Sunday, 23 April 2023

The strangeness of the Resurrection - a sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter

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Luke 24: 13-35 Avengers: Endgame brings to an end the third phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film focuses on the efforts of some...
Monday, 10 April 2023

Sing to the Lord - Triduum addresses on the ancient songs of the Church

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These are three adddresses given during the Triduum at Carlisle Cathedral in 2023 focusing on three of the great hymns and antiphons of the ...
Sunday, 12 February 2023

Chaos and Creation - a sermon for the second Sunday before Lent

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Genesis 1.1 - 2.3 & Matthew 6.25-34 In these Sundays before Lent we are given a foretaste of the promise that lies at the far end of the...
Sunday, 27 November 2022

"All we can do is wait" - a sermon for Advent Sunday

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Isaiah 2: 1-5; Matthew 24: 36-44 . We have, as a Church, entered Advent, the season of joyful hope, the time when we are called, in the word...
Wednesday, 16 November 2022

"Trust in the Lord" - a sermon for the second Sunday before Advent

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Malachi 4: 1-2a; Luke 21: 5-19 See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the da...
Sunday, 30 October 2022

Living expectantly - a sermon for All Saints'

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Daniel 7:1-3,15-18 &  Luke 6:20-31 Before I was ordained I spent about a decade studying and working in universities. At the heart of th...
Sunday, 2 October 2022

In praise of small things - a sermon for the fourteenth Sunday after Trinity

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We have heard a lot about growth, well at least the hope of growth recently. The political and economic turmoil of the last week has been dr...