To be frank

Tradition and Traditioning

First week of the new college year; I preached a sermon on the theme of tradition and traditioning, at our first Tuesday chapel service.
Here are some parts of the sermon:

Black and White, not Grey

There are some things that really are black or white, and not shades of grey. This is one of the messages of a superb novel by Rosamund Lupton, Afterwards. It's just her second novel, after her very different but equally good Sister.

The basics of preaching: the message and the messenger

I've been reading a few reflections on the role and the responsibility of preachers. I found this wonderful quotation, an old Puritan proverb;
Thou art a preacher of the Word; mind thy business.

Beyond remorse

During the holidays I read Julian Barnes' Booker prize winning novel The sense of an ending. It's a good read.