Bishop Graham draws on Paul's Letter to the Ephesians: when we are root our lives deeply in Christ's love we can achieve more than we could ever have asked or imagined.
Paul reminds the the gentiles that Jesus, through his death and resurrection, has broken the walls of enmity and division between God and between his people. We are all, because of this, one family of God, a new creation, a new humanity.
Ben tells us to look beyond the trappings of the church building and the service and focus on the Grace of God, revealed in Jesus Christ and exemplified in hi death and resurrection.
In the final sermon of this series, Teri-Anne tells us that how fear of the Lord, when properly understood, will lead us into the fullness of advent joy.
Jesus came to bring light into the darkness, just as God had done at the creation. At this year’s Festival of Carols and Readings Laura invites us to experience the everlasting light of Jesus.
The Letter of James tells us that anyone who knows the right thing to do and then fails to do it commits sin. On Safeguarding Sunday, Ben looks this letter in the context of recent events in the Church of England.
Drawing on the example from the Book of Proverbs, ‘The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom’, Ben explores chapter three of the Letter of James.
The tongue cannot be tamed but we can ask the Holy Spirit to help us that when we speak we are filled with joy, peace, patience, gentleness, kindness, goodness, good news, self control and love.