Precept and Practice – JULY 1 – Silence
Bees will not work except in darkness, thought will not work except in silence, neither will virtue work except in secrecy
Tag: Christianity
Hill Climbing for Beginners – A Sermon
The road ahead is rough not smooth.
But that is not what we are promised. There lie many trials, tribulations and fears ahead of us.
As Julian of Norwich recorded the words of Jesus in her Shewings, ‘He said not “Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be dis-eased”; but he said, “Thou shalt not be overcome.”’
Swine-Fever – A Sermon
…having had the demoniac run towards him Jesus now sends him away with a new mission. No longer is he to be the one of whom his friends and family are frightened and perhaps even ashamed, but instead he is to:
‘Return home and tell how much God has done for you’.
Terabithia or Bust! – A Sermon
God is a God of love and welcome and we need to set aside the lies about condemnation which our early faith may have taught us
No Guts, No Glory; Turning Disaster into Destiny – A Sermon
Can we care even for those who have been to us as Judas was to Jesus…
…But if I can’t forgive those who betray me how can I expect forgiveness from God?
Precept & Practice – MAY 2 – Our Dues
There are a great many people in the world whose first and last thought in life is of what is due to them…..
Precept & Practice – MAY 1 – Burdens
Within, in the secret soul, carefully hidden from men – what do you keep which weigh down your activity for God, which checks your feet when you wish to help mankind as Jesus helped them? Small and petty jealousies which gnaw away your high endeavour, which eat the heart out of your ideals and make mean your imagination; dog-faced memories of injuries done to you… Fling them off the shoulders of your life; fling them off your heart.
From Nativity to Pietà – A Sermon
Jesus is our Midwife and like a mother looks on us every day with love.
Jesus, with His own body, defeats the power of death and sin and bears us all into the promise of the Life after Life.
Should I Stay or Should I Go – A Sermon
We are not called to live in some sort of Holy Huddle protected from all the woes of this wicked world but instead journey with Jesus to Gethsemane, to Calvary, and to the hope brought with the Empty Tomb of Easter Day.
An SOS for Jesus – A Sermon
Travelling with Jesus does not mean we are immune from storms. It does mean we are safe in the midst of them and are given the courage to follow Him more closely
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