Monthly Archives: February 2014
Second Sunday before Lent, 23 February 2014, St Mary’s, evening
Readings 2 Corinthians 11. 19-31, Luke 8. 4-15 Preacher Canon Robert Titley The landscaper Capability Brown once took a friend round a garden he had designed. He was pleased to see the man’s start of surprise as they rounded a … Continue reading
Second Sunday before Lent, 23 February 2014, St Matthias, evening
Reading Matthew 6. 25-end Preacher Revd Neil Summers Taking any biblical passage at face value and treating it as though it is immediately and unquestionably applicable today seems to me to be a dubious practice – and, of itself, an … Continue reading
Second Sunday before Lent, 23 February 2014, St Mary’s and St John’s, morning
Readings Genesis 1. 1 – 2. 3; Matthew 6. 25-end Preacher Canon Robert Titley When you wake up in the morning [a colleague if mine once asked in a sermon] do you grope for the alarm clock, groan, ‘Another … Continue reading
Third Sunday of Lent, 16 February 2014, St Mary’s, evening
Readings Amos 3. 1-8; Ephesians 5. 1-17 Preacher Ruth Martin Yesterday the Catholic Archbishop of England and Wales complained bitterly about the welfare cuts which are leaving the most vulnerable without a safety net. Archbishop Vincent Nichols also criticised the … Continue reading
Third Sunday before Lent, 16 February 2014, St Mary’s, morning
Reading Matthew 5. 21-37 Preacher Ruth Martin Let your yes be yes and your No be No This week two prominent and ageing former celebrities were acquitted of sexually related crimes in two separate cases going back some … Continue reading
Third Sunday before Lent, 16 February 2014, St John, morning
Reading Matthew 5: 21-37 Preacher Revd Alan Sykes Well, my friends, it’s time for me to stop pretending to be the goody two shoes that you may think or assume that I am. A couple of weeks ago I was sedately … Continue reading
Fourth Sunday before Lent, 9 February 2014, St Mary’s, evening
Readings Amos 2.4–end Ephesians 4.17–end Preacher Canon Robert Titley I was at a church event recently at which one of our number took the opportunity of having some of the ecclesiastical top brass before him to let rip. It was … Continue reading
Fourth Sunday before Lent, 9 February 2014, St John & St Mary, morning
Reading Matthew 5. 13-20 Preacher Gill Doling You are the salt of the world. You are the light of the world. SALT There is a phrase I don’t hear often now but my grandparents often referred to friends and neighbours … Continue reading
Candlemas, 2 February 2014, St Mary’s, evening
Readings Haggai 2.1-9, John 2.13-22 Preacher Canon Robert Titley An important date: March 9th, when we hope our architects present their latest ideas for making our building a more hospitable place. Meanwhile, you’ll notice that the windows on the south … Continue reading
Candlemas, 2 February 2014, Team Service, St Matthias, morning
Readings: Malachi 3.1-5; Hebrews 2.14-18; Luke 2.22-40 Preacher: The Very Reverend Andrew Nunn, Dean of Southwark It was no place to take a child. This was no pleasant visit to the local parish church that Mary and Joseph embarked on that … Continue reading