Luke 8.40-42, 48-56 When I was a curate, that is, doing vicar apprenticeship, I learned lots from the vicar who was my mentor and boss. I learned an awful lot from Mark, I learned so much about what to do, and, as all curates do, a little bit how I would like to do things [...]
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Jesus’ baptism talk 2024
How many of you or your parents have something that looks like this? It's Sophia's baby scan! How many of you or your parents have something like this? It's the little tag that was around her ankle. And how many of you or your parents have baby albums or pictures a bit like this? Most [...]
Light and Rubble.
Christmas Eve Sermon 2023. Reading: John 1.1-14 The reading we have just heard, is , I think, the most beautiful for any service on Christmas Eve evening, when it’s dark and chilly outside, maybe snowy, maybe rainy, maybe howling a gale, but always dark. And that is because of all these wonderful references to light. [...]
A decade on
Ten years ago today I landed in Burundi and my life changed forever. I was 19 and when an email landed in my inbox 8 months earlier inviting me to go on the trip, I jumped at the chance. But when it came to zipping up my suitcase the night before, I was terrified and [...]