Category Archives: Sunday Sermons

I’ve no doubt that most of us here will have seen a film, or perhaps a cartoon, in which a character in the story is faced with a problem, usually some kind of moral dilemma, and as they ponder what to do, two small characters suddenly pop up on their shoulders. One, usually on theirContinue reading “Sermon for the 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 10) 13th August 2023”

I’m sure that we must all know from personal experience how difficult it can be to learn something new, and that the more difficult the thing we’re trying to learn is, the longer it takes to learn, the more difficult it is to become truly proficient in that activity and the harder we have toContinue reading “Sermon for The Transfiguration of the Lord 6th August 2023”

In recent sermons, I’ve spoken on a number of occasions about the problems that can be caused in the Church, and in parish congregations and for parish churches, when people have unrealistic expectations of others in the Church and the congregation. I’ve spoken about the Donatist Controversy which raged in the Church in the 4thContinue reading “Sermon for the 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 7) 23rd July 2023”