Monthly Archives: June 2020

My experimental “bush poetry”approach to the lectionary has elicited a mixed reaction. Some love it; others plead with me not to give up my day job (but I’m retired!) Anyhow, here’s a go at the Gospel for this Sunday, which is: Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30‘But to what will I compare this generation? It is like childrenContinue reading “But John held up a mirror…”

I’m trying something different after decades of writing homilies guided by the Revised Common Lectionary. Two years after release from the weekly necessity to deliver, I still find myself wedded to the rhythm of the three year cycle, particularly where the Gospels are concerned. Although I am occasionally granted the opportunity to deliver a harangueContinue reading “Meet the Pub Test!”

“In the name of the Father, the Son and into the hole he goes!” Thus a seven year old evoked the blessing of the mystery of the Trinity as he buried his deceased canary. Over fifty years of church ministry, I have never been able to satisfactorily explain to Western conditioned minds the phenomenon ofContinue reading “Into the Hole He Goes!”