Author Archives: tim

Throne Room

This evening I would like to invite you to consider your place in the throne room of God. In today’s western democracy we don’t think much about thrones, or at least I don’t, but Hebrews was written in a world where throne rooms really were the seat of power. They were the places of council, […]

May 18, 2015 – 11:21 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

He is risen!

Over the last few months I have been working with some friends to put on a Passion Play, a dramatic retelling of the events of Easter, in and around Priorslee. Rather than doing it all live, as it was done in Trafalgar Square on Good Friday, we filmed it in advance. I played the part […]

April 6, 2015 – 11:08 am | By tim | Posted in Priorslee | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

So Sow

I wonder if anybody else here does a bit of gardening. I’m not very good at flowers and decorative stuff, but I do quite enjoy growing veg. I do find some satisfaction in growing stuff for the meal table. A couple of weeks ago I planted some tomato seeds on our kitchen window sill, and […]

March 23, 2015 – 10:12 am | By tim | Posted in Wrockwardine Wood | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

In Spirit and Truth

Today we’re thinking about worship, and in particular about worshipping God and what that means. In a minute we’re going to look in more detail at this conversation between Jesus and the woman at the well. Before we do that, though, I thought it might be useful to look at an example of worship that […]

March 16, 2015 – 10:22 am | By tim | Posted in Priorslee | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

The Rubber Hits the Road

You know, sometimes Jesus says some uncomfortable things and this morning’s reading from Mark’s eyewitness account of Jesus’ life has to contain some of his most uncomfortable teaching. We are just about exactly half way through Mark’s book, and this is the turning point. Up to now we’ve seen Jesus teaching, healing, and performing miracles […]

March 1, 2015 – 12:30 pm | By tim | Posted in Priorslee | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Don’t Worry. Be Ready.

This afternoon we’re thinking about the different times of life we go through, and the different things that life can throw at us, and how we can be ready for those things. In the part of the Bible that Andrew just read for us, Paul was writing to his Christian friends in a place called […]

February 15, 2015 – 8:44 pm | By tim | Posted in Sunday Afternoon Thing | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

So, what about bone cancer in children?

Last Sunday there was an interview with Stephen Fry broadcast in Ireland that got a fair amount of coverage in the newspapers and online discussions. It is fairly well known that he is an atheist, and he was appearing on a show called “The Meaning of Life” talking about all kinds of issues from his […]

February 10, 2015 – 9:21 am | By tim | Posted in Oakengates | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Promise Maker – Promise Keeper

I, Timothy, take you, Elizabeth, to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day forward; for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer; in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part; according to God’s holy law. In the presence of God I make this vow. […]

January 12, 2015 – 3:47 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

A life or death situation

I was listening to the radio on Tuesday morning and there was a doctor talking about a case that he had been studying. There was a three year old girl, out for a walk with her parents on a cold winter’s morning. She had slipped away from them for a couple of moments and when […]

December 7, 2014 – 12:59 pm | By tim | Posted in Chinese Church | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

What shapes our thinking?

This morning we are focusing on what we have read in Paul’s letter to the Christians living in Rome. Paul has spent the first two thirds of his letter laying out his understanding of Christian doctrine. He has been explaining what Christians believe, and why they believe these things. He has talked about human sin […]

August 24, 2014 – 11:28 am | By tim | Posted in Sherrifhales | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)