Words from the pulpit
I have decided to - I hate doing it! - post my sermons on the web because there are so many people who don't manage to get to church each week who might like to feel more connected by reading it! Maybe not! However, I will try it.
Each week (hopefully !) we will post a new sermon, so why not Bookmark this Page?
Just click on the Bible Icon or the Read More link to read the full text of each sermon.
Rev'd Chris Collinge
23rd July 2010
Transfiguration
I don't know whether you have ever climbed a mountain or indeed climbed to any high point in a surrounding landscape. As children, climbing seemed to be in-built in us.
8th Sunday of Epiphany
I wonder how the reading from Matthew this morning made you feel. Did it fill your head with lovely soft pictures of the countryside - birds flying freely
7th Sunday of Epiphany
As I read the words of today's gospel I am aware of how challenging they are. Sometimes I say at the end "Jesus never does make things easy, does he!"
2nd Sunday of Epiphany
In the middle of trying to sort this sermon out I received the most exciting e mail from my friend Maureen. The day had finally arrived
Candlemas
Candlemas is, for me, the last of the celebrations of Christmas which go through Christmastide
Midnight Mass 2010
Celebrity
Sermon for Evensong at St Giles
What is a celebrity? It’s someone that everyone knows – within a culture, within a locality or within an area of interest. In this age of mass communication a celebrity can be known across the world and have some relevance for many cultures.
Bible Sunday
Have collection of different kinds of Bibles on display. If needed share the story of Mary Jones with the children.
Rules
The Twelfth after Trinity
I don’t know about you but I am always inventing new rules in my life – my latest one is don’t go on Facebook until the sermon is written..
A Celebration of Mary, Mother of Jesus
A few Saturdays ago a lady came into the coffee morning at St James looking for a Roman Catholic church. This lady was Polish and had very little English. My biggest challenge was to convince her that St James was not a Roman Catholic church.
St Mary Magdalene
St Mary Magdalene is an enigma – a mystery, a puzzle, a teaser. She’s in a class along with the enigma code breaking machine at Bletchley Park and Elgar’s Enigma variations with the enigma of what the hidden theme tune might be.