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SERMONS
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Easter: The light shines in the darkness
15 May 2022 One of the most famous lines in the Bible – The apex of the Midnight Mass service: The light shines in the darkness, and the...
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Easter: Can you hear the tide – always falling and rising?
8 May 2022 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Acts 9:36-end; Psalm 23; Revelation 7:9-end; John 10:22-30 I am the daughter of...
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Easter: the Horror!
17 Apr 2022 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus Green ‘Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.’ Easter is a...
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Easter Vigil: Honest to God
16 Apr 2022 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus Green ‘In my end is my beginning’ The inscription at the place where the poet TS Eliot is...
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Good Friday: Honesty in Society
15 Apr 2022 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus Green Imagine a Ukrainian soldier driving a tank to the outskirts of say Mariupol. She meets a...
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Maundy Thursday: Honesty in Friendship
14 Apr 2022 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus Green Each year I try to impress upon us the benefit of moving through these services in Holy...
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Palm Sunday - CONFLICT
10 Apr 2022 The central theme of Luke’s account of Jesus is about conflict. From Simeon prophesying over the baby Jesus at the beginning...
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Passion Sunday: Unconventional Christianity
4 Apr 2022 Christianity is unconventional. This is tricky because, on the face of it, the Church of England, seems about as conventional...
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Lent 3: Telling the Stories of God
20 Mar 2022 Today’s readings are a catalogue of disasters. As Paul rather casually notes “God was not pleased with most of them, and they...
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Lent 1: The Lord be with you.
6 Mar 2022 The Lord be with you. A friend, who I’ve since lost touch with, put a photo on Facebook a couple of weeks ago of myself with...
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Ash Wednesday: Buried Treasure
2 Mar 2022 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Psalm 51:1-18'; 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10; John 8:1-11 ‘Where...
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Transfiguration
27 Feb 2022 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Exodus 34:29-end; Psalm 99; 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2; Luke 9:28-36 I bought...
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Faith's Sticking Points
13 Feb 2022 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Jeremiah 17:5-10, Psalm 1; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26 Ten years ago I...
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Accession Day: Love the Brethren. Fear God. Honour the King
6 Feb 2022 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: 1 Peter 2:11-17, Matthew 22:16-22 Before coming to St Margaret’s, as most of you...
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Epiphany Carols: Gifts and Anxiety
30 Jan 2022 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus Green We had a total fail this Christmas. Didn’t send Christmas cards, except to the PCC. Didn’t...
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Candlemas: Step onto the Bridge
30 Jan 2022 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Malachi 3:1-5, Psalm 24:7-end, Hebrews 2:14-end, Luke 2:22-40 Who is a funeral...
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Woe to you, hypocrites!
16 Jan 2022 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Isaiah 43:1-7; Psalm 29; Acts 8:14-17; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 There are certain...
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Epiphany: The Unexpected Guest
9 Jan 2022 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:10-15'; Ephesians 3:1-12; Matthew 2:1-12 I recently read a...
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Boxing Day
26 Dec 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: 2 Chronicles 24:20-22; Psalm 119:161-168; Acts 7:51-end; Matt 10:17-22 It goes...
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Christmas Day: Surprises!
25 Dec 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Isaiah 62:6-end; Psalm 97; Titus 3:4-7; Luke 2:8-20 Christmas is about surprises....
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