Sermons
Sermon: Eleventh Sunday after Trinity, 12 August 2018, St John the Divine
Readings 1 Kings 19.4-8, Ephesians 4.25 – 5.2, John 6.35, 41-51 Preacher Revd Neil Summers The news of the past few days has brought the whole gamut of human emotions, from the sheer exuberant elation of Dina Asher-Smith winning … Continue reading
Sermon: Tenth Sunday after Trinity, 5 August 2018, St John the Divine
Readings Exodus 16.2-4, 9-15, Ephesians 4.1-16, John 6.24-35 Preacher Revd Neil Summers In John’s Gospel, there are several ‘I am’ sayings attributed to Jesus – I am the door, the good shepherd, the vine, the resurrection and the life … Continue reading
Sermon: Tenth Sunday after Trinity, 5 August 2018, St Mary Magdalene
Readings Exodus 16.2-4, 9-15, John 6.24-35 Preacher Revd Alan Sykes Our first reading today was that well-known episode in the Book of Exodus in which God provides manna for the hungry, grumpy Israelites. He cares for their physical well-being. … Continue reading
Sermon: Ninth Sunday after Trinity, 29 July 2018, St John the Divine
Readings 2 Kings 4.42-end, Ephesians 3.14-end, John 6.1-21 Preacher Revd Neil Summers Food plays a central part in the entire Judaeo-Christian tradition, from God’s provision of manna in the wilderness for the journeying Hebrew people, right through to images … Continue reading
Sermon: Eighth Sunday after Trinity, 22 July 2018, St John the Divine
Readings Jeremiah 23.1-6, Ephesians 2.11-end, Mark 6.30-34, 53-end Preacher Revd Neil Summers What compelling words about the impact of Jesus’s life and death in today’s passage from the Letter to the Ephesians: He has abolished the laws with its commandments … Continue reading
Sermon: Feast of St Mary Magdalene, 22 July 2018, St Mary Magdalene, morning
Readings 2 Corinthians 5.14-17, John 20.1-2, 11-18 Preacher Revd Alan Sykes Many years ago I managed to scrape through the 11 plus exam and went to our local grammar school. It was a single sex school. As was often … Continue reading
Sermon: Seventh Sunday after Trinity, 15 July 2018, St Matthias
Readings Amos 7.7-15, Mark 6.14-29 Preacher Revd Alan Sykes There’s sometimes confusion about what a prophet does – a prophet in the Bible, that is. A prophet in the biblical sense does not predict the future. If the prophet … Continue reading
Sermon: Fifth Sunday after Trinity, 1 July 2018, St John the Divine
Readings Wisdom 1.13-15, 2.23-24, 2 Corinthians 8.7-end, Mark 5.21-end Preacher Revd Neil Summers Although it’s the theme of death that lurks in two of this morning’s readings, the words we heard from the Wisdom of Solomon affirm that God … Continue reading
Sermon: Fourth Sunday after Trinity, 24 June 2018, St Mary Magdalene, evening
Readings Job 38:1-11, Mark 4: 35-41 Preacher Revd Alan Sykes Our first reading was taken from the Book of Job. Just in case you’re not very familiar with it, it’s the story of an absolutely righteous man who undergoes … Continue reading
Sermon: Third Sunday after Trinity, 17 June 2018, St Mary Magdalene, morning
Reading Mark 4: 26-34 Preacher Revd Alan Sykes I’ve been spending some time again with my old friend the Oxford English Dictionary. In my opinion at least, you can’t beat the thrill of a good definition. Well, maybe you … Continue reading