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SERMONS
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Take baptisms like they're life and death. Take funerals like they're death and life.
1 Aug 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Exodus 16:2-4, 9-13, Psalm 78; Ephesians 4:1-16; John 6:24-35 Funerals have become...
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St Margaret's Day
18 Jul 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Isaiah 43:1-7; Psalm 91; Revelation 12: Matthew 5:1-12 Today is, first and...
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On Baptism
11 Jul 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Amos 7:7-15; Psalm 85; Ephesians 3:1-14; Mark 6:14-29 It’s a chilling reminder – ...
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Thanksgiving on the Anniversary of the National Health Service
4 Jul 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Ecclesiasticus 38:1-9, Psalm 147:1-12, Revelation 22:1-5, Luke 10:29-37 To meet...
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Saint Peter and Saint Paul: Vocation
27 Jun 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Acts 12:1-11, Psalm 125, 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18, Matthew 16:13-19 God is calling...
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Riders on the Storm
22 Jun 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Job 38:1-11, Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32, 2 Corinthians 6:1-13, Mark 4:35-41 The Lord...
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God's Costume Drama
13 Jun 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Ezekiel 17:22-24, 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, Mark 4:26-34 We’ve recently had the...
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Familiarity Breeds Contempt
6 Jun 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Genesis 3:8-15, Psalm 138, 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1, Mark 3:20-end Familiarity...
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Corpus Christi
3 Jun 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Genesis 14:18-20, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, John 6:51-58 This week the Church...
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Trinity Sunday
30 May 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Isaiah 6.1-8, Psalm 29, Romans 8:12-17, John 3:1-17 Traditionally Trinity Sunday...
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State of the Parish Address, Pentecost
23 May 2021 George Herbert’s poem for Whitsun begins: Listen sweet Dove unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me; Hatching...
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Desire Lines
16 May 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Acts 1:15-17, 1 John 5:9-13, John 17:6-19 No one tells you when you’re young, or...
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Ascension: Forces of Attraction
13 May 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Acts 1:1-11; Luke 24:44-end Some years ago, before children stole my life, I was...
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"You did not choose me, but I chose you."
9 May 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: 1John 5:1-6, John 15:9-17 ‘You did not choose me but I chose you’. These words are...
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God is an Action
2 May 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: 1John 4:7-end; John 15:1-8 Oberon, our two-year-old, has for some time spent some...
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"I am the Good Shepherd"
25 Apr 2021 Sermon by Hilary BeldenReadings: Acts 4:5-12, Psalm 23, 1John 3:16-end, John 10:11-18 I am the good shepherd – one of the...
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First Mass of Easter
3 Apr 2020 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus Green "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” One of the most famous opening lines...
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Good Friday
2 Apr 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus Green John’s Passion should surprise us. It is not like the other Gospels. If we look closely,...
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Maundy Thursday
1 Apr 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus Green The hour has come. The Gospel first talked about ‘the hour’ in chapter 2, way back at the...
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Spy Wednesday
31 Mar 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Isaiah 50:4-9, Hebrews 12:1-3, John 13:21-32 Sometimes called Holy Wednesday or...
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