St Mark's Broomhill and BroomhallHope in Honouring our Pain for the World In the service last Sunday after the bread and wine had been taken up there was this prayer: “Fill our lives with green and Growing hope.” We have been pursuing the theme of hope for some months and it will be the theme of the parish weekend […]
One of my greatest delights in life is watching good comedy – especially when the genius of the writing and performances have a talent for echoing truth. And one of my favourite shows that I think constantly demonstrates this is Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister. I’ve been re-watching these and been reminded how relevant […]
When in our music God is glorified and adoration leaves no room for pride it is as though the whole creation cried: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! (Fred Pratt Green) It won’t be a surprise to many of you that this brief reflection this morning will include some thoughts about the role of singing – and music […]
I am the bread of life When I take communion to someone’s house, I generally don’t take the reserved sacrament but consecrate the bread and wine in the service at the person’s house. This means I have to take the bread and wine. For the bread I most often cut a corner off a slice […]
Sermon for Trinity 10 YrB 5th August 2018 Exodus 16.2-4, 9-15 John 16.22-35 Today I think is a day for wondering; wondering about meaning and directions. The readings certainly provide plenty of food for thought – sorry about the pun… Our Old Testament reading gave us a glimpse, a fragment of Exodus, tha. B great […]
We know very little about Mary Magdalene. She is mentioned in all four of the canonical gospels in small but significant ways that through history easily became overlooked. Her profile in non-canonical gospels like Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip and the Acts of Peter reveal she had a much more prominent role both […]
Trust Prophets tend to get into trouble. When you look at what Amos said it is not really surprising. Amaziah who was the top priest at King Jeroboam’s sanctuary at Bethel, complained to the King that Amos had said: “Jeroboam shall die by the sword and Israel must go into exile away from his land.” […]
Failure, Falling Upward and Lament 2 Corinthians 12.2-10 Mark 6.1-13 Our gospel reading, this morning, tells the stories of Jesus’s return to his hometown – often titled Rejection at Nazareth – followed by the sending out of the 12 disciples to teach and heal as an extension of Jesus’s own ministry. Both would make […]
In all of our lives I am sure we can look back and see that there has been at least one moment of truth – maybe be even more than one. I remember for me that one moment came about 15 years ago. I was on a workshop in Ireland that centred around spiritual and […]
Trinity Sunday 27 May 2018 Sermon Series – Faith Stories Readings Isaiah 6:1-13 6In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. 2Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their […]