Sermon for Bible Sunday

I preached for the first time on Sunday evening, at St Mary's Addington. The readings were Isaiah 55.1-11 and Luke 4.14-30. This is what I said: Today is Bible Sunday, a chance to consider the place of Scripture in our lives as Christians. In the Church of England much of our liturgy quotes the Bible directly. This service of sung Evensong doesn't just have the two spoken readings, but at least...

“Go quietly to bed”

Sunday evening, I had the privilege of singing Compline with the choir at St Mary's Addington. I started attending services in the parish once in a while in order to visit a friend of mine who is Curate there, but the community -- and especially the choir -- has become a real resource for me. As an organist working in a C of E church but who doesn't come from an Anglican background it's been...