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 …
Going deeper – expanded thoughts / short homilies
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 …
Morning Prayer 11 August 2023 – some thoughts on Psalm 51
Morning Prayer – 11 August 2023 Psalm 51; Jeremiah 39; Mark 2:1-12 Our Psalm today is said to be the continuation of David’s confession of sin and plea for forgiveness …
Morning Prayer – 12th May 2023
Psalm 138; Deuteronomy 21:22 – 22:8; 1 Peter 3:1-12 In our Psalm we see David praising God with his whole heart – regardless of his situation at the time, he …
Ephesians 6:10-18
As Christians walking in God’s way, doing the things God calls us to do, we will be attacked by the devil. He will do anything he can to tempt us, …
A few thoughts on James 1:2-8 written during our mission to Abyei.
I found this passage timely for us as we have faced many trials in getting here to Abyei! James tells us to “consider it pure joy” – let us not …
Morning Prayer – 16th February 2023
Psalm 63; 2 Chronicles 13:1 – 14:1; John 20:1-10 This is one of my favourite Psalms! God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you – this should be …