Andrew's Sermons

May I speak in the name of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. Life is full of misunderstandings and in a way, it was a misunderstanding which led me here today, to one of those firsts which which we never think will happen to us the first time we walk, go to school, fall in love, get married, first job and many more. There have been a few for me this year, for example, doing a ministry placement in Tuffley, leading evensong for the first time a few weeks ago, leading morning praise here a month or so ago, preaching sermons two Sundays in a row, which is an interesting challenge, then leading evensong for the first time here, which must feel as surreal for me as it does for you! There is a couple of firsts related to this and today’s gospel reading. There is a first in Matthew’s gospel and it’s the first time Jesus talks about dying for his faith, the second link is that’s it’s this passage which set on a path to standing here. Back in 2007, the year after we moved to ...

May I speak in the name of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. It’s all about questions this week, questions to make us think… Some nice easy questions to start with and what’s even better, is you don’t even have to answer them, well not out loud anyway. So, some questions for me first… Who am I? What am I doing here? How did I get here? Who do you say I am? It’s all so confusing! Well, in a way it’s simple, my names Andrew and I’m going to talk about today’s Gospel reading and I got here in the car… But then, who am I in the eyes of God? What is God’s plan for me? What is my role in the universe? Or why not turn it around; Who are you, in the eyes of God? What is God’s plan for you? Where do we all fit within the universe? Sometimes we don’t know the answer, or at least, it can feel like we don’t, or can’t quite believe it. After all, God has given us free will, so how can he have a plan for us? Well, that’s a tricky one, but I have a fee...