The Sixth Sunday after The Epiphany
It was lovely being away – especially seeing family some of whom I hadn’t seen in over 3 years – as well as meeting two grandsons born in 2020 and 2021 for the first time – and it is good to be back. The…
Tag: Thought for the Week
1st – 5th Sundays after The Epiphany
Charlotte and I attended – and worshipped – and enjoyed A Ukrainian Christmas Celebration at St Edmundsbury Cathedral last Friday (6th January). It was a time for the Ukrainian Community to celebrate Christmas with Ukrainian liturgy (Vespers) and carols and traditions for themselves (there…
The Name of Jesus
Could Jesus be an influencer if he was around these days – and, of course, on social media? At first glance, the answer seems to be ‘yes’. Jesus would claim specialised knowledge, authority, and insight in his niche area which might ‘influence’ people. Followers…
The Fourth Sunday of Advent
Maybe the current freezing conditions have triggered some long dormant neurons to fire and warm me with thoughts of an Australian Christmas. I had a similar moment when thinking of an Advent or Christmas song for the ELCE Advent and Christmas SongFest online at…
The Third Sunday of Advent
Yep, I smiled when I read it. ‘The adult version of “Head, shoulders, knees, and toes” is “Wallet, glasses, keys, and phone”.’ I hadn’t come across this one before – or I’d forgotten if I had! Yes, it’s quite a way from nursery songs…
The Second Sunday of Advent
We are aware, I think, of the term ‘cultural appropriation’ whereby someone adopts something from another culture to which they have no right for personal gain or status or simply because they are more able or powerful and can simply do so. This might…
The First Sunday of Advent
We have been reading our way through Revelation – that last book of the Bible that can generate many questions and strong feelings – at Redeemer and also during Compline. Everyone seems to know that Martin Luther wasn’t a fan (“my spirit cannot accommodate…
The Last Sunday of the Church Year
I hadn’t come across the quote before – from Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), the Russian nuclear physicist who gave Russia the bomb and who later was an activist for disarmament, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975 but suffering imprisonment and all sorts of hardships…
The Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
Message given at the cenotaph at Mildenhall We live in an age of the influencer, the celebrity, social media, the promotion of self – and, it seems, the goal of living is getting the most one can by any means possible – and hence…
The Festival of All Saints
The headlines have been blaring out economic forecasts about the future based on decisions made now and in the recent past. As with the pandemic it is not so much that we are in the same boat but the same storm because the economic…