by Cotham Parish Church | Jan 23, 2018 | Resources, Sermons
In the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. John 2.1-11 I really should have checked last year’s diary before agreeing to preach here today, because I find that I was here in January last year in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and with the same readings. I...
by Cotham Parish Church | Jan 22, 2018 | Blog
The first thing to say about my faith journey is that the longer I travel, the more I realise just how much further I have to go, but to simply trust in God’s enduring love, timescale and pace. I was brought up in the Christian faith, my Roman Catholic Dad taking my...
by Cotham Parish Church | Jan 22, 2018 | Blog
On June 19th 2016, when you so kindly gave me a beautiful bunch of flowers as I left Cotham to go to Oxford, I remember saying to you “I shall probably be back!” In fact, I did not altogether mean it. I had truly expected that I would be staying in Oxford, living...
by Cotham Parish Church | Jan 22, 2018 | Intercessions, Resources
Today may we reflect with wonder and awe upon revelations of the divine majesty of God. Let us pray with the listening heart of Samuel: Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. Jesus, your incarnate presence was revealed to all peoples through the painstaking...
by Cotham Parish Church | Jan 21, 2018 | Intercessions, Resources
1. Incense for a priest. We thank you for the gift of your church, for all the people in all the corners of the earth who have seen your star and feel called to follow. We all start in different places, with different stories and different gifts. We find this...
