Tag Archives: COVID19

Worthless Slaves?: Sermon Preached in Christ Church, Worton, Sunday 2nd October 2022 (Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity)

Posted on October 2, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

Sometimes the Church can lose you faith; but even the tiniest bit of it can change the world Continue reading →

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Where is Your Faith?: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 20th February 2022 (The 2nd Sunday before Lent)

Posted on February 20, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

No longer confident in traditional authorities, with even faith in science crumbling, we turn to the like of Novak Djokovic and Nicki Minaj for guidance Continue reading →

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Celebrating Our Bodies: Sermon Preached at Holy Cross, Seend, Friday 24th December 2021 (Midnight Mass)

Posted on December 25, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

Readings – Hebrews 4: 1–4 , John 1: 1–14 The word was made flesh and dwelt among us. The word was made flesh and dwelt among us. For some of you here tonight, that will be a familiar expression heard … Continue reading →

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Sermon Preached at St John’s Devizes on Sunday 19 July 2020, the 6th Sunday After Trinity

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Gerry Lynch

Readings – Romans 8:12–25, Matthew 13:24–30, 36–43 “…in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them. Let both of them grow together until the harvest.” May I speak in the name of God, who is Father, Son, … Continue reading →

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The Case for Socialist Healthcare in One Country

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Gerry Lynch

“If China and Covid can’t shake doctrinal globalism, can anything?” My latest piece in The Critic… My friend Murat runs two tailor’s shops in the south of England. Having arrived from Turkey as a sole trader five years ago running … Continue reading →

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Beginning Public Ministry in a Liminal Time

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Gerry Lynch

Hundreds of people who should have been ending a long road to ordained ministry this week have instead been commissioned as lay ministers via videoconference. Can this experience of liminality help us serve God by helping midwife the new life he and the world seek? Continue reading →

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The Blind Eye Turned to Barrow

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Gerry Lynch

What’s not newsworthy about fascists, Islamists, grooming and death threats to journalists? My latest piece for The Critic. When we sit at an obvious hinge of history, the tendency of the press is to look in the wrong direction for … Continue reading →

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