Something I pray:
Lord,
Take me where
you want me to go,
Let me meet
who you want me to meet,
Tell me what
you want me to say,
And keep me out of your way.(Revd Mychal Judge OFM
d 9/11/2001)Tags
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Imitating God – a team event! Ephesians 4:25 – 5:2
I had worried that using an Olympic theme might be too much for some this morning, but apparently it wasn’t as I’ve lots of positive feedback. For many however, the image that spoke to them most was that of the … Continue reading
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Eavesdropping and entrapment – Jeremiah 20:1-13
Rather unusually for me, this was a rather more expository sermon than I normally deliver. I wonder how often we listen in on other people’s conversations, either inadvertently because we happen to be nearby, or deliberately to discover something of … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, forgiveness, Old Testament, priesthood, St. Peter's Yateley
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Oh the deep, deep love of Jesus! Ephesians 1:3-14 (an anniversary sermon)
This sermon should be a lesson to me in checking rotas as it never got preached! There may be other lessons to be learnt too: Oh the deep, deep love of Jesus! Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free; Rolling as a mighty … Continue reading
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Tagged marriage, St. Paul's Letters, St. Peter's Yateley
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God’s indispensable bubbles – 1 Corinthians 12:12-27
I actually preached this more than a week ago, and it feeds from what I was thinking here about how our new bishop has challenged me personally. It also draws inspiration from a affirmation of faith for children which uses … Continue reading
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Revealing our identity – 1 Corinthians 12:4-14
I led and preached at our 8am service this week, using as my ‘hook’ or image a BBC4 programme on the Antikythera Mechanism. Not my usual style, but I hope God spoke to someone through it! My family possibly have … Continue reading
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DARE to carry the flame of the Holy Spirit – John 15:26-27 16:4-15 and Acts 2:1-13
Here is the DARE that I gave the people of All Saints, Minstead on Pentecost Sunday. More information about the service, the liturgy and the local pub are in my previous post here. You will note that I make reference … Continue reading
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Tagged Acts, Easter, Gospel-John, Pentecost
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When we are in the place that Jesus is – Psalm 51:10-17 and John 11:32-7
This week we started a short sermon series at St. Peter’s Yateley on the values of ‘being church’, the first of which focused on being ‘Broken Hearted’. It came at what is a time of hugely mixed emotions among our … Continue reading
Four gifts of the resurrection – Luke 24:36-48 (and a testimony from discernment)
In the sermon that follows, you will find my personal testimony of Christ’s presence and peace, as I experienced it in Ely in the hours immediately before my recent Bishop’s Advisory Panel, the final stage in the process of selection for … Continue reading
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Plunging into the promise – Romans 4:13-25
I had to take my personal story of ministry and faith back 18 years, to the parish of Warfield (near Bracknell) to preach about that little word “faith” last week. The process proved to be one of the toughest battles … Continue reading
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Tagged Canon Andrew, St. Paul's Letters, St. Peter's Yateley, Warfield
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Have you got that Kingdom Rhythm? Mark 1:29-39
My sermon on Sunday featured a brief rendition of the chorus of jazz standard ‘I got rhythm’, but didn’t in the end feature the ‘rap’ poem that I wrote whilst preparing it – but which I have ‘published’ below! The … Continue reading
