To many people in the world at large, what we are doing here this morning is a waste of time. Some of course may value the music, or the...

Gospel Luke 2: 22-40. The compilers of our lectionary decided that we need two chances to look at today’s Gospel, today and the Feast of...

Nehemiah 8:9b – 10 & 1Cor 12:12-31a “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping as...

As with all of you, these past strange months have been a time of reflection and reassessment. Many of you will have realised that since...

It is quite a simple human scale story to begin with isn’t it. A family wedding; the wine runs short.Mary, a sensitive and kind woman...

Gospel John 1: 1-14 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. ...

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord.’ Doesn’t it strike you as odd? What’s the point of crying out...

Years ago, Helen and I used to foster children often for a short time in an emergency. One little girl came to us and stayed longer than...

To Infinity and beyonnnd! Thus shouts Buzz Lightyear, a toy, a comic superhero spaceman character much beloved of my grandson. Beyond...

Gospel Mark 1: 14-20. Why not me!? (or) Please, – not me! In our Gospel reading for today we see Mark’s account of the calling of the...