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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Robbed of one's head or robbed of one's martyrdom

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It's always a bit of a shock to us when we realise that people die horribly for the Christian Faith. Apparently, the Christian Fa...
Sunday, August 27, 2017

Focussing on Sin

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Sermon for the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity Which sin do you like to confess most? That’s a silly question! As Christians, we should ha...
Sunday, August 20, 2017

Why bother with this sermon?

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Sermon for the Tenth Sunday after Trinity It was a late night and it’s still dark and cold when the alarm goes off. The warmth of the duve...
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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Agreeing to sin and sinning to agree

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Of course, the hoo-hah about same-sex marriage continues to contort the Established Church to the point of breaking. The common statement fr...
Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Assuming the Assumption

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Apparently, we should never make assumptions for fear of appearing foolish. Yet, today, we celebrate assumption, the translation of the bod...
Sunday, August 13, 2017

Dreadfully awful or awfully dreadful?

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Sermon for the Ninth Sunday after Trinity Are you afraid of God? There are two sorts of fear that human beings can have; one is called a...
Tuesday, August 08, 2017

When Jesus gets it wrong

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It seems that I am rapidly becoming one of those people who tune in to Thinking Anglicans for my daily despair at what the world is coming t...
Sunday, August 06, 2017

Five-a-day: is it really good for you?

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Sermon for the Eighth Sunday after Trinity “Eat five pieces of fruit a day because they’re good for you!” Well that’s the theory anyway. ...

Troublesome Tabernacles

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Sermon for the Transfiguration of the Lord Do you really know what a tabernacle is? If you’re familiar with church furnishings and fitti...
Wednesday, August 02, 2017

Fleshly fruit

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Again, thinking about my sermon for this Sunday has caused me to look at the fruits of the flesh, the end products of the seeds of sin and t...
Tuesday, August 01, 2017

Fresh fruit?

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Sorry. While preparing my sermon for this coming Sunday, this wonderful little clip from Spike Milligan popped into my head. Wonderfull...
Sunday, July 30, 2017

Freed from or Freed for?

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Sermon for the Seventh Sunday after Trinity By now, you will have noticed that there is a common theme running through St Paul’s letters. ...
Thursday, July 27, 2017

The blogging Archbishop

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I am encouraged by Fr Anthony's post that our Archbishop, Dr Mark Haverland has joined the blogosphere. His blog can be found here: ...
Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Feminism, Freedom and agreeing with Dawkins

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I am going to lay my cards on the table and I doubt that I will make myself popular. I do not believe that human beings have the right to ...
Sunday, July 23, 2017

The waters of Death

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Sermon for the Sixth Sunday after Trinity Did you know that you are dead? That may sound rather distressing, especially since so many pe...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Unsocial Media

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This little blog is being a little quiet at the moment as I am concentrating on a largish project at the service of my diocese as well as my...
Sunday, July 16, 2017

Working out Love

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Sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity Why is it so hard to love other people? Have you ever tried to count the number of negative th...
Sunday, July 09, 2017

Judging the judgement of judging

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Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Trinity As Christians, we do have a duty to point out right from wrong. In ecclesiastical language it’s...
Sunday, July 02, 2017

Sleeping through humility

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Sermon for the third Sunday after Trinity All good parables start with a king, don’t they? A powerful king sits on his throne surveying hi...
Tuesday, June 27, 2017

What does a member of the ACC say after you say hello?

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I'm very, very introverted. I actually find speaking to people a bit of an ordeal at times, and making small talk is a bit of a tricky t...
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