• If I had just one more sermon to preach…

    During Lent, members of the clergy at St Mary’s are giving addresses at Choral Evensong on the theme “If I had just one more sermon to preach…”

    Here’s mine:

    In the name of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.

    If I had just one more sermon to preach, I’d tell people that God loved them.

    The truth is, (more…)

4 responses to “Sermon preached on Lammas Day – 1 August 2010”

  1. Stewart Avatar

    I would have thought that someone with your Yorkshire heritage would have found a way of weaving Yorkshiire Day into your sermon.

    1. kelvin Avatar

      When in Rome…

  2. Elizabeth Avatar
    Elizabeth

    I didn’t get a chance to mention it yesterday, but I enjoyed this sermon very much.

  3. […] and doing something positive with them, I also think that won’t satisfy some people. I did a harvest sermon at Lammastide, (the real Scottish harvest festival which celebrated first-fruits) and then we picked up and ran […]

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