Luke 1:26-38 – Finding the miracle in the mess

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here There is something profoundly moving, I think, about God’s visitation into Mary’s life and her call to bear the Christ-child into the world. In verse 28, the angel Gabriel says to Mary, “Greetings,...

Luke 2:1-12 – God for the marginalised

You can download this sermon as a Word document here In a few minutes time, before we take Communion, we will say together the Lord’s Prayer, which ends with the words, ‘The kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen’. The great declaration that...

Luke 2:1-14 – The pursuit of peace

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here If we had to relate one word to the Christmas message, I wonder what it would be? There’s quite a few possibilities, I suppose: we might choose ‘Joy’, or ‘Celebration’, or ‘Wonder’. But probably high up...

Luke 2:8-20 – Angels and shepherds praising God

I remember when I was 12 years old and I got my first guitar. Prior to then, I had to fiddle around on a friends’ guitar whenever he let me. But at 12, I got my own: it had a crack in it, the strings were so rusty they made my fingers bleed and the strap was an old...

Luke 2:21-40 – Available to God

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here It’s been good, over the last few months to be working through this series of sermons called ‘Living Faith. We have learnt much together about what it means to exhibit the qualities and characteristics...

Luke 2:22-40 – Doubt, Joy, and Living the Gift

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here It’s funny how, sometimes, Christian wisdom comes in the most unlikeliest packages, isn’t it? I remember when I was in my late-teens, a very young Christian, I used to do Prison Visiting once a month...