Sermons

There is a promise in our faith that is so appealing, fulfilling – to live in the full freedom of Love – the Love that is real. A love that is so attractive that part of us thinks, ‘is it too good to be true?’…

‘But suddenly, at the edge of her mind, Religion appeared, poor little talkative Christianity, and she knew that all its divine words from ‘Let there be light’ to ‘It is finished’ only amounted to “boum”‘. So reflects Mrs Moore in EM Forster’s novel, A Passage to India…

May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be always acceptable in the sight of the Lord, our strength and our redeemer. Amen.

Just over six weeks ago here in this very space, and in churches throughout the world the faithful gathered to receive the sign of the cross in ash…

Have you ever craved a vacation from your own mind and thoughts? Or perhaps, a flip top head, so you can soak your aching brain in a bucket of soluble aspirin? If you answered yes to either of those, you’re likely to understand Norwegian Bishop, Erik Varden, who is convinced “we are addicted to distraction”.

I wonder what, if anything, each of you have decided to do to mark Lent? I know many people have a standard Lenten discipline which they find fruitful. Equally, I am someone who changes practices each Lent, rarely choosing to do the same thing and using it instead as a time to experiment with new ways to pay deeper attention to my spiritual life and to God…

Lilly and the Wave arrived in the nave of the cathedral in the middle of last week.  If you haven’t yet had a chance to look at this community art installation, let me encourage you to do so before you leave this morning.  Put simply, the story that has inspired it begins…