Author Archives: Gerry Lynch

Time to Change Direction?: Sermon Preached on 23rd March 2025 (Third Sunday in Lent)

Posted on March 23, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

Preached at St Peter’s, Poulshot and St Mary’s, Potterne 1 Corinthians 10.1-13; Luke 13.1-9 “but unless you repent, you will all perish If I’m being honest, I didn’t much like today’s readings when I sat down to prepare my sermon. … Continue reading →

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New Life and the Cross: Sermon Preached on 16th March 2025 (Second Sunday in Lent)

Posted on March 16, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

Our instinct for beauty is a sign that we were made for more than just life in time and space and matter. Continue reading →

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Faith in a Geopolitical Wilderness: Sermon Preached on 9th March 2025 (First Sunday in Lent)

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

In the geopolitical wilderness of 2025, we can live in terror of death or we can learn to trust God. Continue reading →

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Mercy Transcends Justice: Sermon Preached on 5th March 2025 (Ash Wednesday)

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

The Church puts enormous effort into seeking justice; but justice without mercy can be cold and cruel. Seek mercy, which transcends justice. Continue reading →

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We Need Visions: Sermon Preached on 23rd February 2025 (Second Sunday before Lent)

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

If we dismiss visions of heaven, what is left to inspire us when our dreams of making a better world fall apart? Continue reading →

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Life Punishes the Late—Adapt or Die

Posted on February 20, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

This will be the first of many shattering weeks in 2025. The old order is dead. Adapt or die. Continue reading →

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A Faith for this World?: Sermon Preached on 16th February 2025 (Third Sunday before Lent)

Posted on February 16, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. Continue reading →

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The Times Are Changing: Sermon Preached on 9th February 2025 (Fourth Sunday before Lent)

Posted on February 9, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

When you lose your illusions about this world, you might find all you dared hope about the world to come is true. Continue reading →

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Never Mind the Bishops!: Sermon Preached on Candlemas (Sunday 2nd February 2025)

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

Renewal is unlikely to come from the top of the Church. Good leaders will almost certainly emerge as a result of renewal at the grassroots, not the other way round. Continue reading →

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You Couldn’t Make It Up: Sermon Preached on 25th December 2024 (Christmas Day)

Posted on December 25, 2024 by Gerry Lynch

Imagine an obviously pregnant woman walked into your local and said she was still a virgin – she’d just been overshadowed by the Holy Spirit. Continue reading →

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