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Faith, Gays, and Sandi Toksvig: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 7th August 2022 (The Eighth Sunday after Trinity)

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

“Just be a good person” is a charming sentiment – from a nursery school teacher or an 8-year-old. Not from an intelligent adult Continue reading →

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Rt Rev’d Christopher Herbert Sermon on Beauty

Posted on July 30, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

Christopher Herbert: “Surrounded as we are by buildings, textiles, hymns, poetry, and music of soaring beauty, our words about God have become drained, empty, and ploddingly banal.” Continue reading →

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Disappointed in Jesus?: Sermon Preached at Trinity Parish Church, Jersey, Sunday 17th July 2022 (The Fifth Sunday after Trinity)

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

Does the story of Mary & Martha make you disappointed in Jesus? Don’t suppress that emotion: explore it. Continue reading →

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A Vision for the Appointed Time: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 3rd July 2022 (Feast of St Thomas)

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

There are appointed times when we find that, for all of our flaws, we are playing our parts in a divine vision. Continue reading →

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Recapturing the Imagination of Our Culture: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 26th June 2022 (Patronal Festival)

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

Readings – Isaiah 40: 1–11; Luke 1:57–66, 80 A voice says, ‘Cry out!’ And I said, ‘What shall I cry?’ Some of you will by now know of my fondness for financial crisis movies. One, called The Big Short, tells … Continue reading →

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Jubilee and the Holy Spirit: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 5th June 2022 (Pentecost)

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

Readings – Acts 2: 1–21; Romans 8: 14–17; John 14: 8–17, 25–27. “I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever”.  Seventy years and a few months ago, a young woman was … Continue reading →

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The Worth of Doubters: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 24th April 2022 (Second Sunday of Easter)

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

Do you blame Thomas for doubting his friends’ bizarre report that Jesus was alive? The Church needs its sceptics as well as its romantics. Continue reading →

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The Gardener of Life: Sermon Preached at St Mary’s, Potterne, Sunday 17th April 2022 (Easter Day)

Posted on April 17, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

Resurrection is no mere conjuring trick with bones; it’s vastly greater. Continue reading →

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Admit It, You Think Judas is Right: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 3rd April 2022 (Fifth Sunday of Lent)

Posted on April 3, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

Beauty matters. Stalin understood the power of beautiful buildings to move. Why can’t we? Continue reading →

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The Cost of Love: Sermon Preached at Holy Cross, Seend, Sunday 27th March 2022 (Mothering Sunday)

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

Readings – Colossians 3: 12–17; John 19: 25b–27 “…he said to his mother, ‘Woman, here is your son.’ Then he said to the disciple, ‘Here is your mother.’”  Let me start this morning’s sermon with a verse of poetry: Morning … Continue reading →

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