Category Archives: Wellington

What time is it?

What time is it? What date is it? What century is it? What about the geological epoch? Anyone know? There is some debate about this – the question is, have we left the Holocene and entered the Anthropocene? The debate centres around the question as to whether humanity has had such an impact on the […]

December 19, 2021 – 12:18 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Walk the Way

Last week we were exploring what it means for us to prepare the way of the Lord now. We talked about the importance of believing that Jesus is going to return, of sharing that good news with others, and of being that good news by caring tenderly for others. This week, we’re thinking about another […]

December 12, 2021 – 5:48 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Prepare the Way

In 1996 I spent 6 weeks on placement in the offices of Thameslink 2000. I was an engineering student, and the idea was to gain some experience of a large scale engineering project. According to Wikipedia, “The Thameslink Programme, originally Thameslink 2000, is a £6 billion project in south-east England to upgrade and expand the […]

December 5, 2021 – 12:54 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Thwack

One of the things about having these services every other week, is that it can be a bit difficult to remember where we’ve got to in a sermon series. Especially as we missed the last one for the Service of light, so actually it’s a month since we were last here, together, looking at James. […]

November 16, 2021 – 9:56 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Facing Opposition

I wonder if you ever get the feeling that there’s always something getting in the way. Somehow life has become one big obstacle course. Now obstacle races can be fun at a school sports day, and some people enjoy adventure racing over assault courses, but when life itself – work, family life, friendships, projects, become […]

October 10, 2021 – 11:22 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Centered on the Word

I feel like recently I’ve been starting a lot of sermons with references to TV programmes. I wonder if that’s anything to do with lock down? Anyway, I wonder if there are any other fans of the The Great Pottery Throwdown out there? For those of you not in the know, it’s like Bakeoff, but […]

October 3, 2021 – 12:06 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

James 1 – Ears, Mouth, Hands

I’ve been watching an American cop show recently, and in this show there is latino character whose names is Santiago. But he is called Jimmy by his friends and colleagues. If you’re familiar with the famous pilgrimage in Spain to St Iago de Compostella you might be able to work out why. Santiago is Spanish […]

September 13, 2021 – 9:38 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Comments (0)

Foundations of Worship

I wonder if anyone remembers a TV show called James May’s Toy Stories. In each episode James would aim to make something life size with toys. So there was a life size Spitfire made out of Airfix and a Scalextric track the length of a real race track. We’ve been rewatching them recently- I’m a […]

September 12, 2021 – 11:37 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Comments (0)

Living in Love and Faith

I wonder how your family deals with difficult conversations. When you know that something needs to be discussed, but nobody really wants to, because you’re afraid that it might be painful or expose disagreements. It’s sometimes said that you shouldn’t talk about politics or religion at a dinner party, as it will just lead to […]

September 5, 2021 – 1:24 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Comments (0)

A House of Prayer for All Nations

Who knows what is written in the stone above the main door of this building? That’s right, “All the seats in this church are free and unappropriated forever.” When I was at university, the college chapel had something engraved in the stone above the door as well, “A house of prayer for all nations”. Both […]

August 29, 2021 – 3:30 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Comments (0)