Author: sean

For the past couple of weeks I have been preaching on one of my favourite books of the Old Testament; Jonah. Perhaps it’s the fisherman in me that loves the idea of a big fish, or the rebel in me that enjoys the idea of running in the opposite direction to the one being asked […]

Mud, mud glorious mud Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood so follow me follow down to the hollow and there let us wallow in glorious mud (Flanders and Swan)     What a weekend I have just experienced!!!  I did not believe you could get so much mud in one place and no, […]

As we approach the referendum (sorry, you are probably sick of hearing about it), my mind has been turning to what happens post referendum.  I am not qualified to discuss the economy (maths not my strong point), or even the political fallout but, one thing I have observed is that whenever there is a vote […]

  Not everything in the garden is lovely.  Well, certainly not in mine anyway my fingers have never been green (the photo is a stock one, not my back garden – honest)!  But, this is a truth in life too.  There are good times and there are hard times, a time and a season for […]

What a wonderful morning we had this morning!  One of the greatest privileges of being a Baptist Minister is that I get to conduct services of Believers Baptism, and that was what I was up to this morning – that’s the picture you can see above.   During the service, June (the lady being baptised) […]

Have you ever stopped to consider how amazing the human body is?  When the Psalmist tells us we are fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139 vs.14), he certainly knew what he was talking about! I have been really astounded by the Invictus Games that have been filling our news recently, wounded service personnel with amazing […]

When I was a child (many many moons ago) there was a program called “Ask The Family”.  It was a quiz come general knowledge type program in which two family teams would compete against each other.  It had quite a distinctive theme tune and was presented by Robert Robinson (go on admit it – you […]

This morning I preached on one of the toughest topics, love.  Jesus said;   “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.  By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13 vs. 34 – […]

It happened this morning.  I had lost a piece of paper with an important reference number on it.  I was convinced it was in my desk drawer.  I opened my drawer and, there before me, was a collection of what can only be described as “stuff”.  For the past 8 years, anything I thought of […]

There are some Bible stories that really speak to me at several different levels and I would like to share with you one that I have been reflecting on recently.  It’s found in John’s Gospel chapter 21. Basically, this happens after the resurrection.  The disciples had seen Jesus on a couple of occasions, doubting Thomas […]