Blessed are the pure in heart

What does being pure in heart mean? What does that look like? And how will we see God if we are pure in heart? My sermon on Jesus’ promise from the Sermon on the Mount.

Forgiveness

What does forgiveness look like? What does it mean for us? What challenges does Jesus leave with us?

A new heart and a new spirit

What does the prophet Ezekiel have to say to someone newly ordained and us all in 2020? This was my sermon as Dawn led us in celebrating Communion for the first time.

Blessed are those who mourn

Jesus promises “blessed are those who mourn” but what does that mean? This talk looks at this beatitude.

Review of A Museum in Baghdad

Hannah Khalil’s new play A Museum in Baghad is an ambitious mix of fact, fiction, debate, and magical realism, which tells a fascinating story about individuals and the country of Iraq.

Identity

What is our identity? What difference does that make to our lives? And how does a change in our understanding of our identity make a difference?

Reading Mark’s Gospel

As well as preaching through Mark’s Gospel, we are also encouraging people to read through the whole of the Gospel. To help people do this we produced a handout with some information and challenges.

Sermon series on Mark

Between Epiphany and Easter we are reading through the Gospel of Mark. This allows us to spend some time exploring what the Gospel actually says, rather than what we might think!

Christmas 2018

Christmas! How do you help people to engage with a familiar story in a way that is enjoyable and meaningful? This was my attempt from our Christmas Celebration service on Christmas morning.

Review of Catching Contentment

How can anyone be “content in any and every situation” (as Paul writes in Philippians)? Particularly if you’re in the middle of a difficult situation? This is what Liz Carter explores in Catching Contentment.

Ashurbanipal

The king Ashurbanipal was the king of Assyria at the height of the Assyrian Empire’s power. I recently visited the excellent Ashurbanipal exhibition at the British Museum, which is well worth a visit.

Remembrance 2018

What do we remember? To remember is to seek to be a hope-giver and a peace-maker.

Habakkuk

What does the prophet Habakkuk have to tell us about fairness and justice and how we can speak to God? And how can we follow Habakkuk’s example? This sermon explores these questions.

Faith in Society

What does practical giving look like? What does having faith to serve our society look like? How can we get involved? Why should we get involved? My sermon looks at how Paul and Isaiah answer these questions.

Ancient Canaan: part 4

How do we know what the Canaanites believed? How did their beliefs influence the Israelites? Tablets discovered in the ancient city of Ugarit help answer those questions.