Sermons
05.Nov.2018
4 November 2018
None of us know the whole truth about what lies beyond death. Many of the faith traditions throu ..
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28 October 2018
It has been claimed that I am a fussy eater. This false rumour began in the family I grew up and ..
more 29.Oct.2018
14 October 2018
In the passage from Job today, we find Job sitting among ashes, in total misery. He is looking f ..
more 28.Oct.2018
7 October 2018
On 12 December 1841, two weeks before he departed England to take up his work as Bishop of New Z ..
more 01.Oct.2018
30 September 2018
A few weeks ago I joined members of our local synagogue for their Friday night prayers as they b ..
more 24.Sep.2018
23 September 2018
Last Saturday, as a party of parishioners spring cleaned our Church and grounds, an ecstasy of t ..
more 24.Sep.2018
9 September 2018
As I reflect on today’s gospel for me it’s about the inclusiveness of God. I want to ..
more 03.Sep.2018
2 September 2018
As you can probably tell from my phenomenal physique I’ve never been any kind of sportsper ..
more 30.Aug.2018
26 August 2018
Over the last few weeks I’ve been exploring something of a rabbit hole. As I’ve ment ..
more 30.Aug.2018
19 August 2018
In my childhood there were only two sorts of bread - brown and white. It came, delivered by hors ..
more 29.Aug.2018
12 August 2018
In today’s Gospel, Jesus says I am the living bread, then later
“I am the bread o ..
more 06.Aug.2018
5 August 2018
“I heard there was a secret chord, that David played and it pleased the Lord…&rdquo ..
more 30.Jul.2018
29 July 2018
Following the service this morning we will be heading up to the hall for the launch of Graeme Mc ..
more 30.Jul.2018
15 July 2018
Where is the hope of Jesus in today’s gospel?
Where is the good news of Jesus that we ..
more 02.Jul.2018
1 July 2018
In October this year the Roman Catholic church will canonise a man named Oscar Romero, which mea ..
more 25.Jun.2018
24 June 2018
Two people watched the same sunset.
One said: “At times like this I am afraid.
The sky ..
more 19.Jun.2018
17 June 2018
A strength and a curse of the bible is that it is open to interpretation. It is a strength in th ..
more 11.Jun.2018
10 June 2018
One of the major biblical themes is the theme of justice. It is a theme that is explored through ..
more 23.Apr.2018
15 April 2018
I was recently speaking with a colleague about different interpretations of the resurrection nar ..
more 23.Apr.2018
1 April 2018 - Easter Day
In 1938 a man named Nicholas Winton was going on a skiing trip in Switzerland. His trip happened ..
more 21.Mar.2018
4 March 2018
In today’s gospel we encounter the dramatic scene of Jesus in the temple, driving out the ..
more 25.Feb.2018
25 February 2018
On April the 4th 1968, New York senator Bobby Kennedy was on the campaign trail when he heard th ..
more 18.Feb.2018
18 February 2018
Well we’re finally back into the swing of things after a long, hot and fairly damp summer ..
more 18.Jan.2018
14 January 2018
The Gospel of John is an altogether different gospel. The stories, the characters, the language, ..
more 25.Dec.2017
25 December 2017 - Midnight Mass
'A candle is a protest at midnight. It is a non-conformist. It says to the darkness, 'I beg to d ..
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25 December 2017 - Family Christmas Sermon
I love Christmas decorations. In fact I have a little bit of a problem. My problem is that each ..
more 24.Dec.2017
24 December 2017
One of my mentors, Jenny Harrison, once told me a story. She told me of the church she grew up i ..
more 17.Dec.2017
17 December 2017
In 1959 the Australia racing driver Jack Brabham was one race away from being world champion. In ..
more 05.Dec.2017
3 December 2017
We are now three doors into this year’s advent calendar! At the vicarage we have now uncov ..
more 20.Nov.2017
November Interview Series Episode 4
During November our young people are conducting a number of interviews of members of the St A ..
more 15.Nov.2017
November Interview Series Episode 3
During November our young people are conducting a number of interviews of members of the St Andrew's ..
more 13.Nov.2017
November Interview Series Episode 2
During November our young people are conducting a number of interviews of members of the St Andr ..
more 08.Nov.2017
November Interview Series Episode 1
During November our young people are conducting a number of interviews of members of the St Andr ..
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08.Nov.2017
29 October 2017
On Sunday the 29th of October we were lucky enough to host Archbishop Philip Freier, Bishop of M ..
more 28.Oct.2017
22 October 2017
In just over a week’s time we will pass the 79th anniversary of possibly the most famous r ..
more 16.Oct.2017
15 October 2017
“Ladies and gentlemen, you are all aware that a repulsive murderer has himself been repuls ..
more 09.Oct.2017
8 October 2017
Over the last few weeks we have been using our season of creation liturgy. While the season of c ..
more 24.Sep.2017
24 September 2017
Over the last few weeks I’ve been moonlighting as a guest lecturer at Trinity Methodist Co ..
more 19.Sep.2017
19 September 2017
Every time I’ve come to this or any other church to worship, I like to sit ..
more 03.Sep.2017
3 September 2017
I’ve recently been reading a book called Creative Mischief. The book came to my attention ..
more 20.Aug.2017
20 August 2017
I have spoken before of a book I enjoy dipping into every once in a while called The Wisdom of ..
more 13.Aug.2017
13 August 2017
Two weeks ago I spoke a little about parables and how Jesus used this particular method of stor ..
more 09.Jul.2017
9 July 2017
We have been hosting members of the youth group at the vicarage this weekend as an end of term ..
more 02.Jul.2017
2 July 2017
I can remember being a seminar at university several years ago when we were having to discuss a ..
more 25.Jun.2017
25 June 2017
Mark Twain once said, “If you are feeling angry, count to 4. If you are very angry, swear. ..
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18.Jun.2017
18 June 2017 – Corpus Christi
This particular Sunday is one of those weeks that clergy love to tie themselves up in knots abou ..
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11 June 2017 – Trinity
This last week I cast my eye over the sermons on our parish website and discovered that out of t ..
more 04.Jun.2017
4 June 2017 – Pentecost
One of the things we often take for granted about church communities is the intergenerational as ..
more 21.May.2017
21 May 2016
When Charles Darwin began his research that led to his famous publication, On the Origin of Spec ..
more 16.Apr.2017
16 April 2017 – Easter Day
One of my earliest memories of attending church was being at a good Friday service in the early ..
more 12.Mar.2017
12 March 2017
In this morning’s Gospel, we learn that Nicodemus is a very brave man. He s ..
more 19.Feb.2017
19 February 2017
Alexandre Dumas is arguably the most widely read French author of all time. Some of his most pop ..
more 12.Feb.2017
12 February 2017
I’m sorry everyone, but before I begin can I ask you all to stand up again? Could you find ..
more 05.Feb.2017
5 February 2017
“In the beginning we were all immigrants to these islands, our ancestors boat people who a ..
more 22.Jan.2017
22 January 2017
One of the great joys of the post-Christmas season is finding a new calendar! We have new calend ..
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