Category Archives: Christianity

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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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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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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Ripon Cathedral’s Space Age Chapel

Posted on August 14, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

1970’s Chapel of the Holy Spirit in Ripon Cathedral represents a sadly stillborn Anglican Space Age tradition of church furnishing. Continue reading →

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Treasure in Clay Jars: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 25 July 2021 (St James’ Day)

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

Readings – 2 Corinthians 4:7–15; Matthew 20:20–28 “…we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.” In the name of the Father, … Continue reading →

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Devizes Curate to Walk ‘50k in a Day’

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

A Wiltshire clergyman plans to walk five miles more than a marathon in one day to raise funds for his churches, and to help the victims a brutal but often ignored conflict. The Rev’d Gerry Lynch, Curate of St John … Continue reading →

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The Baptist’s Wounds: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, 11 July 2021 (The Sixth Sunday after Trinity)

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

Prophets continue to be made martyrs for speaking truth to power; the prophet I knew best personally instead taught me about the reality of Resurrection. Continue reading →

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