Fr Richard Tuset's blog and other bits and pieces on Christianity

Treasures at Candlemas 2022 Treasure is a word I absolutely love….it brings up so many thoughts and memories…. Starting with my...

Ovingdean News February 2022 Despite the ongoing challenges I hope 2022 has started well for you. Church life remains busy as we look to...

Notes from Ovingdean...... Happy New Year I hope your Christmas, however you celebrated it, was joyful and I wish you a very happy New...

John 1 - Christmas Eve To light a candle is to cast a shadow. The world turns around the sun and we find ourselves once again in mid...

Luke 3: 7 - 13 At Westcott House in Cambridge, where I undertook my academic training for the priesthood, we spent much time learning...

Advent 1 - Luke 21: 25 - 36 I have a confession…..There is in fact another Trinity in my life...it's the trinity of three singer...

December 2021 Ovingdean News Note I don't know about you but I spend much time worrying about things, big things, small things - anything...

Ovingdean News November 2021 November is a busy month…. We have the start of Advent of course on the 28th of November, but before then we...

Mark 10 35 to 45 So our Gospel reading this morning is another one of those boundary and gateway texts. Jesus has been teaching the Good...

Good evening. It's great to be with you this evening. Let's start with some good news...I’m delighted we have just been awarded the...

Mark 10:46-52 Bartimaeus isn't a name many of us would be familiar with is it? Yet he is an example of amazing faith. Jesus makes it...

Mark 10: 17 – 30 One of the things I like the most is getting the chance to read a good novel - the chance doesn’t often happen and so I...

Ovingdean: October 2021 The seasons continue to turn and we find ourselves firmly in Autumn, that time of gathering in the harvest,...

It was a privilege to write a piece on remembering the wonderful Jonathan Best who passed away recently: https://www.gscene.com/news/fund...

Ephesians: 4: 1 - 6 Today I’m going to preach on Ephesians. The reading we have today is so rich and full I’ll focus on the first few...

For August 2021 Friendships are precious. There are all sorts of friendships of course and some people have lots of friends whilst others...

One of the things I love doing on a Sunday after the service is to walk through the churchyard, reading the occasional grave inscription...

(Mark 4: 26 - 34 and 2 Corinthians 5:6 - 10 (11 - 13) 14 - 17) The title of this sermon is ‘Why isn’t the Kingdom of God like bindweed’...

I love Walsingham and I have been going there regularly ever since I was a small child. One of the things I always did - and I still do ...

June 2021 Dear Friends, I don’t know about you, but I have always loved St Francis of Assisi. I love his passion, his challenge to the...