Dethroning Mammon

Sep. 23, 2019 by

Sermon by Charles King, St Michael’s Church, 22nd September 2019 Readings: Amos 8:4-7; 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 16:1-13 This morning two of our readings (Amos and Luke) focus on the right attitudes to managing our finances – whether at a

Eeyore, Education, and St Albans Cathedral Study Centre

Sep. 23, 2019 by

Sermon by Kenneth Padley in St Albans Cathedral 22nd September 2019 during the Presentation of St Albans Study Centre certificates Psalm 128, Ezra 1; John 7.14-36 Faith and learning The children’s author AA Milne was an acute observer of human

God of wrath and God of mercy: is there a Jekyll and Hyde aspect to the Almighty?

Sep. 15, 2019 by

Sermon by Kenneth Padley at St Michael’s church 15th September 2019 Readings: Exodus 32.7-14; I Timothy 1.12-17; Luke 15.1-10 The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a dystopian tale by the nineteenth-century novelist Robert Louis Stevenson. In

“No one is too Small to make a Difference”: St Bartholomew

Aug. 25, 2019 by

Sermon by Kenneth Padley in St Michael’s St Albans 25th August 2019 Saints of God! Lo, Jesu’s people Age to age your glory tell; In his name for us ye laboured, Now in bliss eternal dwell. Twelve poor men, by

Providence and Joseph in Egypt

Jul. 22, 2019 by

Sermon by Kenneth Padley for Evensong on 21st July 2019 in St Michael St Albans Psalm 81; Genesis 41.1-16, 25-36; I Corinthians 4.8-13 Who would have thought that ancient economics could make such a gripping story? Genesis 41 begins with

God calling

Jun. 30, 2019 by

Sermon for Petertide by Kenneth Padley (All Age Service 30th June 2019) Reading: Luke 9:57-62 People have always called and been called. Long before the telephone was invented, calls were made – including calls to and from God. God called

Clothed with Christ: Alban and all the Saints

Jun. 23, 2019 by

Sermon by Kenneth Padley in St Michael St Albans for 23rd June 2019 Baptism of Maximilian Ridley-Holloway Readings: Galatians 3.23-29; Luke 8.26-39 ‘As many of you as are baptised into Christ have been clothed with Christ’ (Galatians 3.27). I suspect

Humility – a sermon for Maundy Thursday by John Hayton

Apr. 30, 2019 by

Set in the south wall at St Mary’s / Childwick / is a small glass-fronted case containing a set of Maundy money.  I shall say no more about it because you can see for yourself next time you are up

The greatest comeback story ever told: sermon by Charles King

Apr. 22, 2019 by

Easter Sunday 2019: Acts 10:34-43; Luke 24:1-12 We all love a good comeback story, don’t we? And a couple have struck me in different ways recently. Last weekend, we saw Tiger Woods winning the US Masters. An immensely talented golfer,

It’s all about the cross: sermon by Kenneth Padley

Apr. 7, 2019 by

Lent 5 2019: Philippians 3.4-14; John 12.1-8 It’s all about the cross. The suffering and death of Jesus is the obvious theme of this season of Passiontide. Not everyone gets this. There was a notorious case five years ago when