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Monthly Archives: March 2024
Wilderness and the Garden: Sermon Preached on 31st March 2024 (Easter Day)
Since the invasion of Ukraine, we have entered a geopolitical wilderness. Resurrection only follows the wilderness in the story of Jesus. Continue reading
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Tagged 2008 financial crisis, culture, easter, geopolitics, politics, resurrection, russian invasion of ukraine
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Reflection on ‘Winning’ for Holy Week: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Betjeman and AN Wilson thought their Oxford contemporaries who had become priests had “won” in a way they, with all their literary success, had not. Continue reading
Reflection on ‘New Life’ for Holy Week: Tuesday 26th March 2024
When we die, much dies with us. Some will inevitably be good, but much that hinders us from entering eternal life will also die. Continue reading
Reflection on ‘Suffering’ for Holy Week: Monday 25th March 2024
A universe without suffering means God controlling us like robots. We are rightly horrified by earthly fathers who control their children like that. Continue reading
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Tagged heaven, holy week, reflections, resurrection, suffering
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Making it in the World to Come: Sermon Preached on 24th March 2024 (Palm Sunday)
Palm Sunday is a story about the fickleness of celebrity. So many people think they want celebrity; but even the most brass-necked celebrities hate it some of the time. Continue reading
Sin and Grace: Sermon Preached on 17th March 2024 (Passion Sunday)
Grace is stronger than sin. That ultimate victory of good is written into the fabric of the universe. Continue reading
Death and Our Troubled Times: Sermon Preached on 17th March 2024 (Passion Sunday)
On a long enough timeline the survival rate for everything drops to zero: but Christ’s sacrifice was a divine action, and lasts forever. Continue reading
Church Times: Prayer Book can bridge class divides
The Prayer Book’s language conjures a beauty that touches the heart, and yet still feeds the intellect. Continue reading
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Tagged book of common prayer, cranmer awards, Islam, liturgy, prayer book society
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Motherhood and Apple Pie: Sermon Preached on 10th March 2024 (Mothering Sunday)
This is motherhood at its rawest—Mary watches Christ, even speaks with Christ, as He is put to death Continue reading
We Preach Christ Crucified: Sermon Preached on 3rd March 2024 (Third Sunday in Lent)
Wisdom, like beauty, is a bit ambiguous, with a dark side as well as a divine one; and frankly Jesus sometimes seems nuts rather than wise. Continue reading
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Tagged charlatans, crucifixion, divine dreams, the cross, we preach christ crucified
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