Author Archives: tim

Father

There are a lot of ups and downs to being a Dad, and also quite a few ups and downs to having a Dad. This morning we’re beginning a series of sermons exploring the character and personality of the first person of the Trinity. Today we’ll be thinking about what God is like as Father […]

October 1, 2017 – 2:44 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Grateful Trust

Wouldn’t be great if we could control the weather. I mean, I don’t wish to cast doubt on God’s wisdom, but sometimes I think that I could organise things much better if I were in charge. And I’m not just talking about the tropical storms that have brought such chaos to various countries over the […]

September 25, 2017 – 1:43 pm | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Money, money, money.

What do you earn? How much money do you have? What do you spend it on? These are questions that aren’t heard much in polite conversation in this country. We tend to be quite uncomfortable talking about money. Which is a bit odd, since it is such an important part of our lives, or maybe […]

September 17, 2017 – 3:20 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

The Freedom of Truth

One of the things I love about Jesus is the way in which he used a variety of different ways of teaching people. There are the stories and parables he told, which catch your imagination and make you chew away to get at the marrow, so that the working it out becomes part of the […]

September 11, 2017 – 3:32 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Investing in the Kingdom

Ethical investment has been quite a big thing for the Church of England. The church’s financial managers do quite a lot of work to ensure that the investments made by the church are in line with the moral and ethical values of the Bible, and occasionally are embarrassed by press reports that they’ve missed one. […]

September 3, 2017 – 12:34 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

Abandoned

Abandoned. It’s a funny word, isn’t it. It’s one of those words with a range of meanings, all with the same root, but some meanings are very negative and some are really positive. To be abandoned is one of the worst and most lonely experiences that a person can go through. To abandon yourself to […]

August 27, 2017 – 7:19 pm | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Restoring Preaching

Every day, at exactly the same time, Margaret would go to the bathroom cabinet, open it, and take out a huge bottle of castor oil. Then she would head to the kitchen to get a tablespoon. At the sound of the drawer opening and the silverware rattling, Patches, her Yorkshire terrier, would run and hide […]

August 27, 2017 – 12:10 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Restoring Strength

When we get back from holiday earlier in the week there was a pile of post on the doormat, all needing to be sorted out. I wonder how you feel when you see a letter on the doormat. Some are marketing bumph and go straight in the bin. Some look official: on the bright side […]

August 20, 2017 – 12:15 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

One Spirit

I wonder if anybody knows how many days there are to Christmas? It’s 168 days. We are now closer to next Christmas than we are to last Christmas. Has anybody already started their Christmas shopping? None of those really organised types who get stuff in the Boxing Day and New Year Sales for the following […]

July 10, 2017 – 9:00 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Self-ish or Other-ish

Over the last week or so I have been doing a fair amount of thinking and reflecting on the way in which, in the Christian worldview, the flourishing of the individual and the flourishing of the community are inextricably related. Yesterday morning was our All-In service. You can see the handiwork of our young people […]

June 27, 2017 – 9:14 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)