In more than thirty years Alan Neale has accompanied, supported and helped guide those in transition. Transition from single to couple, from closet to openly gay. The doors of transition have been marked age, employment, failing health and so much more. Alan’s work as Transition Coach is shaped by the beliefs that no-one is called to be alone in their journey, that strength is needed for the journey and that there is an “eloquence of the now” to which attention must be given. Everyone, every day is in transition; Alan is for you an experienced, sensitive, alert companion in the journey
The goal of all clergy – to be a good shepherd; to yearning of all churches – to receive a good shepherd! The sermon text follows the sermon audio… Sermon preached at St. Stephen’s, Goldsboro Sunday July 18 2021 The Reverend Alan Neale “Someone who’ll watch over me” In the early 1990’s I served in… Continue reading
The text is below the sermon audio… Sermon preached at St. Stephen’s Church, Goldsboro, NC; Sunday July 4th, 2021 The Reverend Alan Neale “Come back home, you rebels” “Oh… you nation of rebels, oh… you rebellious house…” – now these are not my words as a native Englishman, nor am I seeking to channel… Continue reading
The sermon text is below the sermon video… St. Stephen’s Episcopal, Goldsboro NC; Sunday June 13 2021 The Reverend Alan Neale; “Moving On” Search committees for church leaders have been established since, almost, time immemorial. I think of a search committee led by a gifted, powerful and prophetic spiritual leader; a person hesitant to accept… Continue reading
The sermon text is below the video. Oh I so very much wanted to preach on the Hebrew Lection for the day (I Samuel 8) but, literally, as I sat yesterday to begin writing the sermon… it was the 2 Corinthians 6:14 text that demanded my attention. There are times when I know that there… Continue reading
Mark 4 (The Message Translation) 3-8 “Listen. What do you make of this? A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn’t put down roots, so when the sun came up it withered just… Continue reading
“Called on the mat” – being reprimanded by someone in authority. informal. This idiom is a military reference: the orderly room mat was where a soldier accused of some misdemeanour would stand before the commanding officer. Mark 2 (NRSV) 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and take… Continue reading
Welcome to this journey of Lent, may it truly be a constant experience of “new beginnings” in company with God.
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
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