Monthly Archives: August 2025

Made to Flourish as Ourselves: Sermon Preached on 31st August 2025 (Eleventh Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on August 31, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

Just as different crops ripen in different climates and different types of soil, so each of us is made to flourish in unique circumstances. Continue reading →

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Is Doing Good Enough?: Sermon Preached on 31st August 2025 (Eleventh Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on August 31, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

At one level, parish church Christianity is about helping people do good; go deeper, and more than this is needed. Continue reading →

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Unknown Bartholomew is the Saint for Our Times: Sermon Preached on 24th August 2025 (St Bartholomew)

Posted on August 24, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

We know almost nothing about St Barnabas—he’s the perfect saint for our celebrity-obsessed era. Continue reading →

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Peace—But Not On Earth: Sermon Preached on 17th August 2025 (Ninth Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

We’re disturbed that Jesus says he came to bring division, not peace on earth. But without division, we would be inhuman. Continue reading →

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Jenrick spat isn’t Thought for the Day’s main problem

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

The alternative to a politicised show might not be spiritual depth but trivial blandness Continue reading →

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Can You See Love?: Sermon Preached on 10th August 2025 (Eighth Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on August 10, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

You may not have faith in God or in Jesus Christ as God incarnate, but we all have faith in some unseen and unprovable things. Continue reading →

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Change the World by Living for Heaven: Sermon Preached on 2 August 2025 (Seventh Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

We’re all obsessed with changing the world; but we need to remember to take care of our immortal soul, not just the physical world. Continue reading →

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