And Dream of Sheep

I don’t have a sermon to share, as we will be creating the sermon together. Instead I have questions, so many questions, which I hope we will be able to find answers to together.

She’s Coming Home

I did consider, briefly, becoming a celebrant when my parochial ministry came to an end. It has often been said that I ‘do a good funeral’ (I may have that inscribed on my tombstone), but I would have had to choose between doing so and honouring my ordination in the Church of England.

Do you have anything to eat?

As Jesus eats, their wonder and disbelief doesn’t disappear, but is overshadowed with the joy of Jesus’ presence in their midst once again. Joy that he is here, and they have missed him so much, joy that he is alive, joy that his teaching has not been nullified by crucifixion.

Shrouded in Mystery

We celebrate today, and it is right that we do, there is much to be celebrated, but we cannot help but mourn what is still happening around the world. It is hard to balance the joy of Easter and the promise of Eternal Life when we are living in the ‘not yet’.

Something New

I’m doing something a bit new, or rather I am formalising something I have been playing with for a while. Interested? Read on….

Disaster on the Dancefloor

We will soon be thrown into the turmoil of Maundy Thursday, the fear and dread of Good Friday, the lament and waiting of Easter Saturday, and finally the hope-filled exhilaration of Easter Sunday. Perhaps not so much disaster and hope as hope, disaster, hope?

Ashes to Ashes

We often think of lent as a time of loss, of deep and possibly even painful soul searching and repentance. This year I have found joy in the being known and loved by God who seeks to draw us closer to the heartbeat of of the Divine.

Where’s Wally?

Time and again, though, we see Peter, James, and John, selected when Andrew is left behind. Just as James and John were brothers and fishing partners, so were Peter and Andrew, and the four of them were cousins. In other gospel accounts the four fishermen are called together, yet Jesus separates Andrew out, and I don’t know why.

Under the Fig Tree

Nathanael wasn’t showy in his prayer-life, he didn’t preach in the synagogues or on the street corner, he sat in the shade of a fig tree.

The Kindness of David

If David is able to offer such kindness to the grandson of his enemy, against all the codes of war, what kindnesses can we share?