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Christmas	Carol service	Dec 2005
	Christmas 2006	Dec 2006
	A Christmas message	Dec 2007
	Christmas 2008	Dec 2008
	The unlikely hero: a baby	Dec 2009
	The icon of the Nativity explained	Dec 2009
	The gap between heaven and earth	Dec 2009
	The greatest Gift	Dec 2010
	A Christmas message (the light shines in the darkness)	Dec 2011
	Jesus birthday party: a crib service	Dec 2011
	A Christmas message: the surrender of worship	Dec 2012
	Christmas is all about penguins (crib service talk)	Dec 2012
	The three (alternative) Christmas gifts	Dec 2012
	A Christmas talk: how God gets involved	Dec 2012
	An order of service for an Advent carol service	Dec 2013
	A Christ-mess: a talk for a carol service	Dec 2013
	The big mess. A carol service talk	Dec 2014
	The emptying of God (a talk for Christmas day)	Dec 2014
	The silence of Christmas. A carol service talk	Dec 2015
	The light of your life (Christmas eve midnight)	Dec 2015
	What if? A sermon for a carol service	Dec 2018
	The Prince of Peace	Dec 2018
	The conductor and the orchestra. A story for a carol service	Dec 2019
	Don't miss Christmas	Dec 2019
	The hand of God in the manger. A carol service	Dec 2020
	The manger in the hand	Dec 2020
	The meaning of Christmas	Dec 2020
	The emptiness of God. A carol service talk 2021	Dec 2021
	It's Christmas. Let's party.	Dec 2021
	Hope in complicated times. Midnight communion	Dec 2022
	Finding God in a cowshed.	Dec 2022
	The in-between night. Midnight communion 2024	Dec 2024
	The God who empties Himself to fill us.	Dec 2024

Holy Week and Easter	The resurrection cross	Apr 2012
	The suffering servant: a talk for Good Friday	Apr 2019
	Meeting the risen Jesus in the tomb	Apr 2019
	The resurrection of Jesus	Apr 2020
	Kiss on wood: reflections on the cross	Mar 2021
	The centrality of the cross	Apr 2021
	Meeting with Jesus	Apr 2021
	The risen Jesus brings peace	Apr 2021
	The Resurrection world	Apr 2021
	Easter Sunday in Moscow 2022	Apr 2022
	When there seems no way out. A talk for Good Friday	Apr 2023

Trinity	Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God of Hosts	May 2021

Prayer	A series on the Lord's prayer (Retreat 2008)	Jan 2008
	A reflection for Lent	Feb 2012
	Praying with the Desert Fathers and Mothers	Mar 2015
	Surviving the pit. Finding help in the Psalms of Lament	May 2015
	What does Jesus pray for us in heaven?	May 2020
	Learning to Pray	Feb 2021
	Jesus prays for his followers	May 2021
	Orthodox evening prayer	Dec 2024
	A prayer based on the Magnificat	Jun 2024

Icons	Impact of Eastern Orthodoxy on Western Christianity	Jan 2010
	A study of 2 icons: baptism and the harrowing of hell	Apr 2010
	Icons: their origins, meaning and use	Jan 2012
	Understanding the icon for Palm Sunday	Mar 2013
	The icon of the harrowing of hell and 1 Peter 3:18-22	Mar 2013

Saints	Anna - waiting for God	Jan 2020
	Mary Magdalene	Jul 2020
	St.Sergius of Radonezh	Oct 2020
	A talk for St Andrew's day. John 1.35-42	Nov 2021
	St Mark's day. A call to persevere. Mark 13:5-13	May 2024

Theology	Seminar on the resurrection (Christian Arts Society)	Jul 2009
	The Christian hope and the resurrection of the body	Apr 2010
	Understanding the Trinity: A story (John 16.12-15)	May 2010
	On infant baptism (Benjamin Adrian Marple)	May 2011
	What is predestination?	Nov 2012
	Language and theology	Jan 2013
	What do we believe about the Trinity	Jul 2015
	Baptism and the ring: a parable	Aug 2015
	Understanding the Trinity	Jun 2019
	The Christian idea of freedom	Jun 2019
	Why does Jesus say that I have to hate my family?	Sep 2019
	What does it mean to be a servant of God?	Jan 2020
	The creation of humanity	Feb 2020
	The gift of the peace of God	Apr 2020
	The Lord is MY shepherd	May 2020
	How do we live together well?	Jun 2020
	The Kingdom of God	Jun 2020
	Forgiveness	Sep 2020
	Grace	Sep 2020
	Baptism and a new start	Jan 2021
	What is the unforgivable sin?	Jun 2021

Human sexuality	God, men and sex	Mar 2009
	Redefining marriage	Feb 2013
	On being a father	Sep 2013
	On sexuality and sex	Oct 2013

Evangelistic	Jesus Christ: the most cursed man in history	Mar 2014
	The dream designer - at a fashion show	Sep 2008

Talks for occasions	On the occasion of the Queen's 80th birthday	Jun 2006
	Battle of Britain service	Sep 2007
	Memories (at handover of Suffolk Regimental chapel)	Sep 2009
	Remembrance Day 2010 (on love)	Nov 2010
	Battle of Britain service	Sep 2011
	A talk at a hospice memorial service	Dec 2011
	Remembrance Sunday 2012: every person matters	Nov 2012
	Bury St Edmunds town pastors: on their 5th anniversary	May 2013
	A talk for a Hospice Light up a Life service	Dec 2013
	The glorious dead (Remembrance day 2015)	Nov 2014
	A talk for a Hospice Light up a Life service	Dec 2014
	On the centenary of the WI	Sep 2015
	Rememberance Sunday	Nov 2018
	A sermon for St.Andrew's day	Nov 2019
	Striking the head of the serpent. A talk for rememberance Sunday	Nov 2019
	A reflection on the Stalingrad Madonna	Dec 2019
	A talk on the 135th anniversary of St.Andrew's consecration	Jan 2020
	Reflection for VE day	May 2020
	The Song of the Ruthless shall be stilled. A talk for Rememberance Sunday	Nov 2020
	A talk for a service of thanksgiving and rememberance of those who have died	Nov 2020
	Remembrance day 2021. The things that really matter	Nov 2021
	On God's power in our powerlessness	Mar 2022
	Remembrance Sunday Moscow 2022	Nov 2022
	On the death of Queen Elizabeth	Sep 2022
	On dragons. The dedication of the coronation gate.	May 2024
	Crossing the road. Remembrance Sunday 2024	Nov 2024

Wedding	A wedding sermon (Psalm 127,128)	Jul 2006
	A wedding talk	May 2007
	A wedding address (Col 3.12-17)	Jul 2008
	The wedding of Phil Taylor and Maaike (Psalm 84)	Jun 2011
	A wedding talk (for Steve and Emma)	Mar 2013
	A wedding talk (Adam and Charlotte) (Song of songs 8.6-7)	Apr 2013

Church life	A vision for St Peter's	Oct 2006
	Parish AGM 2008	Apr 2008
	Parish AGM 2009	Apr 2009
	A vision for St Peter's Church	Nov 2011
	Setting priorities for the Church	Mar 2012
	Why should we sing in church?	Jul 2013

Miscellaneous	A selected diary of a sabbatical (1)	May 2012
	A selected diary of a sabbatical (2)	Jul 2012
	Montgomery Heights Christian Care Centre	Aug 2012
	Snow in the Bible	Jan 2013
	Immigration and Christianity in the UK.	May 2014
	God and technology	Jun 2014
	Childrens questions about God	Dec 2014

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