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Descended from David: Sermon Preached on 18th December 2022 (The Fourth Sunday of Advent)

Posted on December 18, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

As we wait to celebrate God’s first coming into the world in a few days, be open to how he might break into the world now Continue reading →

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Waiting Patiently: Sermon Preached on 11th December 2022 (The Third Sunday of Advent)

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

In our impatient culture, we need to learn from John the Baptist how to wait for God’s time to move Continue reading →

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The Kingdom of Heaven: Sermon Preached at Christ Church, Bulkington, Sunday 4th December 2022 (The Second Sunday of Advent)

Posted on December 5, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

Readings – Romans 15: 4–13; Matthew 3: 1–12 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” This morning’s Gospel doesn’t mention Jesus directly; it instead tells the story of the public ministry of John the Baptist. Yet, it is … Continue reading →

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Jesus is Coming Back: Sermon Preached at Holy Cross, Seend, Sunday 27th November 2022 (The First Sunday of Advent)

Posted on November 27, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

Talk of the Second Coming makes us nervous, but without judgement there’s no justice Continue reading →

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Heaven in Our Hearts: Sermon Preached at St John’s Devizes, Sunday 30th October 2022 (Commemoration of the Departed for All Souls’)

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

Resurrection is not nostalgia nor wishful thinking but an awareness that our lives are but one element of a reality that stretches beyond sensory perception Continue reading →

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Accepting Our Limits: Sermon Preached on 23rd October 2022 (The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity)

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

In Autumn’s transience, beauties emerge and vanish again in a few days. Our life is thus. The present moment is all we have. Death is part of life. Continue reading →

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Are You A Leper?: Sermon Preached in St Mary’s, Potterne, Sunday 9th October 2022 (Seventeenth  Sunday after Trinity)

Posted on October 9, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

It would be nice if we could see everyone as our sibling; but dividing people into insiders and outsiders is part of human nature. Continue reading →

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Harvesting the Bread of Life: Sermon Preached in St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 25th September 2022 (Harvest Festival)

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

Cynicism pretends to be clever and doom-mongering to be moral. The reality is, however, that there is hope for our climate. Continue reading →

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Transcendence Amid Our Troubles: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 28th August 2022 (The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity)

Posted on August 28, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

I can hardly bear to listen to the news. Allowing ourselves to be touched by eternity refreshes us to deal with our mundane problems. Continue reading →

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Keeping the Sabbath?: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 21st August 2022 (The Tenth Sunday after Trinity)

Posted on August 21, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

Readings – Jeremiah 1:4–10; Luke 13: 10–17 “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not the sabbath day.” Let me begin with a story from my mother country, … Continue reading →

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