The sermon text is below the sermon video. Today’s sermon is about the prophet Jonah with whom many of us sympathize. We want the Lord to speak to us and, when She/He does, we choose another path. The business of changing one’s mind is not easy but it will often lead to a fuller and… 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
Our plans to live stream the Epiphany Worship went astray as church wifi chose to take a breather for a while and left us disconnected. Oh well! I have never before tried to imagine and process the “wise men’s” response as they beheld child and mother; here’s a little attempt. Below the video is the… 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 end and beginning of a year tends to make me feel a little schizoid – part of me knows that today, January 1st, has no distinct quality and yet, part of me, yearns that this day brings promise and hope of new beginnings. The solution, the resolution? Maybe to embrace the excitement of the… 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
A short meditation on Joel 2:12-13 follows in the video recording; the Scripture verses are written below the video recording… Joel 2 12 “Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” 13 Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God,… Continue reading
This meditation is inspired by today’s readings from Morning Prayer, Joel 1 and Revelation 19 and, especially, these two verses: (the audio is below the text) Joel 1:18 “How the animals groan! The herds of cattle wander about because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep are dazed.” Revelation 19:4-5 “And… Continue reading