Meet God in our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ

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Today is the First Sunday of Advent, or Advent Sunday, which is the first Sunday in the Church’s liturgical year. The season of Advent takes us from today, right up until Christmas Eve. It’s a penitential season of … [Read more...]

Increase your grace within us

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Today is the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. The phrase I want to reflect on this week is, "Increase your grace within us". I tend to think the terms, “God’s grace” and “God’s love”, are more or less … [Read more...]

Meet God in our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ

waves-beach-sunset

Today is the First Sunday of Advent, or Advent Sunday, which is the first Sunday in the Church’s liturgical year. The season of Advent takes us from today, right up until Christmas Eve. It’s a penitential season of … [Read more...]

Increase your grace within us

oxmoor-sunset

Today is the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. The phrase I want to reflect on this week is, "Increase your grace within us". I tend to think the terms, “God’s grace” and “God’s love”, are more or less … [Read more...]

Grace

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I like to think that this story about an attempted assassination attempt on the life of Queen Elizabeth I in 1558 can give us a glimpse of what the grace of God means to us; and what we might do as a result of receiving … [Read more...]

God’s Goodness

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I have been reading a little about Charles Simeon, considered by many to be the brains behind Evangelicalism. While I wouldn't consider myself an Evangelical -- at least, not exclusively so -- it's easy to agree with … [Read more...]

Meet God in our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ

waves-beach-sunset-600

Today is the First Sunday of Advent, or Advent Sunday, which is the first Sunday in the Church’s liturgical year. The season of Advent takes us from today, right up until Christmas Eve. It’s a penitential season of … [Read more...]

The New Wisdom

Here is the text of the sermon I preached, more or less, when I officiated for Evensong at Godmanchester on Sunday, The First Evening Prayer of Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. It was, as it always is, a great … [Read more...]

Increase your grace within us

oxmoor-sunset

Increase your grace within us The phrase that jumps out at me from today's Collect, the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity, is, "increase your grace within us". I think the terms, "God's grace" and "God's love", are … [Read more...]

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace Here is another video from the folks at the Central Christian Church of Las Vegas (pictured above), the people behind the video I posted last week about, "Why people don't come to Church". "Amazing … [Read more...]