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Ministry of the Word – 6 March 2005
I?m not preaching this morning ? there is a baptism in church which takes the place of the sermon today. However, for anyone looking for a reflection on this morning?s readings, here is a little Bible study on the three readings. First let us look at the old testament reading. The calling of David the…
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Responses to sermon
Many thanks to all those who have contacted me in response to last week’s sermon. I’ve been astonished by the generosity and warmth represented by e-mails from people all over North America, as well as by the cards and messages from people more locally. Here are a few typical responses: From Liz in the US…
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We are beloved daughters and sons
From an address given by the theologian Jane Williams on 25 February 2005. “We are God’s beloved daughters and sons, and we must not be tempted to let anything destabilize that central fact of our being. From that certainty, we can reach out to each other, and we can stand against darkness, and hinder it.”…
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Subtext
The music behind the words of last Sunday’s sermon was a hymn attributed to Hugh Bourne, the founder of the Primitive Methodist Movement. (It was also used in a production at the National Theatre some time ago). The idea of Jesus walking through Britain is the same basic stuff that is in Blake’s Jerusalem. At…
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Cookery tip of the day
Do not confuse bicarbonate of soda with baking powder.
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Feedback
Many thanks to those who have taken the trouble to comment on yesterday’s sermon, either on this blog or by e-mail. I’m particularly grateful for those from people I’ve never met, including several in the US and Canada. In order to facilitate feedback, I’ve added a comment box which can be found via the “Contact…
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Sermon – 27 February 2005
Our Gospel story this morning takes us to a particular time and place. It takes us to a town known, as Bridge of Allan was once known, for its water. Jacob?s Well. And here, in the ridiculous heat of the day, comes a woman, to draw water at the well, Jacob?s well. And, there is…
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Primates' meeting
I’m still trying to make some sense of the decision of the Anglican Primates’ to punish the US and Canadian churches. (And not any of the African ones whose bishops have been crossing boundaries that they shouldn’t have crossed). To say that the outcome of the meeting in Northern Ireland is a disappointment is an…
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Shrinking world
I’ve been experimenting with internet telephony. Just had three calls online through the computer. Can now call regular telephone lines as well as other geeks with headsets and broadband. Calls are free between computers and very cheap to real telephones. The strange thing is that calls to other countries cost the same as calls to…
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Ode – Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy
[The first verse of this was used at the end of a discussion day in Perth that I was a speaker at recently. I decided to look up the rest of it.] WE are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers,…