Sermons

On Thursday we celebrated Ascension Day, although with the current need for social distancing there would have been few if any gatherings for services on […]

REFLECTION – Acts of the Apostles, 17: 22-31; John, ch. 14: 15-21 St Paul had gone to Athens on one of the many journeys he […]

My goodness! As I reflected on this morning’s readings I thought, “Where to start?”  There is so much which speaks to our present situation, and […]

Today we’ve had the reading from St John’s gospel which shows us an image of Jesus as a shepherd.  It is a popular and lovely […]

Saint Luke is a skilful story teller, who can grab our attention and draw us along with him through his often-breathless accounts of the adventures […]

It was in Jerusalem at Pentecost, that, with a sound like a rushing wind, the Holy Spirit came in tongues of fire to the apostles.  […]

For many years I have found Holy Saturday, [the day after Good Friday] particularly difficult. After the long climb through Lent into Holy Week, with […]

I can’t now remember how old I was when I first read the Passion narrative – the suffering of Jesus from his arrest on Maunday […]

Those who accompanied Jesus into Jerusalem that first Palm Sunday would have reacted to the events of the following week in different ways. Here’s one […]

Repent – and be watchful!     26th Feb. 2020   Madingley Isaiah 9:1-4             1 Cor. 1:10-18              Matt. 4:12-23 We are used, Sunday by Sunday, to our readings beginning with the OT […]