A Sermon: Dying to Live
The only power struggle in the Church of Christ should be that of competing for the last place!
True greatness is not found in ruling.
True greatness consists in serving!
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A Sermon: Empty Handed Helpers
We cannot hold on to the blessings of Christ if our hands are wrapped around something, anything, else.
We will not enter into the joy of our Father if we continue to seek fulfilment in the things of this world.
A Sermon: Growing Smaller
‘He must increase, but I must decrease.’ (John the Baptist)
When we learn to follow the first follower of Jesus we discover that the Christian life is about learning to grow smaller.
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Easter Day
Our Beloved in leaving us does not leave us desolate but leaves reminders of his presence. Perhaps not in an enchanted place but in ordinary things
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 40
To be able to provide a home for another is a precious gift, to know that our Beloved provides a home for us makes all our challenges, whether they involve squatting bishops or not, melt away.
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 39
Our Beloved looks upon us in the midst of all the mess of our sins and, not ‘blinching’ at all, demonstrates his love by stretching out His arms to embrace the whole world on the tree of Calvary.
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 38 – Maundy Thursday
This was not the only time since I have been in Holy Orders I have been threatened with a fire arm but it is the one when I prayed the deepest and hardest…
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 37
This is a great challenge for we who walk the way of faith. The more we walk, the more miracles happen, the more we are tempted to think we are miracle workers. The Baptist knew this was a dangerous path and always aimed to be small instead of the next big thing.
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 36
Often, when presented with the challenges brought to us by the anawim, the little poor ones, of God we hesitate to help. We can be tempted to question their motives in the middle of their distress. How many times have the words, ‘But do they really need it’ been spoken about those who queue for food and other help outside churches?
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 35
Fierce weather has a way of shaking the fidgets out of my system. Not just the cobwebs of life but the things that I’ve been clinging on to for no good reason other than they are mine and nobody else’s; and such things always weigh me down instead of setting me free.
Suffolk Vicar 