Remembrance Sunday
My grandfather wasn’t a hero, he didn’t hate foreigners, and he wasn’t a psychopath. But on 5th October, 1915, the day after his 21st birthday, he signed up as a private in the Queen’s Westminster Rifles to fight in the First World War.
All Souls
I was in a helicopter flying over mountain ranges in Kosovo. My father was alongside me. Also alongside were relatives from other bereaved families.
All Saints Day
Have you ever met someone who you thought was holy or even a saint? Following this last week in British political and national life it seems hardly surprising that we have all grown a little wary of those who set themselves up as role models or representatives of virtue.
Every Saint has a Past and Every Sinner a Future
Duration: 15.35
Recorded on: 5 November 2017
File Size: 14.2MB
The Last Sunday after Trinity
Four weeks after my ordination as a deacon I knocked on the door of a family who were mourning the loss of their father. This was to be the second funeral I’d ever taken.
I May Not Get There With You
Duration: 18:29
Recorded on: 29 October 2017
File Size: 16.9MB
Give to God the Things that are God’s
Duration: 18:29
Recorded on: 22 October 2017
File Size: 16.9MB
The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
When I reflected upon todays reading I realised there are plenty of things to say about what it means to give the Emperor those things due to the Emperor. But then I suppose it depends on who at this present moment you think the Emperor is.
St Luke / The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
It is so good to be with you all this morning, especially during the ‘Just as I am’ disability conference. Today marks the start of my sabbatical and what a way to start it.