The Kingdom of Heaven is not far away. You could notice it in a local restaurant, or a citizenship ceremony, or in the way you live your life. This sermon invites you to think about what the day's Gospel teaches about the deep nature of God's heart, and how we can live that out in small, but true ways. … [Read more...]
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Huge Consequences of Small Actions Made in Faith
This sermon is about the little things we do that seem almost insignificant.It is also about the huge things in life that we face and feel overwhelmed by. The mustard seed parable, and the sower story both speak to our lives and offer us a way to get through. I hope you find this helpful. … [Read more...]
You can’t take it with you when you go. It gets in the way.
This sermon disturbed me to write. I hope it disturbs you to read it. I hope that God might even help you be disturbed. And changed. … [Read more...]
Trinity as Spiritual Practice
"Three persons in one God" is good theology but about as engaging as cold porridge to most of us. But where this came from is deeply about what anyone wanting a spiritual life in the Christian Way. … [Read more...]
Pentecost at Grace Church
Rev Canon Alex Whitehead of Lincoln Cathedral in England reflects on the work of Grace Church as a place in which the Spirit of God, this Pentecost is at work and challenging us to fly forward with Christ. … [Read more...]
Ascension is about learning to fly
Watching fledglings trying to fly, and meeting hazards. How do we learn to fly upwards in Spirit and dance with Jesus unweighted by... fears about time and money? This sermon invites you to think about the Ascension story as a real part of your own spiritual practice. … [Read more...]
Love and money
This first sermon on how we approach God and Money looks at Love. Not the Hollywood type, but the one most of us have actually experienced.Have a look at this and see if it makes any bells ring in your mind or heart. … [Read more...]
Good Shepherd
Shepherds, not that common today, in Jesus' day were as common as truck drivers, and as symbolic of God as a cross is for us. This sermon tries to land the image to understand Jesus and to understand what practicing this faith means when your boots hit the ground. … [Read more...]
A spiritual Environmentalism
When the Dodo was hunted to extinction one of the words of Creation was deleted. "And God said, let there be Dodos" becomes "And God said, let there be ." When we change and destroy we are ripping words out of the Book of Creation. This is a metaphor, not a literalism. And so it is in a deep way that this matters. How do you live life respectfully and in harmony with the gift of God in Creation? … [Read more...]
Peace be with you
Jesus kept on saying "Peace be with you" after he rose from death. Why? This sermon looks at several sides of peace in Christ. … [Read more...]