preaching

Lately I have posted in WordPress. Here is the opening from the latest sermon.

I think we all have questions to answer. I think we, like Peter, should be “questioned today because of a good deed done to someone who was sick.” Can we be “asked how this man has been healed” because of something we have done? Have we been good shepherds for all the people around us? – Have we done good deeds and performed acts to heal our neighbours? Or are we like those hired labourers who do not care for those who are entrusted to them – that we can leave our charges and abandon our responsibilities for those who have been promised our protection?

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Other sermons are available

Since arriving in Slimbridge, I have been saving my sermons and producing them on my website. A number of different ways of presenting them have happened. Here is a listing of the earlier sermons.

Sermons before using WordPress

Some sermons

Here are the openings for some sermons as they are being kept on these pages.

Easter iii

Last week we heard the story of Thomas, and today we heard that Jesus said to the disciples, “‘Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?’” I would like to say that we should take courage from these rather accusing questions Jesus asked his anxious disciples. …

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Low Sunday, Easter ii

Today we are gathered on what is often called “Low Sunday” – when congregations are reduced dramatically and there seems to be a dearth of priests. I think it is because all the celebrations of Easter have exhausted the people of God, both worshippers and their leaders. So many want to have “a day off” – the congregations want to take some time away from church and many of our priests have taken this Sunday off to have their holiday.

Where do they all go? Have they all hidden themselves behind locked doors like the disciples? But our reading from John tells us we can’t hide ourselves away – Jesus will appear when we least expect it, even when all the doors are locked and we have a sense of security against all our fears. …

Good Friday

Standing at the cross . . . …

Fourth Sunday of Lent

As they used to say, are you comfortable, so let us begin, as we “listen with mother” today, Mothering Sunday.

“Woman, here is your son.” What a verse we have from the gospel this morning! Jesus looks down upon the Mary’s gathered at the foot of his cross and speaks these enigmatic words. These words give all of us a great deal to think about, don’t you agree?

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