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The Birth Pangs of Something New?: Sermon Preached on 17th November 2024 (Second Sunday Before Advent)

We probably aren’t living near the end of the world; but we might well be living through the end of an era. Continue reading

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Following Christ in Our Place: Sermon Preached on 10th November 2024 (Third Sunday before Advent)

We’re not all made to be the sort of people who just walk away from their jobs to convert the world—but we’re all called to something. Continue reading

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What if there were another Dunkirk?: Sermon Preached on 10th November 2024 (Remembrance Sunday)

I wonder if it had to, could the UK do again what it did in the Second World War? Continue reading

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Earthly Power or Eternal Glory?: Sermon Preached on 20th October 2024 (Twenty-First Sunday After Trinity)

Right-wingers seeking “cultural Christianity” are making the same mistake as James and John asking to sit next to Christ in glory. Continue reading

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Soul Harvest: Sermon Preached on 15th September 2024 (Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity, Harvest Festival)

It is complex for farmers to manage a harvest of so many different crops. How much more complex is a harvest of human souls. Continue reading

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Disability, Demons, and Gays (Oh, My!): Sermon Preached on 8th September 2024 (Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity)

Whether we’re rich or poor, disabled or athletic, gay or straight, we all need to be opened up by the love of God who is Father of us all. Continue reading

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Angry People Click: Sermon Preached on 1st September 2024 (Fourteenth Sunday After Trinity)

The Internet is a big mirror reflecting our emotions back at us. What they reveal about us isn’t pretty; maybe even confirming the doctrine of original sin! Continue reading

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Eat Me!: Sermon Preached on 25th August 2024 (Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity)

Never lose sight of how much of what Jesus Christ taught was seriously, seriously, weird. Continue reading

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The Limits of Good Works: Sermon Preached on 11th August 2024 (Eleventh Sunday After Trinity)

Human beings are made of star-stuff but spend a lot of our in the muck. Continue reading

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Gratitude at Lammastide: Sermon Preached on 4th August 2024

Preached at St Peter’s, Poulshot for the Wiltshire Countryside Club annual service Leviticus 23. 9-14; Matthew 15. 32-39               “You shall eat no bread … until you have brought the offering of your God.” For many people in this country, the … Continue reading

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