From the Pilgrim Path

A sermon delivered for Pentecost 2022 at St Mary's Diss.The readings were: Acts 2:1-21, John 14: 8-27.

This sermon was preached at St Mary's, Diss for the Third Sunday of Easter on the 1st of May 2022. The readings were: John 21:1-19, Acts 9.1-20Revelation 5.11-end.During this I accidentally quoted Karl Barth, who wrote: "In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians”

A chance to return to Necton All Saints where I preached on Luke 8:22-25, the Calming of the Storm. This was preached on the 20th February 2022.

My first sermon of 2022 from St Mary's Diss. The reading was Luke 4: 14-21.

Our final sermon in this Advent Series for 2021, reflecting on the last great evil which is death.Our Readings are Deuteronomy 30:11-end and John 11.

The third in our Advent series reflecting on the world through the thematic lens provided by the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. Today's focus is that of Famine. The readings are taken from Genesis 41 and Matthew 6.

This sermon was preached at St Mary's Diss on the Second Sunday of Advent 2021. The readings were Psalm 18 and Matthew 5, and continues our theme of using the horses of the apocalpyse to explore the world around us.

Sermon for Advent Sunday beginning our Advent Series where we reflect on what it means to "Wait in the World" by using the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as a thematic filter for our reflections on the world around us.

This sermon was preached at St Mary's Diss for the festival of Christ the King. The readings were: John 18:33-37, Daniel 7:9-14 Revelation 1:4b-8 21st November 2021

This sermon was delivered at St Mary's Diss for Remembrance Sunday 2021.

This sermon is a reading of the sermon that was preached at our Commemoration Service at St Mary's for All Souls Day 2021. The reading was Psalm 121.

This sermon was preached at St Mary's Diss on All Saints Day, the 31st of October 2021. The Gospel passage was the story of Lazarus, from John 11:32-44.

This sermon was preached at St Mary's Diss on the 10th October 2021. The Passageswere: Henrwws 4:12-end, Mark 10:17-31.

A harvest sermon from St MAry's Winfarthing on the 12th of September 2021.

On the 5th of September 2021 I was invited to join the Hempnell Benefice at St Mary's, Woodton by Reverend L. Billett in order that I might share my story of how I came to be a priest in the Church of England. Here you'll hear my story, both elements of struggle and of growth.This episode discusses self-harm. If you are struggling with self-harm or suicidal thoughts please do check out the following links to charities and organisations which may be able to support you, and I'd encourage you to contact your local church to ask them for prayer and support as well. LinksMind - Getting HelpSamaritans.orgsane.org.ukselfinjurysupport.org.uk (Focuses on Women and girls)NHS Resources

How do we respond to God when we are feeling weak: physically, mentally, emotionally, or spiritually? 2 Corinthians 12:2-10, Mark 6:1-13 4th July 2021

This sermon was preached at St Mary's Diss on the 27th of June 2021. The readings were 2 Corinthians 8:7-end, Mark 5:21-end.

This sermon was preached both at Tivetshall and Gissing on the Third Sunday of Trinity 2021. The Readings were: 2 Corinthians 6:1-13, Mark 4:35-41.

Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:6-17 St Mary's Diss, 13th June 2021This sermon is based on my Pilgrimage walk from Diss to Norwich, a 28 mile journey stopping off at 19 Churches along the way. If you have a new podcast app from NewPodcastApps.com you'll be able to see some pictures from the walk during the episode.

This sermon was preached at St Nicholas' North Lopham on the 6th of June 2021. The reading was 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1.Fr Giles' full reflection can be viewed on YouTube at this linkTranscript of his remarks: FATHER GILES, BENEDICTINE MONK: I think that freedom everywhere, anywhere, is love. Letting yourself be loved, which is always risky. And loving, which is maybe even riskier. I've been an monk here at Pluscarden for 47 years. Prayer I suppose is the greatest freedom of all, because it's a relationship, it's a gift of God, it's very mysterious I think. It's a gift and you just accept what comes. Silence is an enabling thing. It frees you for listening, for availability, for avoiding imposing yourself. How often in speech are we trying to do someone down or demonstrate our superiority or all of that. So, silence frees you from those things. Most monks do all sorts of things. So you take your turn washing up, peeling the spuds, cooking the lunch, driving the car. Many little jobs. Just like a family. Habere est Haberi, which means, "What you possess, possesses you." The less you've got, the more freedom you have. And that’s a freedom which is quite hard to acquire in some ways because letting go of things is detachment. It's difficult but it's essential for freedom because as our lives go on, you have to let go of things. Maybe your memory, maybe your sight, maybe your hearing, maybe mobility. You've got to let them go. Because one day, you have to let go of your life the ultimate impoverishment. But that’s the only way to get to the freedom of eternal life. It will be tough at times, everybody's life is tough at times. But as they say, the retirement benefits are out of this world.