Some of Tim's Sermons

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 baptism, Elijah, Family of Jesus, Isaiah, Isaiah 40:1-11, Jesus, John the Baptist, Luke 1:1-25, Mandaeism, Religion, Theology | Comments (0)

Who gives a fig?

Welcome to Advent. I’m not sure why, but I do seem to have a habit of turning up at St Catherine’s on the first Sunday of Advent. And here we are again, at the beginning of a new church year, looking forward to Christmas. In previous years, I’ve brought along a round tuit, talked about […]

November 28, 2021 – 12:09 pm | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged Abrahamic religions, Advent, Bible, Christology, Entering heaven alive, Glorious Mysteries, Gospel of Luke, Jeremiah 33:14-16, Jerusalem, Jesus, Life of Jesus in the New Testament, Luke, Luke 21:25-36, Mark 11, Mark 13, Religion, Son of Man | 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 Carpenters, Christian theology, Christology, Exorcists, God in Christianity, humility, James 4, Jesus, Luke 1:46-55, pride, Proverb, Rabbis of the Land of Israel, Systematic theology, Theology, Yaacov | 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 Ancient literature, armour of God, Bible, Ephesians 6:10-20, Ezra, Ezra 4:6-16, Ezra 5, Ezra–Nehemiah, Haggai, Jerusalem, Nehemiah, Nehemiah 2, Nehemiah 5, Religious texts, Zerubbabel | 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 Apostasy, Bible, Carolyn Gillette, Conceptions of God, Conditional preservation of the saints, Ezra, God, Jerusalem, Luke 24:13-27, Moses, Nehemiah, Nehemiah 8:1-12, Protestant theology, Protestantism | Comments (0)

Wisdom

I wonder who you think of as being wise? Maybe you have a particular writer whose insights you value. Perhaps there is a figure from history that you look to and draw inspiration from. There may a member of your family, a friend, whose counsel and perspectives you seek out. Wisdom is more than education […]

September 19, 2021 – 10:22 am | By tim | Posted in Eyton | 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)