Being and Doing – 6 April – Illimitable Effects of Influence
No life… Can be pure in its purpose and strong in its strife And all life not be purer, and stronger thereby.
Category: Sermon
Being and Doing – 5 April – Principle Applied to Detail
HE that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
The Food He Ate – An Agapé Meal with Jesus
The aim of this meal is to experience the life of Jesus and God’s call on our lives through the tastes experienced by Jesus and his disciples as well as the Words of Jesus.
Being and Doing – 29 March – Our Work Must Be What we Ourselves Are
To try too hard to make people good is one way to make them worse; the only way to make them good is to be good.
Being and Doing – 28 March – As Our Day so is our Strength
We have no right to say of any good work, it is too hard for me to do; or of any sorrow, it is too hard for me to bear; or of any sinful habit, it is hard for me to overcom
Being and Doing – 27 March – Present Opportunities
The best place is wherever he puts us, and any other would be undesirable, all the worse because it would please our fancy, and would be of our own choice.
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 28
If we chose to love only when we have a reason to love it becomes a tool instead of a gift and a bribe instead of a pledge of devotion.
That is not love it is lust masquerading as concern.
Lux, Vita, Caritas – A Sermon for the 5th Sunday of Lent
Little by little, act of kindness by act of kindness, teardrop by teardrop, we, often seen as the powerless, have the possibility and the power to transform rejection, prejudice and judgment into ‘Something Beautiful for God’
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 27
The journey through Lent is about fasting from things that are harmful. Being over particular, even if it is only in a ‘small’ way which ‘everyone’ should understand, is often about greed rather than denial
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 26
When did we ever think that destroying and belittling someone else’s devotion, ritual, or way of prayer would help us grow any closer to God? Screwtape and his minions have certainly been hard at work!
Suffolk Vicar 