Devotion
Fasting
‘Every athlete in training submits to strict discipline… That is why I run straight for the finishing-line… I harden my body… and bring it under complete control, to keep myself from being disqualified after having called others to the contest.’ 1 Corinthians 9:25-27. # A young mother in a Brazilian favela had no food to […]
Death & Life
Psalm 22:1,2; Psalm 88:3-6; Genesis 50:19-21; Ezekiel 37:1-6; John 11:22, 25, 43-44; John 12: 23-26; Romans 6:4-8; 2 Corinthians 1:9,10; 2 Corinthians 4:10, 5:14-15, 6:9, 13:4, 12:10; Psalm 126:6; Isaiah 30:29. ….. I am not in parish ministry at the moment, so during the last three years I have conducted just four funerals. A Christian […]
Give !
I have wept in the night / For the shortness of sight / That to somebody’s need made me blind;/But I never have yet /Felt a tinge of regret /For being a little too kind. (Anonymous) Christianity is about a God who lovingly gives himself to us, who delights in giving gifts (Luke 11:9-13), and […]
New Year Resolutions
The wisdom about ‘New Year Resolutions’ seems to be: # they’re a good idea; # don’t make too many; # ensure they’re realizable; # cover the major areas of your life. Following a review of my counseling practice I’ve listed ten recipes for wholeness. (They’ll be appended to my sermon next Sunday on Facing the […]
Meekness
From The Third Spiritual Alphabet by Francisco de Osuna. Translation and Introduction by Mary E Giles. SPCK London. pp107-112 …Meekness is a quality of repose in the generous soul and describes a person not easily upset. The meek are moderate and temperate in everything; their wrath tamed, they are not impetuous, but calm. They are […]
Happiness (T Keyte)
By Rev. Tom Keyte The title comes from the first line of Stevenson’s `The Celestial Surgeon’. I wonder if you have ever thought of it like that? That happiness is an obligation we have to other people and to God. I don’t mean for a moment that we should all become incurable optimists, or cultivate […]
Surprises
A meditation from Rev. Tom Keyte A recent newspaper snippet tells of a man in Italy who was digging a hole to bury a dead dog when he unearthed a priceless statue of Venus. That sort of thing happens every now and then in this strange life of ours. The big surprises tend to come […]
Work And Drudgery
A meditation by Rev. Tom Keyte I once knew a man who had been ordered by his doctor to take up golf for the sake of his health. He had never been very interested in sports of any kind, and the doctor thought that, apart from the benefit of the exercise, it would take him […]
When Did You Last See Jesus?
Transcript of a sermon by Rev. Tom Keyte Read Matthew 25 I want to share a line of thought with you that has often been with me and I hope it makes you as uncomfortable as it always makes me. I want to ask you a very searching question: When did you last see Jesus? […]
When Jesus Is Central
Another insightful sermon from a colleague of mine, Rev. Tom Keyte. (Before he died, he gave me permission to reproduce any/all of them. You’ll meet him again – in both senses, I hope). Matthew 18:10. `See that you don’t despise any of these little ones. The angels in heaven, I tell you, are always in […]
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