Jews.  Its easy to stay inactive, like the disciples after the Ascension, … Continue reading →

Ezekiel 36:24-28 Who has heard these sorts of comments about the Bible:  “I don’t think it means that…’; “its not relevant for today”; “its all too fundamentalist”; “Why should I follow something written so long ago”; “It’s all made up … Continue reading →

Acts 1:1-11 Was Jesus an astronaut? I guess that the landing on the moon in 1969 was one of the biggest events of my childhood.  It fired the imagination.  Incredibly memorable.  The count down.  The clouds of smoke as the … Continue reading →