In my sermon on the first Sunday of Advent, I spoke about three people whom I called ‘the great figures of Advent’, the prophet Isaiah, the Blessed Virgin Mary and John the Baptist. I said then that, during Advent, we’d hear from and about all three of these people as we’re called to prepare forContinue reading “Sermon for Advent 4, 18th December 2022”
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Sermon for Advent 3, 11th December 2022
In my sermon last week, I spoke about the problem of people who call themselves ‘Christians’ but who don’t come to church, and I want to stress again today that by that, I don’t mean those who can’t come because of ill health or work and so on, but those who could come and don’t,Continue reading “Sermon for Advent 3, 11th December 2022”
Sermon for Advent 2, Sunday 4th December 2022
I’m sure many of us, if not all of us, will have seen the recently reported figures regarding religion from last year’s census. Those figures show that, for the first time since census records began, those who regard themselves as Christians, are now a minority in England and Wales. But if we look a littleContinue reading “Sermon for Advent 2, Sunday 4th December 2022”