Servants of the Servants of God

To read today's sermon, on the occasion of the first Eucharist David & Vickie Morgan as deacons, please click here

When two or three are gathered....

To read today's sermon on Matthew 18 ('when two or three are gathered'), please click here.

From the Mountain-top

Here is today's sermon on the story of the 'Transfiguration'.  Please click here to read it.

The Healing of Charlie Gard

Here is a link to yesterday's sermon on the topic of healing.  We are about to re-introduce regular opportunities for healing prayer at our Sunday services (first and third Sundays).  In the light of the tragic story of baby Charlie Gard, I didn't see how one could just ignore such awfulness, while talking about God's healing.  To read the sermon, please click here.  

Welcome, welcome, welcome.

To read today's sermon about what a truly radical 'welcome' might mean, please click here.

Easter 2017 - Alleluiah! Christ is Risen!

To read today's sermon for Easter, please click here.

Mothering Sunday 2017

Here, rather belatedly, is a link to the sermon I preached on Mothering Sunday:  click here

From the Mountain-top

Here is today's sermon:  please click here .  (It is a repeat of the same sermon I gave last year - somewhat enlivened in the preaching itself by off the cuff stories of my daughter's recent wedding).

Too lazy to write a fresh sermon?  Well, I remember the story of a preacher who preached the same sermon for one month in a row...week by week.  When a congregation member finally had the courage to ask him what he was doing, the preacher replied "I'll keep on preaching the same sermon until the congregation starts to act as though they have heard it!".

In our days of 24 hour news and continuous novelty,  many preachers spend hours every week trying to come up with a new angle on an essential truth that they have already expounded...forgetting that oftentimes, the key to effective learning is repetition.  

Adultery, sin, grace and mercy

Here's yesterday's sermon, tackling the long list of 'righteous' deeds (or sins to watch out for) given by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.  How many of us can possibly live up to this list?!  Please click here for my thoughts on that topic.

Epiphany 2017 - The 'Bottom-Up' God revealed

Today, I had the great pleasure of visiting the parish which I served as Curate, from 2005 to 2008 - 'Warblington-with-Emsworth' - (which happens to also be our neighbouring parish to Havant).  It was lovely to see old friends and to minister to them in what is a difficult time for the whole parish at present.  To read my sermon for this Epiphany Sunday, preached this morning, please click here.