• 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 “New Year Predictions for 2018”

  1. Clifford Piper Avatar
    Clifford Piper

    I have joined the Society of Grey Beard Bikers so the beard will have to stay.

    1. Kelvin Avatar

      I have no objection to your beard, Father.

  2. Cyril Orme Avatar
    Cyril Orme

    No 4. I must be to the fore as I have 2 cameras that you know use real film.

  3. Meg Rosenfeld Avatar
    Meg Rosenfeld

    You may be right–and I hope you are–about film (which I use, and have had increasing difficulty in finding a place willing to develop it); here in San Francisco, there’s been a resurgence of interest in vinyl records.

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