December 2023 - Ovingdean News It's been another very busy year hasn't it? Whilst there have been challenges, losses and difficulties...

Sermon given at St Margaret's Rottingdean Can you remember when you were young and you went for a drive on a summers day or especially in...

A few weeks back the whole edition of Church Times was themed around Artificial Intelligence and I thought I'd share a few thoughts on...

Romans 13 - End and Matthew 18: 15-20 It was the Feast Day for St Teresa of Calcutta on the 5th of September and it won’t come as a...

Matthew 15 (10-20) 21 - 28 The Rev. Carmel Jones, one of the most prominent members of the Windrush Generation, and one of the UK’s most...

Matthew 9:35 - 10:8 I was listening to a favourite song of mine by an artist called Pink! the other day called ‘Conversation with my 13...

April 2022 Ovingdean News In the forefront of all our minds this Lent has been the war in Ukraine and those affected by the earthquake in...

This sermon is about inclusion and the includes an adaptation of some excellent writing by Ruth Wilde from Inclusive Church. Ruth Wilde...

Ovingdean News March 2023 It feels like every month brings yet another significant and often difficult moment somewhere in the world or...

The Bible's Yes to Same-Sex Marriage: An Evangelical's Change of Heart - Book Review "This book is the story of a change of heart. In the...

Ovingdean News February 2023 I’d like to start this note with some thank yous. Firstly a huge thank you to everyone who has helped...

Ovingdean News January I hope your Christmas, however you celebrated it, was joyful and I wish you a very happy New Year. It was so...

November 2022 Looking around beautiful Ovingdean at this time of the year a Cynthia Rylant quote comes to mind: “In November, the earth...

Luke 11: 1- 13 Prayer has been on my mind much this week. I was at a drinks party and found myself with a person that simply wouldn’t...

"May flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest" With shock and much sadness I am talking to you today about the Queen’s passing. The news...

Luke 12: 49 - 56 This is one of those readings where you wonder what a person new to church would be thinking. Indeed it may well be...

Luke 10: 25 – 37 A few years ago I was very fortunate to visit the Holy Land through a study pilgrimage run by St George’s Anglican...

Pentecost 2022 One of the blessings in my life are my beautiful children. Three boys…all so very different from each other. Unique...

Ovingdean Evensong Homily - June 2022 Today we celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, where we celebrate and give thanks for 70 years...

Ovingdean News - May 2022 We had a beautiful and vibrant Easter at St Wulfran’s and I would like to thank everyone who helped make this...