Author Archives: tim

Free Indeed

“It was badly done, indeed! You, whom she had known from an infant, whom she had seen grow up from a period when her notice was an honour, to have you now, in thoughtless spirits, and the pride of the moment, laugh at her, humble her–and before her niece, too–and before others, many of whom […]

May 8, 2017 – 11:49 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Daily Bread

Come with me in your imaginations to the desert of Sin. This is not quite as interesting as it sounds. It’s just a hot, dry place somewhere to the north east of Egypt, between Mount Sinai and the oasis at Elim. The Israelites had been out of Egypt for about a month and a half, […]

May 7, 2017 – 4:40 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Our Father in heaven …

So, Easter has been and gone, we’re working our way through the last of the chocolate eggs and looking forward to the kids going back to school, some sunshine, and the summer holidays starting to appear on the horizon. For the whole of this term here at All Saints we’re going to be exploring prayer, […]

April 23, 2017 – 3:27 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Betrayal

I am a traitor. I thought that Jesus was going to overthrow the Romans, that he would liberate my country and our people from those Gentile invaders. I thought that following Jesus would put me in a position of political power, of being able to change things. I’d been a bit of an outsider from […]

April 14, 2017 – 7:15 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Annual Parish Meeting Report 2017

As I said at the St Catherine’s ADM, I feel like I’m in a slightly odd position giving the annual report, as I’ve only been here 5 months. Nevertheless, that is what I have to do, so here goes. Firstly I’d like to pay tribute to the man who stood here last year to give […]

March 31, 2017 – 10:46 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Comments (3)

Sent to heal

So far in this sermon series, focussed on the sending out of the seventy-two we’ve been thinking about the preparations for the journey, about how they were to go, where they were to go, what they might expect when they got there, and now today, finally, we get to think about the content of the […]

March 27, 2017 – 3:38 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Trust. Adopt. Care.

Does anybody know what the name of Moses’ Mum was? Jochabed. I’d like to take a few minutes to pay tribute to Moses’ Mum. We know lots of stories about Moses, and the great things that he did. The way God chose him to lead the people of God out of captivity in Egypt and […]

March 27, 2017 – 2:11 pm | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Sent to those we work with

In the weeks leading up to our Easter celebrations we are exploring the way in which Jesus sends us out. This week we’re looking at the idea that we are sent to the people that we work with. Now I know that not everybody here this morning is currently in paid employment. However, that is […]

March 12, 2017 – 1:12 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Rejoicing in Generosity

This evening it really is the end of Paul’s letter to the Christians in Philippi. He is ready to sign off, but before he does so, he has a final subject he wants to reinforce in the Philippians minds. He is going to talk about generosity. In some ways I really love talking about generosity, […]

February 26, 2017 – 8:37 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Rejoicing in Reconciliation

Do you ever have those conversations with someone who always has “just another thing”? You’ve had a pleasant chat and thought you were about to part company and then they come up with “just another thing”? We are coming towards the end of our sermon series on Philippians and Paul is beginning to wind up […]

February 20, 2017 – 12:33 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (1)