The sermon text is printed below the sermon audio… Sermon preached at St. Stephen’s, Goldsboro NC; Sunday May 9 2021 The Reverend Alan Neale; “Mother O’ Mine” In late May 1988, the Neale family (Alan, Wendy, three children and a dog) arrived in South Dakota – all present and correct to enable me to begin… Continue reading
Mark 3 (Message Translation) 1-3 Then he went back in the meeting place where he found a man with a crippled hand. The Pharisees had their eyes on Jesus to see if he would heal him, hoping to catch him in a Sabbath violation. He said to the man with the crippled hand, “Stand here… Continue reading
On countless occasions, people have come visit me to share deep pain and anguish they suffer because of “names” they have been called; sometimes this goes back to early childhood and beyond, sometimes it is far more recent. The Gospel message, the covenant promise of God’s love, liberates us from the effects of “name calling”… Continue reading
The sermon text is below the sermon video… Sermon preached at St. Stephen’s Church, Goldsboro NC Sunday February 7 2021 The Reverend Alan Neale “Large heartedness” I Corinthians 9:22-23 “I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some. 23 I do it all for the sake of… Continue reading
What a simply glorious story in I Samuel 3; I found it so difficult to choose between focussing on Eli or Samuel… well, in some ways I identify more with Eli so I chose Samuel! The sermon text will follow the video. At the end of the sermon text, I have included the story from… Continue reading
Below the video is the sermon script. I have come to believe, and observe, that validation is at the heart of our ministry to others, and God’s ministry to us. It’s a simple question really, “Do I feel validated? When? How? Why not” – sorry, plural, simple questions. Sermon preached at St. Stephen’s Church,… Continue reading
Below the video is the script for the sermon “Lost or Found?” The Gospel passage (Luke 2:41-51) has set me thinking about this dynamic of being “lost or found” and what exacerbates or lessens the anguish of this dynamic. To quote those London “bobbies” I mention at the end of the sermon, we need constant… Continue reading
The text for this sermon is below the video recording. Reading through today’s lections and, this morning, hearing them read aloud in worship, the sense of the wonder of God’s mercy made such an impact on my soul that I began to write a sermon and here it is. Surely we know how crucial it… Continue reading
The Scripture verses for the meditation are below the video recording… Joel 2:25-27 25 I will repay you for the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent against you. 26 You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name… Continue reading
The text is below the video… (it’s almost the same as the video!) Sermon preached Goldsboro NC Episcopal Churches Sunday September 20 2020 by the Reverend Alan Neale “But That’s Not Fair” Matthew chapter twenty, verse fifteen: “Why do you begrudge my generosity?”/ “Are you going to get stingy because I am generous?” “Why is… Continue reading