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A Lenten Discipline for 2026
In these forty days from Ash Wednesday to Easter we are invited “to observe a holy Lent by self-examination, penitence, prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, and by reading and meditating on the word of God.” As part of my Lenten discipline … Continue reading
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Dishonest Wealth and True Riches
A sermon preached on 14 September 2025 at the Anglican Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete, a chaplaincy of the Diocese in Europe, Church of England. The readings were: 1 Timothy 2:1-7, Psalm 113, and Luke 16:1-13. And … Continue reading
You are the Coin in this Scenario
A sermon preached on 14 September 2025 at the Anglican Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete, Greece, a chaplaincy of the Diocese in Europe in the Church of England. The readings were: 1 Timothy 1:12-17, Psalm 51:1-11, and … Continue reading
The Cost of Discipleship
A Sermon preached on the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity (Proper 18), September 7, 2025, at the Anglican Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete, Greece, a chaplaincy of the Diocese in Europe. The readings were: Philemon 1-25, Psalm 1, … Continue reading
Me and Domenikos in Toledo
I’ve just spent two-and-a half days in Toledo, Spain, which was, for the last thirty-seven years of his life, was the home of Domenikos Theotokopoulos, better known to people then and now who cannot wrap their tongues around Greek names … Continue reading
A Necessary Competency in any Bishop
Being a priest on the island of Crete, I am far from the centre of things in the Church of England; I rather revel in being the priest of a peripheral congregation in the diocese no one remembers is part … Continue reading
The Last Honest President
I was a teenager when Jimmy Carter was president of the United States. I became aware of US politics during the presidency of Richard Nixon, and the bad taste for Republicans that his corrupt leadership led to could not be … Continue reading
Purity and Trees
A Sermon Preached on the 14th Sunday after Trinity in the Season of Creationat the Anglican Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete, Greeceon September 1, 2024, 11:00 am. The readings were: James 1:17-27, Psalm 15, and Mark 7:1-8, … Continue reading
After Ten Sessions on Revelation, These are Some of the Outstanding Issues
The online Wednesday Night Small Group Bible Study at the Anglican Church of St Thomas, Kefalas, Crete, recently spent some ten sessions going through the twenty-two chapters of the Book of Revelation. We approached the text with an open mind, … Continue reading
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St George & the Good Shepherd
A Sermon Preached on The Fourth Sunday of Easter (commonly known as Good Shepherd Sunday), which is also the Sunday before St George’s Day (23 April), at The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Creteon the 21st of … Continue reading
The Island Parson 