Sermons
Easter 3B 2021 1 John 3 Holiness does not mean being perfect
Sermon Easter 3B 2021 Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ. I was drawn to our 2nd reading. God has a lavish love… Read more
Easter 2B 2021
Easter 2 B 2021 John 20 4 pictures: lockdowns aren’t always the right thing. Rubbing noses with Jesus our chief. Being honest like Thomas allows God thinks to happen. We… Read more
Easter Sunday 2012
Easter Sunday 2021 Mark 16 The Gospel of Mark. You’ve been watching the first season on Netflix (or whatever). You are hooked. You’ve loved the characters. Jesus is so compelling,… Read more
The Scapegoat Good Friday 2012
The Scapegoat Good Friday sermon. 2021 There is a board game called Scapegoat. In the game you try to get the crime pinned to someone else, while avoiding the blame… Read more
Maundy Thursday. The Passover points us to the Lord’s Supper
Maundy Thursday. Southport 2021 Passover meal: protection from the angel of death passing through the land. Egyptians were focused on their afterlife. Their whole economy was pushed into that. One… Read more
Palm Sunday The journey down and the journey up.
Christ humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even death on the cross. Traditional part of the Lent liturgy, sung as a response to the second reading. Simple words, but… Read more
Lent 5B Dying to be fruitful
Lent 5B 2021 John 12: 20-33 We want to see Jesus. Hopefully that happens every time you come here to worship. Hopefully you see, hear and nourish yourself on something… Read more
Jesus cleanses the temple
Three things today: we recognise and act on catastrophes, we don’t recognise and act on the things that change slowly. Prophetic actions. Wait and see. Our brains are wired to… Read more
Lent 2 Year B Mark 8:31-38
Banias – a turning point for Jesus As a 26 year old, to my surprise (but it was after 21 years of non-stop formal education) I took the year off… Read more