SR Different not Dangerous, Epiphany 6 2014

February 20, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

Link: Differeent no Dangerous, Epiphany 6 2014 Summary of what I was saying and why: “pluck out your eye…cut off your hand” I’ve been fascinated with this passage since a rather bad sermon in preaching class. It’s a hard section in a hard section. And yet I keep trying to sort it out in a […]

Different not Dangerous, sermon for Epiphany 6 16 Feb 2014

February 16, 2014.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Being normal, different, loved, and safe. Listen: The YouTube video mentioned can be found here: The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Matthew 5:21-37.

Jots and Tittles, sermon for Epiphany 5 2014

February 10, 2014.Reading time less than 1 minute.

“that a child may understand” Listen: The readings can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Matthew 5:13-20.

SR: What Simeon Didn’t See, Feast of the Presentation 2014

February 4, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

Link: What Simeon Didn’t See, Feast of the Presentation 2014 Summary of what I was saying and why: I have always loved the Nunc Dimitis. I learned it as part of Compline and thus still think of it with the Latin heading the BCP79 uses. In large part because of that I didn’t think I […]

What Simeon Didn’t See, sermon for the Feast of the Presentation 2014

February 3, 2014.Reading time less than 1 minute.

“For my eyes have seen the Saviour…” Listen: The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Luke 2:22-40.

SR Paul and the Beer Rule, Epiphany 3 26Jan2014

January 31, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

Link: Paul and the Beer Rule, Epiphany 3 2014 Summary of what I was saying and why: I don’t preach on a text from one of the Epistles, so when this section of 1 Corinthians called to me, I went with it. After that I wanted to talk about differences and divides without letting the […]

Paul and the Beer Rule, a sermon for 26 Jan 2014

January 29, 2014.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Paul’s letter to the Corinthians and the SPI Beer Rule. The Beer Rule is actually the Beer Principle and can be found over here at the Scholar Priest Initiative. Listen: The lessons can be found by clicking here.

SR St Peter’s 100th Anniversary

January 21, 2014.Reading time 1 minute.

Link: St Peter’s 100th Anniversary Summary of what I was saying and why: Sunday was approximately 100 years since the dedication of St Peter’s. We had a 1914 style service followed by a Parish lunch. It was a great day. All I wanted to do was say something about the history of St Peter’s, of […]