Wednesday 19 April 2017 | Homepage feature, Sermon
“Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth; Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust; Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace; Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe.” That prayer, which you may have heard before, was written by...
Thursday 6 April 2017 | Sermon
Everybody likes a good story, and you might think that this morning we have heard two rattling good ones! but you might also be thinking that the stories we have had this today are just a bit too long, especially the Gospel story! We had a long story from John’s...
Monday 27 February 2017 | Sermon
It’s confession time again. I am rather addicted to the quiz show ‘Pointless’. My husband would probably say that I am completely addicted to it! If you ever watch it yourself, you’ll know that when the final couple reach the last round,...
Sunday 18 December 2016 | Sermon
I am told that whenever the Gaelic poet Sorley Maclean met a new person, his first question was not, “What do you do? or “Where do you live? but “Who are your people?” In the tight-knit community of the Western Isles, that might not be too...
Sunday 8 May 2016 | Sermon
Today is one of those days in the Church’s year when the dominant theme of the day has to push out another possibility, for it is, on the one hand, the Seventh Sunday of Easter, and on the other, the day on which Mother Julian of Norwich might otherwise be...
Tuesday 21 July 2015 | Sermon
Sermon preached on Sunday 12 July (Pentecost 7) Amos 7:7-15; Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6:14-29 The killing of John the Baptist has all the ingredients of a lurid B-movie. The exotic location, an Oriental potentate, obscure religion, sex and violence, and more than a hint...
