Saturday, January 30, 2021

Candlemas Hope, a reflection for Welcome to Sunday 31st Januaary 2021

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Candlemas for Welcome to Sunday What are you hoping for? If you were invited to describe your dream of tomorrow – for yourself, your family,...
Sunday, January 17, 2021

Epiphany 2 B 17th January 2021 at Coventry Cathedral John 1 43-51

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Epiphany 3 2021 at Coventry Cathedral As we have so often observed, liturgical time is quite extraordinary. Not yet a month since we celebr...
Saturday, January 09, 2021

Sermon for the Epiphany 2021

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How have things been for you this Christmas time? I know many things have felt very different. For me, who first started singing in church w...
Friday, January 01, 2021

That was the year, that was

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This time a year ago, the house was full to bursting with creativity as my gorgeous daughter hosted the annual party for her group of friend...
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Sunday, December 20, 2020

And Mary said....Sermon for the Cathedral Eucharist Advent 4 2020

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Mary was perplexed… I’m sure she was. In fact, my guess is that her internal reaction might well have been expressed by a pithy "You WH...

So here it is....address for Carols by Candlelight at Coventry Cathedral, 19th December 2020

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So many things are different this year. For one thing,it's tough to have a carol service without singing, and I'm guessing that for ...
Sunday, October 18, 2020

Some thoughts on healing in community. Isaiah 35:3-6 for "Welcome to Sunday" on St Lukes Day 2020

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I love that reading so very much.Usually I read it hearing Handel in the background, every sentence pointing towards the coming of Jesus and...
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Sunday, October 11, 2020

Reasons to be cheerful? A sermon for the Cathedral Eucharist, 11th October 2020, Proper 23A

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There is a cartoon doing the rounds on social media which really resonates with me. It shows a slightly anxious-looking couple walking toget...
Tuesday, September 29, 2020

"Hark, hark my soul, angelic strains are swelling..." - a reflection for Michaelmas

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It’s Michaelmas…the festival that celebrates angels, archangels and all the company of heaven - and for this part of my journey I'm base...
Sunday, September 06, 2020

Proper 18A A reconciled community?

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Where do you go to find community? It’s a question that has been more pressing this year than for a very long time, as many of us have found...
Sunday, August 16, 2020

Nevertheless, she persisted - a sermon for Trinity 10A at Coventry Cathedral, 16th August 2020

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"Preach about what you know, about your own experiences of the life of faith", said one of our tutors an alarming three decades ag...
Saturday, August 08, 2020

Risky discipleship in stormy waters Matthew 14:22-33 for Welcome to Sunday, 9th August 2020

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I grew up by the sea, and miss it dreadfully – both on the hazy days of high summer, when the entire world seems to be heading to the neares...
Sunday, August 02, 2020

Wrestling with God - a sermon on Genesis 32 for "Welcome to Sunday" and the Cathedral Eucharist, Coventry Cathedral, 2nd August 2020

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Poor Jacob. He really does struggle to get a good night’s sleep! Two weeks ago we thought about his amazing dream – the stairway to heaven –...
Sunday, July 26, 2020

Romans 8 for Welcome to Sunday, Trinity 7, 26th July 2020

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  I’m not always the best of friends with St Paul. This may not surprise you unduly: there’s plenty in his writings that will never make m...

Romans 8 for Welcome to Sunday, Coventry Cathedral in Diaspora 26th July 2020

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  I’m not always the best of friends with St Paul. This may not surprise you unduly: there’s plenty in his writings that will never make m...