Sermon given on Sunday 22 February at St Margaret of Antioch, Toxteth I must thank the parishioner who recommended I switch on the BBC last week, to watch a drama filmed not far from here—in and around the Georgian Quarter and the DIngle as well as a bit further north, in Everton and Crosby—in the […]
Reflection given at St Margaret of Antioch, Toxteth, on 18 February 2026 This season of Lent is about a journey—from despair to hope, from death to life. It begins with an acknowledgement that we are weak, that we are mortal; that each of us, rich or poor, honoured or despised, cannot avoid the inevitable. We
Sermon preached at St Margaret of Antioch, 18 January 2026 John 1.29-42 I don’t know if you’ve ever made the journey up to the high altar—we don’t use it often, if at all, because the steps offer a bit of a challenge for some of us. In the centre, we have the tabernacle, named for
Sermon preached at St Margaret of Antioch, Toxteth, Christmas Eve, 2025 We have waited through bleak December weather. We have endured the icy winds and persevered through ever-darker nights. But these last few evenings the dusk has come just a little later, and there is a faint hope of something better on the horizon. ‘The
Sermon preached at St Margaret of Antioch, Toxteth, 12 October 2025 2 Kings 5.1-3,7-15c2 Timothy 2.8-15Luke 17.11-19 Do you ever wonder about those little characters that make passing cameos in films and in books and in stories that are never named? You’re watching or listening or reading, and you think, Hang on—go back a minute.
Sermon preached at St Margaret of Antioch, Toxteth, 10 August 2025 Luke 12.32-40 Last week, our preacher spoke to us about Jesus’ parable of the rich man who, content with the wealth he had stored up for himself, sat back to ‘relax, eat, drink and be merry,’ only to be caught off-guard by death itself.
Sunday 27 July 2025Liverpool Cathedral Coming Home: A Service Marking Liverpool Pride Luke 15.11-32 I brought a little friend—hope you don’t mind. [The friend is a cuddly toy ET.] Now, when I preach to a new crowd, I like to give them a little test. So here’s a question for you: What’s ET short for?
Sermon preached at St Margaret of Antioch, Toxteth, 27 July 2025 Luke 11.1-13 If you don’t ask, you don’t get. When I was five, I had no real idea of the value of anything, and certainly not money. We’d just moved into my grandmother’s house in Prescot, all the way from across the ocean in
Sermon preached at St Margaret of Antioch, Toxteth, 29 June 2025 The one-time incumbent of my sending parish of Prescot used to say that you could preach all the heresy you liked as long as you kept it under eight minutes. I’m advised the limit of your tolerance here is ten minutes, so I am
