4 responses to “Sermon – 27 February 2005”
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Re: Sermon – 27 February 2005
It is people like you who we should be electing as Bishops!
People of faith, who have a kind, decent and honest heart.
People of courage, who are prepared to speak out and stand firm against prejudices of all kinds.
St Saviour's congregation are fortunate to have you, and have grown in faith because of you.
The Scottish Episcopal Church is extremely fortunate to have you.
The Anglican communion must also recognise how fortunate they are to have good Christian people like you!Jesus turns no one away – we have no right to either
I hope that you will continue to help us grow, in the faith that we all proclaim to have.
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Re: Sermon – 27 February 2005
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Re: Sermon – 27 February 2005
Our friend Skintbuthappy has put my thoughts perfectly so I have nothing as beautifully put to add other than in reply to this commentJesus turns nobody away, why should we?
That, in my opinion is the whole point. This is what we read all through the New Testament, this is what all the parables underline. No-one is excluded and we mere mortals have no right to do otherwise or indeed to make judgement.
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Recently I took a funeral at the local crem. It was of a cross gender woman much loved by all who knew her. The crem was full, many of them from the community of gay and cross gender folk locally. They had asked me to do it ( I had employed one of the mourners) The congregation–really hard up most of them,many had really limited education. I found myself wanting to weep…not for the dead. ..that was their job but because the church had lost them all. We don’t do God one of them had said. Why did they want me? I had been kind…
They said, you know about God..you can talk to him. Yes I endured pop songs at odd places in the rite no hymns or psalms…but of course I prayed and of course I talked. There was only one message, God loves all of you…it is the only message…but where have we been? He eats with tax collectors and sinners, he mixed with all people showing equal love to all. What have we let happen?
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