Monthly Archives: August 2022

Transcendence Amid Our Troubles: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 28th August 2022 (The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity)

Posted on August 28, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

I can hardly bear to listen to the news. Allowing ourselves to be touched by eternity refreshes us to deal with our mundane problems. Continue reading →

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Keeping the Sabbath?: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 21st August 2022 (The Tenth Sunday after Trinity)

Posted on August 21, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

Readings – Jeremiah 1:4–10; Luke 13: 10–17 “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not the sabbath day.” Let me begin with a story from my mother country, … Continue reading →

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View from Yerevan in The Tablet

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

It’s good to be in print in this week’s The Tablet (11 August 2022 edition) with a “View from Yerevan” – a piece about beautiful town planning, the revival and the absence of churches, losing a war, refugees from far … Continue reading →

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Faith, Gays, and Sandi Toksvig: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 7th August 2022 (The Eighth Sunday after Trinity)

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

“Just be a good person” is a charming sentiment – from a nursery school teacher or an 8-year-old. Not from an intelligent adult Continue reading →

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