These are the signs of the season…
Eyes and ears are opened.
Limpers and Lepers are welcomed.
Those who seem dead to our common life are born again.
Good News is shared with those who never thought they could afford or were worthy of it.
..and we are the ones who have been called to do this.
Don’t Look Up! God might be Working (Sermon at St John the Baptist, Felixstowe – 9 January 2022 -Epiphany 1) Text: 16I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and… Continue reading Don’t Look Up! (God might be Working)
It is a commonplace that ‘the Medium is the Message’ but in the business of proclaiming the Good News history is littered with messengers become Message and so failing to proclaim the Word they came to serve.
To be successful we are often called to ‘make a name for ourselves’. Yet the very first disciple of Jesus is un-named. Great freedom can be found in a faithfulness that is hidden and unnotice. The less of ourselves that is on view the more of Jesus people will be able to ‘Come and See.’in
When votes have been cast and leaders elected it all comes down to deeds of service not words of a manifesto
John the Baptist’s message of repentance is to the faithfless faithful. What is he calling them to repent from?
Suffolk Vicar 