Index of talks (topic)




Christmas
Carol service
Dec-05

Christmas 2006
Dec-06

A Christmas message
Dec-07

Christmas 2008
Dec-08

The unlikely hero: a baby
Dec-09

The icon of the Nativity explained
Dec-09

The gap between heaven and earth
Dec-09

The greatest Gift
Dec-10

A Christmas message (the light shines in the darkness)
Dec-11

Jesus birthday party: a crib service
Dec-11

A Christmas message: the surrender of worship
Dec-12

Christmas is all about penguins (crib service talk)
Dec-12

The three (alternative) Christmas gifts
Dec-12

A Christmas talk: how God gets involved
Dec-12

An order of service for an Advent carol service
Dec-13

A Christ-mess: a talk for a carol service
Dec-13

The big mess. A carol service talk
Dec-14

The emptying of God (a talk for Christmas day)
Dec-14

The silence of Christmas. A carol service talk
Dec-15

The light of your life (Christmas eve midnight)
Dec-15



Prayer
A series on the Lord's prayer (Retreat 2008)
Jan-08

A reflection for Lent
Feb-12

Praying with the Desert Fathers and Mothers
Mar-15

Surviving the pit. Finding help in the Psalms of Lament
May-15



Icons
Impact of Eastern Orthodoxy on Western Christianity
Jan-10

A study of 2 icons: baptism and the harrowing of hell
Apr-10

Icons: their origins, meaning and use
Jan-12

Understanding the icon for Palm Sunday
Mar-13

The icon of the harrowing of hell and 1 Peter 3:18-22
Mar-13



Theology
Seminar on the resurrection  (Christian Arts Society)
Jul-09

The Christian hope and the resurrection of the body
Apr-10

Understanding the Trinity: A story (John 16.12-15)
May-10

On infant baptism (Benjamin Adrian Marple)
May-11

What is predestination?
Nov-12

Language and theology
Jan-13

What do we believe about the Trinity
Jul-15

Baptism and the ring: a parable
Aug-15



Human sexuality
God, men and sex
Mar-09

Redefining marriage
Feb-13

On being a father
Sep-13

On sexuality and sex
Oct-13



Evangelistic
Jesus Christ: the most cursed man in history
Mar-14

The dream designer - at a fashion show
2008



Talks for occasions
On the occasion of the Queen's 80th birthday
Jun-06

Battle of Britain service
2007

Memories (at handover of Suffolk Regimental chapel)
Sep-09

Remembrance Day 2010 (on love)
Nov-10

Battle of Britain service
Sep-11

A talk at a hospice memorial service
Dec-11

Remembrance Sunday 2012: every person matters
Nov-12

Bury St Edmunds town pastors: on their 5th anniversary
May-13

A talk for a Hospice Light up a Life service
Dec-13

The glorious dead (Remembrance day 2015)
Nov-14

A talk for a Hospice Light up a Life service
Dec-14

On the centenary of the WI
Sep-15



Wedding
A wedding sermon (Psalm 127,128)
Jul-06

A wedding talk
2007

A wedding address (Col 3.12-17)
Jul-08

The wedding of Phil Taylor and Maaike (Psalm 84)
Jun-11

A wedding talk (for Steve and Emma)
Mar-13

A wedding talk (Adam and Charlotte) (Song of songs 8.6-7)
Apr-13



Church life
A vision for St Peter's
Oct-06

Parish AGM 2008
April-08 

Parish AGM 2009
Apr-09

A vision for St Peter's Church
Nov-11

Setting priorities for the Church
Mar-12

Why should we sing in church?
Jul-13



Miscellaneous
The resurrection cross
Apr-12

A selected diary of a sabbatical (1)
May-12

A selected diary of a sabbatical (2)
Jul-12

Montgomery Heights Christian Care Centre
Aug-12

Snow in the Bible
Jan-13

Immigration and Christianity in the UK.
May-14

God and technology
Jun-14

Childrens questions about God
Dec-14



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