27 September 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity Revd Jonathan Cain Numbers 11. 4-6, 10-16, 24-29; Mark 9. 38-end Until two years ago most of my working life was spent as a contractor in and around the UK Water Industry. During 23 years there was a lot of change, not least in procurement practice. As the water companies…
20 September 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Revd James Turnbull Jeremiah 11. 18-20; Mark 9. 30-37; Mark 8. 27-end A story is told of an incumbent who had been in post in the same parish for a number of years. He began to notice, on regular reading of his Church Times, that a number of…
13 September 2015 16:30 Evensong Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity Revd Jonathan Cain Exodus 18:13-26; Matthew 7:1-14 I don’t suppose any of us missed the news that on Wednesday this week Queen Elizabeth overtook her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, to become Britain’s longest reigning monarch … but I wonder how many of you knew that Wednesday was also National…
13 September 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity Revd Simon Cowling Isaiah 50. 4-9a; Mark 8. 27-end I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; There is a story in the Old Testament Second Book of Samuel which gives some insight into…
06 September 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Louis della-Porta Isaiah 35 4-7a; Mark 7. 24-end May our hearts, Lord, be opened to receive your love. May our minds be open to hear your word. Amen. Isaiah is shouting out loud and clear – Courage, do not be afraid, Look your God is coming,…
30 August 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity Revd Simon Cowling Deuteronomy 4.1-2 & 6-9; Mark 7. 1-8, 14-15, & 21-23 What is a map? If you are a keen walker you might think first of an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, its wealth of detail giving a very clear depiction on paper of…
The Rector Bolton Abbey Parish Magazine September 2015 I was a stranger and you welcomed me Sunday 13 September is Racial Justice Sunday. This year Churches Together in Britain and Ireland are encouraging Christians to reflect on the theme Hospitality and Sanctuary for All at a time when war and persecution, famine, environmental degradation, and…
23 August 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist Twelfth Sunday after Trinity Revd Jonathan Cain Ephesians 6. 10-20; John 6. 56-69 “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe that you are the Holy One of God.” The Gospel-writer puts these words on the lips of Peter, following the departure of…
16 August 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist Eleventh Sunday after Trinity Revd Simon Cowling< Ephesians 5. 15-20; John 6. 51-58 I’m beginning with poetry this morning. I hope you all have sight of the poem Agnus Dei, by R S Thomas. Here it is: Agnus Dei No longer the Lamb but the idea of it. Can…
02 August 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist Ninth Sunday after Trinity Louis della-Porta Lord, may our hearts and minds be open to receive your word. Amen. In this morning’s gospel, the crowd are chasing Jesus, hungry for something to believe in. Keen for a sign, Jesus tells them; ‘you must believe in the one he has sent .…