Sermon for The Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 14th September 2025

If we walk into a church and we’re unsure of what denomination it belongs to, or any Anglican church and we’re not sure which tradition it belongs to, one way to work that out would be to simply look round and see what kind of crosses are in that church. If we saw crucifixes ratherContinue reading “Sermon for The Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 14th September 2025”

Sermon for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, 7th September 2025

In our Gospel readings over the past few Sundays we’ve heard some quite radical things from Jesus, things which turn our usual understanding of him and of the way things should be completely upside down. We could lump these sayings together under a heading of ‘The Cost of Discipleship’ because it’s quite clear that whatContinue reading “Sermon for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, 7th September 2025”

Sermon for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 17th August 2025

Those of us who’ve been coming to church for a long time will have heard the Gospel read in church hundreds or even thousands of times over the years. But how many of us can recall a particular instance of hearing the Gospel read, in church, on a particular day? How often has a readingContinue reading “Sermon for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 17th August 2025”