Wednesday 21 st January 2026 1 Samuel 17 , Mark 3: 1-6   May I speak in the name of the living God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen   I see from my diary that I preached here on Wednesday 22 nd January 2025 — on the Gospel reading Mark 3: 1-6, today’s reading, the man with the withered arm. On Sundays we are used to a three year cycle before the readings come back again – but this has come round rather quickly. I don’t flatter myself that you’ll remember what I said a yea

11 th January 2026 Rev Sarah Curl Or at least, that’s what we say.But if we’re honest, times like this often bring a mixture of excitement and anxiety, hope and uncertainty, all held together at once. When I moved here to Putney in 2023, I knew no one. I had heard and trusted God’s voice, and I had followed that call, but when I arrived, I was alone. My family were still in Somerset, and here I was, stepping into something completely new. I remember those early days vividly.

The word "Apology" has changed meaning. In ye olde days it simply meant "a defence", or "an argument supporting". Below are my last sermons on 4 January 2026, thanking St Margaret's for their confidence in my ministry and partnership in the Gospel and praying for their future flourishing. I would like to begin by sharing the vicarage's favourite joke: There are three cows in a field: pardon, pardon-pardon and pardon-pardon-pardon. Pardon-pardon and pardon-pardon-pardon leave

by the Revd Dr Brutus Green ‘Hell is empty. And all the devils are here.’ A line from Shakespeare’s Tempest.   You can hear an echo in the Italian writer Gramsci, who was recently quoted by Rutger Bregman, who memorably called President Trump: the most openly corrupt president in American history, which was then awkwardly edited out by the BBC, who are never completely sure which direction they are facing. Gramsci wrote: ‘The old world is dying and the new world struggles to