Words from Ian J. Burgess
https://open.spotify.com/episode/485B1CAsxowiqhJCh9xm2M?si=f57af0d97b4d41fb 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C - Preached at St Matthew's Carver Street Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29Psalm 68Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24aLuke 14:1, 7-14 Brothers and sisters I am the last person to teach anyone about humility. I still get annoyed when I am assigned a serving role that I don't want to do. I… Continue reading The spirits of the righteous made perfect
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7jybs0MjNvNez9aL4a50rS?si=obfEcGa5TU-rM17qKxzQMQ Advent III Year C - Preached at St Matthew’s Carver Street Zephaniah 3:14-18Isaiah 12Philippians 4:4-7Luke 3:10-18 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. We do not suffer in a world short of those willing to tell us what we should do. “Pet a cat… Continue reading He preached Good News to the people
Maundy Thursday Exodus 12:1-14, Psalm 78:15-26, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, John 13:1-15 In many of the liturgies for celebrating Holy Communion used in the worldwide church, including the form typically used in this congregation, at the conclusion of the prayer of Consecration, the Celebrant proclaims "Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us" with the people responding… Continue reading The Sacrifice which Saves and Sanctifies
Fourth Sunday in Lent 2 Chronicles 36:14-23, Psalm 122, Ephesians 2:1-10, John 6:1-15 Where I grew up, and this may be true here as well, two events loom large in our collective unconscious: The First and Second world wars. Each year on the 11th of November we stop everything we are doing at 11am and… Continue reading You Can Go Home
Last Sunday of Epiphany 1 Kings 19:9-18, Psalm 27, 2 Peter 1:13-21, Mark 9:2-9 If I were to make up a religion designed to make people be better than they are otherwise disposed to be, a religion that extolled selflessness, patience, courage, holiness, peaceableness, rule-following, cooperation, and all the other virtues necessary to a good, flourishing,… Continue reading This isn’t made up
Fourth Sunday of Epiphany Deuteronomy 18:15-22, Psalm 111, 1 Corinthians 8:1-13, Mark 1:21-28 I have to confess this morning something which has plagued my mind of late. I think I might be an Atheist. Or functionally one at least. Atheist These habits of prayer and devotion that clearly come naturally to him are not unfamiliar… Continue reading Not A Problem We Can Solve
Fourth Sunday in Advent 2 Samuel 7:1-17, Psalm 132:(1-7) 8-19, Romans 16:25-27, Luke 1:26-38 When the people of God rejected God as their King and chose instead to have a human king like other nations, God in perhaps one of the most perplexing moments in Old Testament history, accepts their request. Dissatisfied with the unreliable… Continue reading Made Ready By Hope
Christ The King Sunday Ezekiel 34:11-20, Psalm 95, 1 Corinthians 15:20-28, Matthew 25:31-46 Shortly before he is betrayed, abandoned, despised, stripped, scourged, and nailed to a cross; Jesus tells his disciples that when the Son of Man comes in glory he will separate people one from another. He will look to the deeds of each… Continue reading The King’s Judgement
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost -Proper 21 Ezekiel 18:1-4,25-32, Psalm 25:1-14, Philippians 2:1-13, Matthew 21:28-32 On the first of April 1990 a riot began in the Chapel of Strangeways Prison in Manchester England. Within an hour the inmates had taken control of the entire jail and the guards fled. They broke through the roof and stood… Continue reading Friend Of Tax Collectors And Prostitutes
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost -Proper 16 Isaiah 51:1-6 Psalm 138 Romand 11:25-36 Matthew 16:13-20 One comforting lie we like to tell ourselves is that in a time of adversity and great trial we will band together, set aside petty differences, and rise above those things which keep us divided and discordant. Amongst British people this… Continue reading Confess Jesus As The Christ And Be Saved
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