Forgiveness

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

Blessed are those who mourn

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

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?

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.

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.

Service

It was a pleasure and a privilege to be part of the ordination of Stella, our curate, earlier in the summer. This was my sermon as she led us in celebrating Communion the next day.

Christ’s foolishness and Stormzy

What do you do when Easter day and April Fool’s day coincide? We thought about the foolishness of God, and what the grime star Stormzy can teach us…

Juvenal and the Lord’s Supper

In 1 Corinthians, Paul writes about the divisions between rich and poor, including meals they were supposed to be sharing. These are brought vividly to life by the Roman satirist Juvenal.

Harvest 2017

What do you want to say thank you for? What does giving thanks look like? What difference would it make?

Freedom

What does freedom look like? What are we saved from and what are we saved for? And what difference does that make to our lives and our attitudes?

Salvation

What is salvation? What do we want to be saved from? And what do we need to be saved from? And what does our fascination with superheroes tell us about all of this?

The Fall

What was the Fall? Why is it something that we should think about? What relevance does it still has as part of a Christian understanding of the world?