Turning from the way of foxes
Lent 2 Philippians 3.17 – 4.1 Luke 13.31-35 ©Suzanne Grimmett Foxes and chickens are a bit of a sensitive topic with me. You will all be aware how much I … Read more
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Reading the warning signs
Lent 1 Luke 4.1-15 Sunday 9 March 2025 ©Suzanne Grimmett In 1623 when John Donne, then Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, lay sick with a fever during an outbreak of … Read more
More than dust and ashes
Ash Wednesday Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 ©Suzanne Grimmett John Donne, in his Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, written in early 17th century London as the plague bells rang and the population … Read more
Blessed are the uncomfortable
Luke 6.17-26 Sunday 16 February 2025 ©Suzanne Grimmett If we are not feeling uncomfortable after hearing Luke’s version of the Beatitudes, this so called, Sermon on the Plain, then perhaps … Read more
Practising being people of patience and hope
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple Luke 2: 22-40 ©Suzanne Grimmett Candlemas brings to a close the period of forty days after the birth of Jesus; a sacred … Read more
Dignity, Honesty, Humility
Epiphany 3 1 Corinthians 12.12-31 Luke 4.14-21 Sunday 26 January 2025 ©Suzanne Grimmett It would be so easy, in a week where a powerful but gentle sermon by the … Read more
If the drink is bitter, turn yourself to wine
Epiphany 3 John 2:1-11 ©Suzanne Grimmett The wine had run out. This would have been a situation of social shame for the host where guests are gathered for a … Read more
Discovering how to be human
©Suzanne Grimmett Feast of the Epiphany Isaiah 60.1-6 Psalm 72.1-7, 10-14 Ephesians 3.1-12 Matthew 2.1-12 The great poet, W. H Auden, having delved deeply through his work into art, … Read more
The light in everything
2 Corinthians 5:17-6:2 John 8:12-19 New Year’s Eve 2024 ©Suzanne Grimmett One of the reasons people love New Year’s Eve is for the hope -the hope that next year … Read more
Peace, goodwill to all humankind
Christmas Day Isaiah 62.6-12 Psalm 97 Titus 3.4-8a Luke 2.8-20 ©Suzanne Grimmett Goodness is stronger than evil; Love is stronger than hate; Light is stronger than darkness; Life is stronger … Read more