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SERMONS
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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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Palm Sunday: Meditations on the Cross
28 Mar 2021 Introduction The Stations of the Cross are usually, as is the case this evening, accompanied by the singing of the Stabat...
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Passion Sunday: 1944/2021
21 Mar 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Jeremiah 31:31-34, Psalm 51.1-13, Hebrews 5.5-10, John 12.20-33 In preparation...
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Mothering Sunday: On experience
14 Mar 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: 1 Samuel 1:20-end,Psalm 127:1-4, 2Corinthians 1:3-7, Luke 2:33-35 Experience...
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Lent 3: Master of my Fate, Captain of my Soul
7 Mar 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Genesis 17.1-7, 15-16 Psalm 22.23-31 Romans 4.13-end Mark 8.31-end You will...
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Lent 2: Theology of the Cross
28 Feb 2021 Sermon preached by Anne East Readings: Genesis 17.1-7, 15-16 Psalm 22.23-31 Romans 4.13-end Mark 8.31-end When my friend...
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Lent 1: Anastasis
21 Feb 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Genesis 9.8-17 Psalm 25.1-9 1 Peter 3.18-end, Mark 1.9-15 The late Bishop of...
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Ash Wednesday: Have a Woody Allen Lent
17 Feb 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Isaiah 58.1-12, Psalm 51.1-18, 2 Corinthians 5.20b-6.10, Matthew 6.1-6, 16-21...
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The Secret
14 Feb 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: 2 Kings 2.1-12, Psalm 50.1-6, 2 Corinthians 4.3-6, Mark 9.2-9 Who is Jesus? And...
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De Profundis - Out of the Depths
7 Feb 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: proverbs 8.1, 22-31; Psalm 104.26-37; Colossians 1.15-20; John 1.1-14 Around...
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