THE TRINITY Sermon preached Trinity Sunday 2018 Readings: Psalm 29; Isaiah 6.1–8; Romans 8.12–17; John 3.1–17 As we celebrate the Trinity today, we reflect on a subject that’s been a focus of intense theological reflection from the days of the early church to the present, but also a spiritual mystery on which the faithful have meditated…
When the Spirit comes Sermon preached at Enmore, Pentecost Sunday, 20th. May 2018. Readings: Acts 2.1–21; Romans 8.22–27; John 15.26–27, 16.4–15. It used to be said that the Holy Spirit was the neglected member of the Trinity. We talked a lot about God the Father and a lot about Jesus but we seldom spoke about the Holy…
Is this the time? Sermon preached at Enmore, Ascension, 13th. May 2018 Readings: Acts 1. 1–11 I won’t ask you to put your hand up if you remembered on Thursday that it was Ascension Day. When a major feast day falls during the week it is easy to forget it, that is why we have chosen to…
The Lord is my Shepherd 2018 Sermon preached at Enmore, The Fourth Sunday of Easter, 22nd. April 2018 Readings: Psalm 23; John 10.1–10 Writing in the late nineteenth century, Henry Ward Beecher, the famous American preacher and social activist was moved to write this about the 23rd. Psalm: The Twenty Third Psalm is the nightingale of the…
Peace be with you Sermon preached at Enmore, Second Sunday of Easter, 8th. April 2018 On a cold day in December last year a woman named Leah Ross came home to her house in Winnipeg to discover that it had been ransacked. She called the police, her neighbour and her church across the street. Then a young…