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He Ascended into Heaven…
Today is Ascension Day. It doesn’t quite have the ‘box office appeal’ of Christmas or Easter, but it’s an important part of the story of Jesus and his church. Ascension Day is the 40th day after Easter and marks the end … Continue reading
Lent 3 – Sunday 8th March 2015
John 2:13-22 Jesus Cleanses the Temple We recently visited Westminster Abbey. It’s an amazing place, of course. But do you know how much it costs to get in? £20 for an adult. There were three of us in our party, … Continue reading
Lent 2 – Sunday 1st March 2015
Mark 8:31-38 Peter Rebuked Poor old Peter! One minute he gets it spot on: Jesus asked them, ‘But who do you say that I am?’ Peter answered him, ‘You are the Messiah. (Mark 8:29) The next, he’s being told: ‘Get … Continue reading
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In the Wilderness…
Lent 1 – Sunday 22nd February 2015 Mark 1:9-15 Jesus in the Wilderness In today’s Gospel, Mark tells us that, after his baptism and before his public ministry, Jesus is driven by the Spirit into the wilderness. At his baptism, … Continue reading
Ashes to ashes…
Each year, in my previous parish, as the Ministry Team was preparing for Ash Wednesday, we had the same conversation. Are we going to use ashes this year, or not? Some years we did, some we didn’t. It wasn’t a fixed … Continue reading
Transfiguration
Sermon preached at St Matthew’s, Stretton on Sunday 15th February 2015 In today’s gospel (Mark 9:2-9), Jesus takes three of his apostles – Peter, James and John – to the top of a mountain, where Jesus is ‘transfigured’ before them. … Continue reading
It’s No Secret…
In 1901 a German Lutheran theologian called William Wrede wrote a book called The Messianic Secret. It was an attempt to answer the question, Why does Jesus spend so much time forbidding people (and demons) to tell anyone that he … Continue reading
It’s the end of the world as we know it.
In today’s Gospel (Luke 21:20-28), Jesus gets eschatological. You may not know what ‘eschatological’ means. But don’t worry. It’s not the end of the world. Jesus foretells the destruction of Jerusalem and then compares that with the end of the … Continue reading
The Life You Can Save
Homeless… I recently got a parcel in the post, from Canada. It’s a photograph of a sculpture. The sculpture, by Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz, is of a homeless person lying on a bench. The figure is anonymous, wrapped in a … Continue reading
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Woe to you religious people!
The Oxford Martyrs On 16th October, the church calendar invites us to remember Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer, English protestant martyrs, burnt at the stake in Oxford on this day in 1555. If you go to Oxford you can see … Continue reading
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