Monthly Archives: April 2022

The Worth of Doubters: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 24th April 2022 (Second Sunday of Easter)

Do you blame Thomas for doubting his friends’ bizarre report that Jesus was alive? The Church needs its sceptics as well as its romantics. Continue reading

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The Gardener of Life: Sermon Preached at St Mary’s, Potterne, Sunday 17th April 2022 (Easter Day)

Resurrection is no mere conjuring trick with bones; it’s vastly greater. Continue reading

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Switch Off and #TouchGrass

It’s easy to forget we are a miraculous species in a universe of wonder. Sometimes we need to switch off and #TouchGrass. Continue reading

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Admit It, You Think Judas is Right: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 3rd April 2022 (Fifth Sunday of Lent)

Beauty matters. Stalin understood the power of beautiful buildings to move. Why can’t we? Continue reading

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The Cost of Love: Sermon Preached at Holy Cross, Seend, Sunday 27th March 2022 (Mothering Sunday)

Readings – Colossians 3: 12–17; John 19: 25b–27 “…he said to his mother, ‘Woman, here is your son.’ Then he said to the disciple, ‘Here is your mother.’”  Let me start this morning’s sermon with a verse of poetry: Morning … Continue reading

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