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The Good Shepherd: Sermon Preached on 21st April 2024 (Fourth Sunday of Easter)

We can fall into using the story of the Good Shepherd as twee spiritual wallpaper. Continue reading

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Forgiving Ourselves for Being Imperfect: Sermon Preached on 7th April 2024 (Second Sunday of Easter)

Why can’t we live in perfect harmony like those early Christians who shared all their possessions? Because even they didn’t for long. Continue reading

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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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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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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

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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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