Author Archives: Gerry Lynch

Have Mercy On Me: Sermon Preached at Holy Cross, Ramsbury, Sunday 24th October 2021 (The Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity)

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

“…he cried out even more loudly, ‘Son of David, have mercy on me!’”  In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. This morning’s readings can be great sources of hope for us, … Continue reading →

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Five Years in Jail for Saying “I’m Gay”? We Must Speak Out

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

A new law in Ghana would jail people for 5 years just for saying they’re gay or trans. The Church must oppose this. Continue reading →

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Ecclesiastical History Rocks: 1960s Pentecostalism and Nigerian Anglicans

Posted on October 20, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

I spotted this interesting article and follow up letter in the Church Times when exploring its coverage of the 1968 Lambeth Conference. The article notes that the number of Anglicans in “the western part of Nigeria” was declining in favour … Continue reading →

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A Clergyman’s Diary: A Wiltshire Transfiguration

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

When the sun transfigures the 1500 year old Wansdyke, it calls to mind the Transfiguration of Christ: ‘Tis Good Lord, to be Here. And we are as clueless as the apostles. Continue reading →

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If You Sell Everything You Have, I’ll Buy You Lunch: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 7th October 2021 (The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity)

Posted on October 10, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

If you sell everything you have, I’ll buy you lunch; but as you probably won’t, remember you didn’t earn heaven. It was a gift of God, so don’t judge others. Continue reading →

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Stumbling Blocks and Salt: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 26 September 2021 (The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity)

Posted on September 26, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

How do we work constructively with those we disagree with for the common good, without losing the saltiness that challenges corruption and incompetence? Continue reading →

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A Clergyman’s Diary: Sunset at St John’s

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

St John’s provided the context for a stunning St Matthew’s Day sunset, as I walked home from the Tuesday evening Mass at St Mary’s. What a lovely town Devizes is. I am lucky to have ended up here for curacy. … Continue reading →

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Wisdom and the Cross: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 12 September 2021 (The Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on September 12, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

Readings – Wisdom 7:26 – 8:1; Mark 8:27–38 “She is more beautiful than the sun, and excels every constellation of the stars.” In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. On a … Continue reading →

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A Soldier Shot on the Afghan Frontier, 1889

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

In Rochester Cathedral, a cross executed in memory of Lt Archie Harris of the Royal Engineers “[s]hot while in pursuit of a Pathan robber on the Afghan frontier”, 11 October 1889. History doesn’t repeat but it does rhyme. “A scrimmage … Continue reading →

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Doers Not Merely Hearers: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 28th August 2021 (The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity)

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

Readings – James 1.17-27; Mark 7.1-8,14,15,21-23  “…be doers of the word, and not merely hearers…” In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.  “The Western mind is like a tuning fork calibrated … Continue reading →

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