This is a reflection based on the road to Emmaus story from Luke's gospel (Luke 24:13-31). A few years ago, I was lucky enough to got to Buckingham Palace. Sadly, it wasn’t to receive my OBE but rather to go to the Queen’s Gallery! We went to see a fascinating exhibition of photographs from 20th … Continue reading The intangible presence

Some of you may know the old hymn, “Tell me the old, old story”, a great favourite of Sunday Schools of yesteryear! One of the great challenges about Easter for preachers, and perhaps all Christians, is that it is always the same old story. It’s the same story each year about Jesus, the cross and … Continue reading Easter: same old, same old

This is the sermon I preached today at North Watford on Palm Sunday. It drew both on the set reading for today, Matthew’s account of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21: 1-11), and a passages from the letter of James: James 3:2-12. In a few minutes we shall sing one of the most well-known and … Continue reading “How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire!”