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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...

Trinity Sunday 2021 When looking at the church calendar, Trinity Sunday is one of those Sundays that most priests contemplate with some...

(A fully referenced version of this paper is available upon request). The Anglican Communion’s 5th Mark of Mission: ‘To strive to...

On the warmth of bracken I spoke, waited for word, the answer. Like the leaves in your hair, words struggle free, cutting across the...

A fully referenced version of this paper is available upon request. Evelyn Underhill, in considering Julian of Norwich’s theology,...

Whilst preparing to write this note the very sad news of Prince Philip’s passing was announced. Our thoughts and prayers are with the...

Frederick Buechner’s famous line, ‘the worst isn’t the last thing about the world - it’s the next to last thing’ has been on my mind...

Dear Friends, Happy Easter!!!! Spring is here and with the successful role out of the vaccines, life is starting to return to some kind...