Sermons

A parable about unemployed day labourers becomes a case for training up ordinary people for ministry — without burning out the ones who already show up.

Twenty-five years on from 9/11, still trapped between an angry sea and old enemies, and still asked to accept a mercy that plays no favourites.

When grief and loss make no sense, scripture’s oldest protest offers not answers, but a God who weeps beside us.

On the first Feast of Creation, this sermon asks whether a wounded world might still be a window into the grieving heart of God.

Peter begged Jesus to avoid the coming disaster. Paul offers something braver: how to live with love, courage and beauty when there’s no escape.

A footballers’ scandal, a call to sober judgment, and an uncomfortable question: how much of this culture do we all help sustain?

Kindred is beautiful – and it always draws a line (usually without realising). A sermon on Joseph, Jesus, and grace beyond the boundary.

Modern slavery, a half-hearted rescue, and a sinking disciple: a sermon on what makes a response to injustice faithful, not just felt.

Paul grieves for Israel rather than standing apart in judgement – and asks what it would cost us to stop pointing the finger only outward.

Mary and Elizabeth welcome each other with nothing to prove. A funeral homily on hospitality, vulnerability, and receiving favour.

When grief leaves us wordless and a hard parable unsettles us, Jesus promises that nothing – not even death – can separate us from God’s love.

We don’t need a stairway to heaven. We need eyes to see it already here, in nature, in the body, in ordinary life.