preached in St Michael’s church 28th November 2021 Jeremiah 33.14-16; I Thessalonians 3.9-13; Luke 21.25-36 Towards the end of the year 1596, a man called Philip Nicolai arrived in the German town of Unna. Nicolai was a Lutheran pastor and
No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. (John 15. 13) Some years ago, there was a television advertisement that tried to
by Kenneth Padley; St Albans Cathedral 17th October 2021 Psalm 126; Proverbs 8.12-21; Revelation 21.1-5a Martin’s Scorsese’s movie Gangs of New York depicts gratuitous blood-letting between Protestants and Catholics in the late nineteenth-century American metropolis. The message of the film is that
by Kenneth Padley at St Mary’s Childwick 10th October 2021 based on Joel 2.21-27 and Matthew 6.25-33 Today’s Harvest Festival falls in the midst of another extraordinary period of consumer behaviour. After all that bog roll hoarding of early 2020, we have recently seen
Sermon by Charles King, Michaelmas, 26 September 2021 Readings: Genesis 28:11-18; Revelation 12:7-12; John 1:47-51 It’s a curious thing, preaching yourself out of a job. And I have to say, I hope I don’t find myself doing it too frequently! But
Sermon by Kenneth Padley 29th August 2021 Readings: Deuteronomy 4.1-2,6-9; James 1.17-27; Mk 7.1-8,14-15,21-23 [This sermon is heavily informed by Chapter 8 of Tom Wright’s God in Public (2016)] Mid afternoon on Thursday 15th January 2009, an Airbus A320 took
Acts 2.1-21; John 15.26-27, 16.4b-15 Come, thou holy Paraclete,and from thy celestial seatsend thy light and brilliancy:Father of the poor, draw near;giver of all gifts, be here;come, the soul’s true radiancy. Amen. What is the point of the Holy
Sermon about How to read the Bible by Kenneth Padley for the Fifth Sunday of Easter 2nd May 2021 based on Philip and the Ethiopian in Acts 8.26-40 and John 15.1-8. ‘Do you understand what you are reading?’ asked Philip. ‘How can
Sermon by Charles King, Easter Sunday, 4 April 2021. Readings: Acts 10:34-43; Mark 16:1-8. “You wouldn’t believe it unless it was actually happening.” The words of Steve Ali, a Syrian writer and broadcaster living in London. He was reflecting on
Sermon by Mike Ford, 24th January 2021 Reading: John 2:1-11 The gospel passage is a lovely story. Jesus rescues the bridegroom from considerable embarrassment over inviting more guests than he has catered for. The story shows the quality of God’s