Sermons

The Baptism of Christ

It’s a very unflattering photo.  A little girl stands scowling into the camera; with a Cadbury cream egg in each hand.  It must be Easter, because in 1979 eggs couldn’t be purchased all year round.  The chocolate is perhaps a gift to encourage a smile.  Or the only… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 13th January 2013

Mattins 6 Jan 2013

Piscine Patel re-fashions his name to overcome playground bullying.  He identifies himself with the mathematical constant “Pi” – an irrational number, whose decimal representation never ends.  The abbreviation to 3.14159 serves a practical purpose; the representative va… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 6th January 2013

Christmas Day

Christmas will be different for the families of the children of Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown Connecticut – whether their children died in the massacre or escaped.  Christmas will be different for the families of the teachers and school staff who were killed: Dawn Hochsprung; Ma… Read more

Sermon by Christopher Hill on Tuesday 25th December 2012