Gen 22.1-24; John 13.31-37 . Our first reading this morningāabout Abraham and his son Isaacāis surely one of the most dreadful stories ever told. I grant that as a family group Israelās patriarchs and matriarchs do in any case seem to have been dysfunctional with a...
For the Psalm 63:1-9; for the Gospel, Luke 13.1-9 On television this week I watched an interview with a man who was at the mosque in Christchurch when the shootings happened. HeĀ spoke about it hesitatingly for a few minutes and finally stopped, saying in effect, āI...
The Proper: for the OT Genesis 2:5-9,15-25 Iād like to spend a few minutes reflecting with you this morning on the passage from the Old Testament that we heard a few minutes ago. [caption id="attachment_1252" align="alignright" width="300"] St Olave's Church, Exeter[/caption] Itās part of a collection of stories...
Proper: Mal 3.1-5; Ps 24; Luke 2:22-40 Good morning. [caption id="attachment_1228" align="alignleft" width="299"] St Stephen's, Exeter[/caption] Iām sure Iāve preached here in St Stephenās at least once before today. But it was a very long time ago--perhaps thirty years!--and I confess I have absolutely no idea what the...
Proper 11 Year B. For the OT, Jeremiah 23:1-6; for the Psalm, Ps. 23; for the NT, Ephesians 2:11-22; for the Gospel, Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 [caption id="attachment_282" align="alignright" width="291"] The destruction of Jerusalem[/caption] For our first reading this morning we have a little group of oracles from...
Proper 10B. For the Old Testament: Amos 7:7-15 [caption id="attachment_1147" align="alignleft" width="273"] "Behold, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people" (Amos 7:8b)[/caption] Growing up in North Carolina, Iāve been accustomed to such phrases as ābeing plumb tiredā or āplumb crazyā (in case...
The Book of Proverbs is surely the most down-to-earth book in the Bible. Itās full of what one might call glorified common sense on just the kinds of subject that over two thousand years later people still want their children to get right, even if...
When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire,...
For the Gospel: John 15:7-17 Our gospel passage this morning comes from Our Lordās discourses at the Last Supper in the Gospel of John. It follows directly on from what we heard last week, Our Lordās parable in which he spoke of himself as the true...
[caption id="attachment_1043" align="alignleft" width="222"] į½ ĻĪæĪ¹Ī¼į½“Ī½ į½ ĪŗĪ±Ī»į½øĻ[/caption] Why, when we are in the middle of the Great Fifty Days of Easter ā why in the midst of all of the wonderful stories of Christ the Risen One which we have heard over the last few...