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Category: ‘Sermon’ like material
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humble feast day for new servants
As Terry Wogan was wont to say, most years as I recall, Nights are drawing in – soon be Christmas. And before we all groan at the use of the ‘c’ word before advent or even autumn has begun. He had a point and was reflecting the solar calendar. That at midsummer we are half…
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building a bridge of resurrection moments
I find it hugely ironic that the church over the centuries has dominated its teaching with men. Yet, here at the centre of events, (Matthew 28) whilst all the other disciples have scattered in fear, it is the women who are faithful, making their way to the tomb early on the first day of the…
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Wilderness
I’ve been reading I, Daniel Blake. It is a true story, though not real. The contents of the story are happening all around us, though this particular telling has not actually taken place. It is in some sense a wilderness book. It leads us to a place from where there can be no escape if…
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Sabbath Rest? Coda!
They say God left the best till last. I’m not talking about the humans, created as our genesis narrative would have us think on the sixth day, at the 11th hour. Better throw something into the mix to stir it up a bit. It’s all a bit too perfect. Closing time never offers the finest…
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Too much said
You may have heard that it was said: An eye for and eye makes the whole world blind. Gandhi had a particular way of distilling the wisdom of not just one set of religious teachings. It is said that he saw himself as Hindu and Muslim and Christian. This often angers people, mostly, I think,…
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Turn aside and love in the shadows
Br. Francis suggested we use words to preach as a last resort – that is one reason I often resort to poetry. That kind of relates to the message tonight and just in case I fail miserably and you decide to tune out about half way through I’ll come out with the punch line right…
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Riding the storm named Jesus
What is in a name? Abigail, Barney, Clodagh, Desmond, Eva, Frank. These names may not mean anything to you particularly. To me the last does. It was Frank I think who took my greenhouse, though possibly Eva. Frank didn’t take it, it was demolished, flattened, rendered useless. An act of wilful vandalism. One from which…
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embrace the darkness
To say that Jesus was a light born in the darkness is not a statement about this time of year – dark though it is. Neither is it a suggestion that all was perfect from that moment on. It is instead a reflection of the reality of the socio-political and religious situation in which Mary…
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on being ready
Getting ready is easy – we’re good at getting ready. Being ready is different. I guess it’s the same difference as Being v’s Doing. Stir up Sunday has come and gone Christmas pud is good as done. Black Friday deals present shopping sprees dinner decisions and drinks dilemmas invitations for conflagrations at boxing day teas.…
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Er Cof
In memory of Frances Ann Davies who first inspired this idea in me and who shared her wild welsh poppy seeds. Have you seen the seed selection packets with pictures of prize winning marrows and flowers in bloom like a thousand prisoners those seeds hang on death rows awaiting release sow by date stamped on…