Year: 2012
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Christmas Eve Sermon : The Power of Words.
The Power of Words, written for Christmas Eve. I’ve uploaded it before the service (which is at 11:30), because I won’t have time afterwards! Enjoy! Readings :Isaiah 52:7-10, Hebrews 1:1-4 [5-12] John 1:1-14 Sermon : The Power of the Word
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SimCity 3000 and PlayOnLinux (Wine)
Having just spent some time trying to get some old games working under linux, I managed to get SimCity 3000 working with PlayOnLinux. It will install using the installer provided quite happily, and then tell you that it won’t run because of security protections. If you change the Wine version to 1.5.18, it runs quite…
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The Kingdom of God is Exactly nothing Like Ankh-Morpork
The Kingdom of God is exactly nothing like Ankh-Morpork – A Sermon for Christ the King Sunday Kingdom of God is exactly nothing like Ankh-Morpork
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Blank Page
Blank Page. There is a blank page, Where there should be verse, Empty space where there should be emotion, The words refusing to obey the crafter. There is a blank page, Stared at, begging to be filled, While hearts break, while emotions tumble, Yet nothing fits the meter.
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Church of England Votes Against Women Bishops
The Synod of the Church of England has voted against allowing women Bishops. Interestingly, however, it’s not the Clergy, or the Bishops that are against this move. It’s the Laity. That is, the people in the pews. They were the house that voted against it. The “yes” got 64% of the votes. There was only…
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This Too Shall Pass
This too shall pass They say that this too shall pass, The pain and the grief, The long sleepless nights. They say that this too shall pass, That the birds will sing again, That there will be sunshine,
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Rememberance Sunday.
This is my sermon for Rememberence Sunday. We Will Remember Them. Michah 4:-15, James 3:13-18, John 15:9-13,16-17 Rememberence Day- Ethics Of War
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Cobwebs and Peace
Cobwebs and Peace Aged hands, gently weave, sat on hard-backed chair, practised hands create cobwebbed beauty. Scarfed tied firmly against the gentle cold, Her bright-life filled eyes smile through olive-skinned face, The lace her fingers create weave through her life, A memory of peace-filled longing for a simpler time, To simply be. Carved wooden bobbins…
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Her
Her? I thought she was gone, Out of my memories for ever, And then I saw her reflection in the glass. No, not her reflection, but someone very much like her, And then it all came back, The pain, the joy, the laughter, The way that she used to smile, to stand, No, this was…
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Sermons – It’s all Collen’s Fault
This is part of several sermons that should have been put up ages ago, but as those of you that are regular readers may have noticed, I’ve not been on top of that. So, here for those of you that want to read it, the sermon entitled Its All Collens Fault ~Bx
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Sir, We Would See Jesus.
This sermon… confuses me. I wrote it, sure, but I don’t know what it means. By that, I mean, that I don’t know what message I was going for, and, more to the point, I don’t know what message it has. The thing that really confuses me is that I’m going to preach it. Probably…
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Do You Want to Be a Hero?
Today’s Sermon. I know that I’ve been a bit slow on updating my sermons here, but I’m going to try and get back into the habit of doing it. So, here is the one for today. The readings for today are : Isaiah 35:4-7a, James 2:1-10 [11-13] 14-17, Mark 7:24-37 DoYouWantToBeAHero-Sermon This was an interesting…
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Another Take on the Flood Story in Genesis
*Another Take on the Flood Story in Genesis* For a long time, the story of the flood in Genesis has been a source of theological problems for most theologians. On the face of it, it essentially shows God getting annoyed with the world, and drowning them en-masse apart from Noah and his family. I’ve been…
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Church In Wales Review Report
Today, the 20th of July, 2012, a group of three experts have delivered a report to the Church In Wales that is full of over 50 recommendations on how the Church In Wales can modernise itself in order to survive for the future. The Report can be found here As a Priest, newly ordained in…
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My Crime was Simply To be – A poem
My Crime was Simply To be We walked the earth with everyone else. We spoke to them, We comforted them. We told them of God’s Grace; of God’s Love. We tried to show them the truth of what they already knew. They were afraid. Afraid of change. Afraid of being lost. And in that fear…