Category Archives: Christianity

Chapel Address at Evensong, St Stephen’s House, Oxford, 4 November 2019

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Gerry Lynch

Chapel Address at Evensong, St Stephen’s House, Oxford, 4 November 2019 Gerry Lynch “When you talk to God, it’s called prayer. When God talks to you, it’s called insanity.” That bon mot came to mind as I pondered today’s readings … Continue reading →

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Sermon Preached at St Mary Magdalen, Oxford, 3 November 2019

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Gerry Lynch

Sermon Preached at Sung Mass at St Mary Magdalen, Oxford, 3 November 2019 (All Saints’ Day transferred) Gerry Lynch After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could number, from every nation, from all tribes and … Continue reading →

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Sermon at Christ the King, Johannesburg, 8 September 2019

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Gerry Lynch

Sermon Preached at Christ the King Anglican Church, Mondeor, Johannesburg (Diocese of Christ the King) on Sunday 8 September 2019 (Twelfth Sunday After Trinity) “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and … Continue reading →

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Cathedral of St Nicholas the Wonder Worker, Białystok

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Gerry Lynch

Saint Nicholas the Wonder Worker is the Orthodox cathedral in Białystok, and the seat of the Bishop of the Białystok-Gdańsk in Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church. Białystok is the tenth largest city in Poland, and the largest in the north-east, which … Continue reading →

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The Bright Field

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Gerry Lynch

Late on a summer evening, as I took photos from the summit of Divis (478m above sea level) the highest of the Belfast Hills towards Lough Neagh, suddenly a shaft of sunlight broke through and illuminated the fields on top … Continue reading →

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Blogging Staggers Day Three: Sunset Skies

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Gerry Lynch

Truly spectacular sunset skies at St Stephen’s House this evening. This is, like, where I actually live and stuff. The church is St John the Evangelist, Iffley Road.

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Blogging Staggers Day One: Praying With the Lepers

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Gerry Lynch

The Bartlemas Chapel – a name that sounds like something out of Dickens, and the chapel felt like something from a disappeared world as well. A few hundred metres down a laneway from the noise and bustle of the Cowley … Continue reading →

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Presbyterians, Salvation, and God

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Gerry Lynch

Cross-posted at Slugger O’Toole. We cremated my friend James on the freakishly warm Friday before St Patrick’s Day, between the two bouts of even freakier snow. We did this after a celebration of the Supper of the Lord Jesus Christ … Continue reading →

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Why This Liberal Catholic Will be Praying #ThyKingdomCome

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Gerry Lynch

The last thing the disciples are recorded as saying to Christ on Earth: “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?” After all they’d been through, they still didn’t get the point. They were looking … Continue reading →

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On The Twelfth Day of Christmas

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Gerry Lynch

I’m still wishing people a Merry Christmas, because it’s still Christmastide: today is the Twelfth Day of Christmas, and traditionalists will take their decorations down tonight. In fact, this year, most churches will have an unusual thirteenth day of Christmas. … Continue reading →

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