The Vicars Blog

To the attentive ear, the open mind, and the humble heart, the Christmas readings and carols this evening plumb the depths of our very being, questioning what it means to be truly human, challenging our preconceptions and prejudices about the meaning and purpose both...

Firstly my sermon today isn’t really based on today’s readings because I only found out I needed to cover for Campbell yesterday and I haven’t had time to prepare something new. Because we’re in Advent, I wanted to say something about the Christmas season – and so...

In today’s gospel reading from Matthew, John the Baptists asks a question that many people have asked of Jesus – “are you he who is to come or shall we look for another” and this morning I’d like to look at Jesus’ answer to this question and see what we can learn from...

Mark 12: 28 – 34 The words of today’s gospel reading about loving God and loving our neighbour are very familiar to us as we hear them as the summary of God’s law most sundays. This morning I’d like to try and look at how practically we can apply these two...

I really like the story of the centurion which we read about today in Luke’s gospel because it has a lot to say to us about prayer and faith and the authority of God. This morning I’d like to look at this story and see what we can learn from it. And then look at how...

Today’s passage from Luke’s gospel is really about our response to Jesus and this is what I’d like to look at this morning. In the first few verses we see Jesus being sent by God the Father to Samaria. Remember that he only did what his father asked him to do. So...

Although the story of the Good Samaritan is familiar to many of us, I think we can learn some important lessons from it. I’ve read it several times – but as I’ve prepared this talk I’ve felt there are things here that I really need to take on board and make more of an...

Pentecost Acts 2: 1 -21 So today is Pentecost when we remember and celebrate the person of the Holy Spirit coming upon the first disciples to empower them to carry on Jesus’ work. And as the Holy Spirit comes upon them as tongues of fire, they start speaking in other...

This morning I’d like to look at the latter part of today’s gospel reading from verses 15 to 19 first, and then go back and look at the earlier verses – and hopefully you’ll see there’s method in my madness. So, the risen Lord Jesus, having cooked breakfast for the...

This morning I want to talk about sharing our faith and then look at practical ways that can we do this. Firstly though I think the starting point for sharing our faith is having a faith that we believe is worth sharing. It’s having a faith that we want others to...

MIDNIGHT MASS 24TH December 2015 ...

        Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 6.30pm  20th December  2015 I can smell the mince pies from here! For some of you this evening, the question will be ‘How many’ mince pies can I fit in?’ But the question before...