Author Archives: tim

Advent 4 – Son of David

Two of my favourite books as a youngster were “The Once and Future King” and “The Lord of the Rings.” From “The Lord of the Rings” my favourite character was Aragorn – an anonymous Ranger who is slowly revealed to be the long awaited descendant of Isuldur, the King of Arnor and Gondor. A man […]

December 21, 2025 – 12:50 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Clothed

On Thursday of this past week I had a lovely surprise. I’d gone into the parish office to do some errands and catch up with team and I found a parcel in my in tray. It was quite a bulky parcel but didn’t weigh very much. I was intrigued, as I didn’t remember ordering anything […]

November 30, 2025 – 3:29 pm | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Remembrance 2025

I wonder if you ever feel overtaken by events, or if you ever feel overwhelmed. A couple of weeks ago I got up one Monday morning and had a whole plan for how the week was going to go, people I was going to meet, services I was going to prepare for, I was looking […]

November 9, 2025 – 1:11 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , | Comments (0)

All Saints 2025

Some of you were here at the Sunday morning service at the beginning of this year, when Caroline painted this picture whilst I preached. That morning I talked about fire. I talked about a number of threads that had been coming together, giving me a sense of God giving us a heart for the lost […]

November 2, 2025 – 12:31 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Exploring the Bible

About eight years ago I was privileged to be invited to go and lead a team delivering a course for church leaders in central Uganda, in a town called Mityana. The attendees to the course were local clergy and lay leaders – people who were being trained to lead small groups in their churches. They […]

October 19, 2025 – 12:03 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Gideon – Warrior/Worrier

This evening we are diving into the story of Gideon. The section we heard read began, “That same night…” which begs the question – “the same night as what?” The story of that night actually begins in verse 11 of chapter 6 when we find an angel of the Lord coming and sitting under an […]

September 29, 2025 – 11:18 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Tales of Two Farmers

This morning’s Bible readings introduced us to two farmers, which is quite fitting for a Harvest service. The first of our two farmers is a man called Amos. Now, from what we heard this morning it’s not obvious that Amos was a farmer, but if we go back to the beginning of the book of […]

September 21, 2025 – 4:38 pm | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Confirmation

Unusual for vicar to be preaching on confirmation – normally the bishop does it at a confirmation! Exploring all kinds of sacraments / things in church life over the autumn. We do have a confirmation service coming up. I’d like to suggest that confirmation involves: A personal decision to commit to Jesus A community of […]

September 7, 2025 – 11:51 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Dinner

I wonder if you have ever played the game in which you pick your five fantasy dinner party guests. If you could invite anyone from history or around the world, who would you pick? There are at least two radio shows based around this idea, one of which, “My dream dinner party” actually creates the […]

August 31, 2025 – 11:36 am | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged , | Comments (0)

God Our Provider

I wonder how you felt on the days that Oliver and Theadora were born. All the waiting was over, and they were finally here, a new person to light up your life, to fill your heart. The joy of introducing them to the wider family and friends. I wonder if you had their names lined […]

August 10, 2025 – 11:52 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , | Comments (0)