In our evening services recently, we have been reading from the first epistle of John. It is a text that grounds the present moment simultaneously both deep in the ancient tradition and in the future hope of the world to come. John begins the epistle with bold rhetorical language along these lines, writing that he […]
Sermon Topic: Light
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Why is it that the night-time is so very different from the day-time? And why is it that worries and concerns always seem worse at night? I am sure, like me, when something is on your mind you have had those terrible moments in the middle of the night with the same thoughts going round […]
There is light despite all of the darkness.
Just before Christmas I was reading a joint Christmas message from the Archbishops of Armagh in Northern Ireland – Richard Clarke and Eamon Martin – one Roman Catholic and one Anglican. Both, by historical coincidence, have the same title ‘Archbishop of Armagh’ and both are the senior primates of the whole of Ireland. During ‘the […]
Light, Water, Harvest, Exodus
When Jesus heals a man born blind he is doing so on the heels of a great Jewish feast called Sukkoth. The ceremonies surrounding the keeping of this feast included building booths or tents made out of tree branches, water being drawn from the pool of Siloam which was poured over the altar of the […]
