by Michelle Catanach | Aug 19, 2022 | sermons
This is the second of a 4-week series looking at St Paul’s letter to the Colossians. Sarah kicked us off last week – and for those who weren’t there she reminded us the letter was written by Paul to the church in Colossae – eastern Turkey today –...
by Michelle Catanach | Jul 29, 2022 | sermons
In choosing hymns that we might use as private prayers, we have to have one by the greatest English hymn writer of them all, Charles Wesley. He was brother of the more famous John, the father of Methodism, but I think Charles was a more equable character, and all his...
by Michelle Catanach | Jul 22, 2022 | sermons
We have routines for many things, probably including how, when and where we pray. Books on prayer tell you perhaps what you ought to be doing, but mostly we find what suits us individually and stick to it. It often suits me to pray as soon as I wake up in the morning,...
by Michelle Catanach | Jul 22, 2022 | sermons
During these summer Sundays I thought I would do a mini series, not directly on the lessons, but on a few of our well-known hymns. Tim has given us a quick poll about Morning Prayer, on Zoom and in church, and we have come up with a number of different opinions. But I...
by Michelle Catanach | Apr 3, 2021 | sermons
‘Hands off!’ said Jesus. ‘Hands off!’ Mary was a bit taken aback. She had just met the risen Lord Jesus and he seemed to be pushing her away. Actually, he was telling her that from now on he would be elusive. No less present, but in a different way, so that they could...
