Tenth Sunday after Trinity – 24th August 2025
Sunday 24th August – Tenth Sunday after Trinity – Hereford URC Jeremiah 1:4-10; Luke 13:10-17 We begin with Jeremiah’s calling – Jeremiah, who became a prophet still heard of by …
Ash Wednesday 2025 (6th March 2025)
Psalm 51; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Today is the day that we begin a period of reflection. It is a journey of 40 days leading to Easter. We know the outcome, …
Sunday next before Lent (2nd March 2025) Turalei Parish
Psalm 2, Exodus 33:17-end; 1 John 3:1-3 We live in a world of conflict. We know within our own area how fighting can erupt with no notice. People we once …
First Sunday of Advent (1st December 2024) Aru Junction
Psalm 44; Isaiah 51:4-11; Romans 13:11-end Our readings today show us how God’s actions in the past raise our faith for what He can do in the future. Isaiah begins …
Sixth Sunday after Trinity (7th July 2024)
Sunday 7th July 2024, Confirmation Service, Sixth Sunday after Trinity Psalm 48, 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10, 2 Corinthians 12:2-10, Mark 6:1-13 As I’ve read our passages I’m struck by the …
Fourth Sunday after Trinity (23rd June 2024)
Sunday 23rd June 2024 – St John’s Parish, Abyei Psalm 48; Deuteronomy 11:1-15; Acts 27:1-12 Today’s sermon could simply be summed up in the first verse of our reading from …
Second Sunday of Lent (25th February 2024)
Psalm 105:1-6, 37-end; Isaiah 51:1-11; Galatians 3:1-9, 23-end All of our readings today encourage us to have faith! They talk to us about the benefits of faith in Jesus over …
Epiphany 4
Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Psalm 111; Mark 1:21-28 Our reading from Deuteronomy paves the way for Jesus. It comes around halfway through the book that is basically Moses’ “last words” before his …
October 22nd 2023 – sermon shared at St Paul’s with St Andrew’s, Hereford
Isaiah 45:1-7; 1 Thessalonians 1; Matthew 22:15-22 We begin with a prophecy about Cyrus. Cyrus was a Persian King who lived in the 500’s BC, yet so much of the …
Faith is more than words
Some thoughts on James 1:19-27, first shared at All Saints’ Cathedral, Juba, Prayer Meeting – 8th February 2023 We like to talk here in South Sudan! Everyone likes to …