Tag Archives: human nature

Snowdrops Signal a Pregnant Cosmos: Sermon Preached on 8th February 2026 (Second Sunday Before Lent)

Posted on February 8, 2026 by Gerry Lynch

Death and Resurrection are the pattern of the whole universe. We see it at every scale from supernovae to snowdops. Continue reading →

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Peace—But Not On Earth: Sermon Preached on 17th August 2025 (Ninth Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

We’re disturbed that Jesus says he came to bring division, not peace on earth. But without division, we would be inhuman. Continue reading →

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Prayer, Persistence, and Peace: Sermon Preached on 27th July 2025 (Sixth Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on July 27, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

The world won’t be perfect; but we’re told to pray for God’s Kingdom to come on Earth. How do we resolve this tension? Continue reading →

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True Light and Deep Darkness: Sermon Preached on 24th December 2024 (Midnight Mass)

Posted on December 24, 2024 by Gerry Lynch

We live in a society surrounded by all sorts of light we have generated ourselves. But our souls are as dark as they ever have been. Continue reading →

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Earthly Power or Eternal Glory?: Sermon Preached on 20th October 2024 (Twenty-First Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on October 20, 2024 by Gerry Lynch

Right-wingers seeking “cultural Christianity” are making the same mistake as James and John asking to sit next to Christ in glory. Continue reading →

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Worship is Worth It: Sermon Preached on 29th January 2023 (Fourth Sunday after The Epiphany)

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Gerry Lynch

Preached at Evensong in St Mary the Virgin, Bishop’s Cannings Genesis 28.10-22; Philemon 1–16 “…this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house.” Philemon is not a text that preachers tend to thank the lectionary for … 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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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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