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SERMONS
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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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Candlemas: sharing vulnerability
31 Jan 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Malachi 3:1-5, Psalm 24:1-6, Hebrews 2:14-end; Luke 2:22-40 As many of you will...
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Epiphany: Tonight will be fine, for a while.
24 Jan 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Genesis 14:17-20, Revelation 19:6-10, John 2:1-11 On Fridays, if it’s a good...
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Epiphany: time to worship
17 Jan 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: 1 Samuel 3.1-10, Psalm 139:1-5, 12-18, Revelation 5:1-10, John 1:43-end If you’re...
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Epiphany loneliness
10 Jan 2021 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Matthew 2:1-12 In TS Eliot’s best poem, near the end, he meets a ‘familiar...
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Christmas: Time
27 Dec 2020 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Isaiah 61:10-62:3, Galatians 4:4-7, Luke 2:15-21 The poem that summarises how I...
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Christmas Morning: Interested Love
25 Dec 2020 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: The Angels appear to the Shepherds There is an episode of Friends , the most...
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Midnight Mass: Just a Cosmic Word
24 Dec 2020 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: John 1:1-14 In the Beginning was the Word. For me this immediately conjures in my...
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Carols in the Garden: Courage
24 Dec 2020 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus Green Courage. It can take many forms. There’s courage that’s prepared to take risks. To brave...
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Christmas Carols: Tiny, Hidden Things
20 Dec 2020 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus Green Tiny hidden things. Everything begins with tiny hidden things. The paralysis and trial of...
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Advent: Like President Trump speaking at a feminism conference
20 Dec 2020 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16, Romans 16:25-end, Luke 1:26-38 My first job in the army,...
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Advent: where Memory meets Hope
6 Dec 2020 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Isaiah 40 1-11; Psalm 85:8-13; 2 Peter 3.8-15a; Mark 1.1-8 Advent is the season...
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Advent Sunday: Active Waiting
29 Nov 2020 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Isaiah 64.1-9, Psalm 80:1-8, 1 Corinthians 1.3-9, Mark 13.24-37 You have a gift....
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Christ the King: Oaths of Allegiance
22 Nov 2020 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: Ezekiel 34.11-16,20-24, Psalm 95.1-7, Ephesians 1.15-23, Matthew 25.31-46 If...
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Perfect love casts out fear
15 Nov 2020 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: 1 Thessalonians 5.1-11, Matthew 25.14-30 Today’s Gospel is the vindication of...
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Remembrance Sunday: Friendship is Theological
8 Nov 2020 We are cutting against the grain at the moment. We are told constantly that we must cut out everything that is not essential....
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Thanksgiving for the life of Ann Fell
2 Nov 2020 Sermon by the Revd Dr Brutus GreenReadings: John 1 Anne is at home. She’s at home here in St Margaret’s, surrounded by...
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