The Ascension is a hard story to understand! Matt turns to Canadian author Ronald Rolheiser for help. Rolheiser helpfully sets the Ascension in the context of what he calls the ‘paschal cycle’ – the death of Christ on Good Friday, the resurrection on Easter Day, the 40 days that follow, the ascension, and then pentecost. […]
In this audio recording of his homily for the 4th Sunday of Easter, Matt reflects on the gospel text for the day and explores what the tension between Jesus and the Temple authorities might have to say about the nature of religion and the problems with a religious worldview. WARNING : This recording contains some […]
Here are some reflections on the gospel reading for the Third Sunday of Easter from Matt. […]
Matt shares some brief (10 mins!) reflections on the gospel text for the third Sunday of Lent – does God have a will for your life? What is it? Listen in below… […]
Here’s Chris’s talk for the second Sunday of Lent, 2016, focusing on the lectionary reading from St Paul’s letter to the Philippians. […]
Here’s a transcript of Matt’s reflections for the First Sunday of Lent. So here we are at the outset of Lent and straightaway we plunge headfirst into some pretty meaty stuff. Jesus, we are told by St Luke, is “led by the Spirit into the wilderness†(the phrase that we focussed on for our first […]
Here’s the audio recording of Matt’s talk given at the Home Community gathering on Sunday 10th January – the day in the church year when we focus on the Baptism of Christ. Where can we expect to receive an epiphany and what can we do when they don’t come?? Matt Rees on ‘Epiphanies’ by Homecommunity […]
Here are some photos from our gathering on Sunday 10th January – the Sunday known in the lectionary as ‘The Baptism of Christ’. We reaffirmed our baptismal vows at the font, Matt splashed everyone with water and then we blessed each other with water from the font, making the sign of the cross on each […]
Photos and Matt’s Talk from our Epiphany Sunday gathering […]
Here’s the text of Matt’s short homily for Christmas given at the Christmas Day gathering at Bartlemas Chapel. Christmas Day 2015 John 1: 1-18 Homily ‘Have a Defiant Christmas’ G.K. Chesterton apparently said, “A religion that defies the world, should have a feast that defies the weatherâ€. There is a defiance about Christmas that we […]
Here’s some photos from our carol service at the Isis Farmhouse pub barn on December 20th 2015. [Show as slideshow] […]
On the last Sunday in the church year, know as ‘Christ the King’, Chris Thompson shares his thoughts and reflections on this challenging theme. What does it mean for Christ to be a King? What different notions are there of kingship? How does life in Christ’s kingdom impact the way we understand our selves and […]