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2019/03/31 By Barry Leave a Comment

Lost things

 Every three years I have the opportunity to override the Lectionary and preach on something dear to me. I realize I can override the Lectionary any Sunday I choose but this Sunday, the fourth Sunday in Lent for Year C, I almost feel I have to. The Gospel lesson in the Lectionary is Luke 15:1-3, […]

Filed Under: Lent, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: father, find, finding, found, Lent, Lent 4, lost, lost boy, lost coin, lost sheep, lost son, preaching, sermons, shepherd, woman

2014/08/12 By Barry Leave a Comment

Who’s a preacher? What’s a sermon?

This Sunday we spent some time working out what exactly a preacher is, who is preacher and what is a sermon. It was fun. The sermons were drawn from our Gospel lesson and revolve around the age old question, how do people hear something unless someone tells it to them? There was an opportunity to […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year A Tagged With: all preachers, preaching, sermons, what is a sermon?, who is a preacher?

2013/09/22 By Barry Leave a Comment

Politics? Yes I went there, but not how you might have thought

I know, I know, I know. The two topics you should never talk about are religion and politics. Now I am more or less forced to talk about the former but to bring the latter in too  . . . well, what was I thinking? What I was thinking, was a slightly different take on […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: 1 Timothy 2:1-2, godly, holy, peaceful, preaching, quiet, sermons

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