2nd Sunday of Advent – Cry out in the Wilderness
The voice of one crying out in the wilderness. Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
As a recurrent theme, the wilderness expresses hardship and testing in unyielding and often dangerous surroundings; and it is also a place where transformation can take place, where the old can be discarded and the new can be taken on and practiced. And now it is we who are called upon to be the pilgrim people who journey together through the wilderness in search of our destination, in search of our true home.
Recent Sermons
Making right choices – Trinity 17 2023
In today’s Gospel we have a series of comparisons, power vs authority, faith vs deceit, words vs deeds, trust as opposed to cynicism. And there is also a warning, that actions speak far, far louder than all the words in the world.
It is all part of Matthew’s continuing theme where the first shall be last, at least those counted first by worldly standards, and the last, first.
Finding contentment – Trinity 16 – 2023
The parable in today’s gospel is usually called ‘The Labourers in the Vineyard’. On the face of it, we are told a fairly simple but slightly odd story about an employer who seems to have some difficulty with identifying how many workers he actually needs to bring in the harvest on his land.
Larry Doherty – poet- same mistake twice
The poem comes from ‘the state of us’ a first collection of poetry by Larry Doherty – ISBN: 978-1-5272-7173-9. Larry Doherty’s debut collection of poetry is eclectic, nuanced and powerful. It reflects his thoughts and feelings on life in these challenging, turbulent, watershed times.