Writings and Sermons
Morsels and Stories: We talked a bit about The Hon Capt Davis, the first rector of St Peter’s and military chaplain. You can read more about his military career here. Sermon: The widow’s mite is about the widow and her mite, and what the people of God weren’t (and aren’t) hearing in Jesus’ comments. The […]
Read MoreToday we celebrate All Saints, part of a three day period where we remember those who have died, whether we all or individually remember or have forgotten their names. Today I shared a weird and ancient Christian symbol. The lessons can be found by clicking here. As happens, I preached on the theology of the […]
Read MoreMorsels and Stories: another story from Does God Have a Big Toe: Stories about stories in the Bible. Sermon: The end of Job’s story and Blind Bartimaeus–both sound like happily ever after but is that what Jesus offers us. The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Job 42:1–6, 10–17 and Mark 10:46–52. […]
Read MoreMorsels and Stories: I spoke about the faith we sing, using the first verse of the last hymn today as an example. If you want to see (and hear the melody) the hymns you can find them online here. Listen:
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago the audio of my sermon got lost due to a tech mishap. Because I had most of a manuscript and thought it was a good sermon on a hard passage, I committed to (re)creating a written version of the sermon. The text I preached is Mark 10: 2-16 and can be […]
Read MoreMorsels and Stories: I read The Queen Who Saved Her People. Sermon: Jesus gets all extreme today. How do we deal with that? The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Mark 9:38-50. Listen:
Read MoreThis was a fairly interactive morning and on these days, I tend to let Morsels and Stories run into the sermon. As it was interactive, the audio can be spotty, I try to make sure that the gist of the conversation gets picked up but there may be stretches where some things are hard to […]
Read MoreToday was Commitment Sunday, the official end of St Peter’s REACH Campaign. REACH is a parish based, diocesan capital campaign to raise money for mission and ministry. You can read about the Diocesan portions of the campaign. At St Peter’s we’ve been focused on ways we can make our parish more accessible. To that […]
Read MoreMorsels and Stories: We have a story from Does God Have a Big Toe?: Stories about Stories in the Bible. (Amazon link) Sermon: Jesus inserts himself into a very old story, one about God and bread. The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with John 6:35,41-51. Listen:
Read MoreMorsels and Stories: Discipline not punishment Sermon: Struggle Today we hear some of David’s sins. And it’s a text, along with others and much of our world and lives, that we should struggle with. The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with 2 SAMUEL 11:1-15. Listen:
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