Tag Archives: Gospel-Luke

The joy of… ordinand?! How being an ordinand is like being pregnant – Luke1:39-45

Posted on December 30, 2012 by

I mentioned yesterday that amid the grief (and other Christmas aggravations like the alternator going on the car) there have only been will-o’-the-wisp moments when I have connected with the Christ-child this Christmas. As I prepare to write a 5000 … Continue reading →

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The Sepulchre Experience – The women’s tale

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

For the open day celebrating ‘Life and Lives Lived’ at All Saints’ Minstead, my father was asked to select a reflection on the sepulchre to leave out for people to read. He didn’t. Instead he was inspired to write this … Continue reading →

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Four gifts of the resurrection – Luke 24:36-48 (and a testimony from discernment)

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

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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Taking our ‘armour’ off so people see Jesus – Luke 19:1-10

Posted on February 6, 2011 by

I have today completed a pattern of preaching where I preached the same sermon in all five of our Sunday congregations over 3 weeks. The idea was to unpack and give a Biblical background to each of the three values … Continue reading →

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God’s abundant love shouldn’t surprise – 1 Kings 17: 8-24 and Luke 7:11-17

Posted on June 7, 2010 by

My sermon this week did indeed focus on the abundance of God’s love for us, and our tendency to get stuck at a subsistence level of faith, but it also ended up acknowledging the tragedy in Cumbria by making a small journey through a … Continue reading →

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Abundance or scarcity – 1st after Trinity

Posted on June 3, 2010 by

Around half-term, the preparations for the carpet fitters tomorrow, and a quick mercy dash to bring home a friend from the local hospital, I have finally tried today to grappel with two of the lectionary readings for this week 1Kings … Continue reading →

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Have we understood enough to tell the truth?

Posted on March 30, 2010 by

Tomorrow I am leading our mid-week service of Morning Prayer, for which the lectionary Gospel is Luke 22:54-end – Peter’s denial of Christ in the courtyard and Christ’s appearance before the elders. I haven’t been able to give as much … Continue reading →

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Luke 13:1-9 – Frightened of failure or bearing fruit?

Posted on March 9, 2010 by

Given that there’s been some hits on my thoughts last week on the Lent 3 readings, you may be interested to read how it came out in the wash! I’m not sure that my previous thoughts bear much relation to … Continue reading →

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Lent 3 – Where’s the good news?

Posted on March 1, 2010 by

It’s great isn’t it. You plan life so that things don’t clash and you can (just about) manage to achieve everything. Then someone changes a date, the goal-posts get moved and your back in “failing to cope” mode – at … Continue reading →

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Committing identity fraud – Lent 1 – Luke 4:1-13

Posted on February 24, 2010 by

I wonder if every preacher feels a bit of a fraud; either every week or just occasionally. Not just do you find your own life being held to the light of Christ by the words you are inspired to share, … Continue reading →

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