A forgiving place not a judgmental place (Jonathan Aitken)

Acts 7:55-60;  1 Peter 2:2-10;  St John 14:1-14

Laudabo Nomen Domini

“If you have tasted that the Lord is good …..  Come to him, a living stone …..  and like living stones let yourselves be built into a spiritual house”.

In the name of the living God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.   Amen.

In the world of politics, at election meetings and annual general meetings, someone is usually given a rather difficult job to do.   He is called the warm-up man.   It’s a role that I thought I had, with relief, left far behind me in my distant past.   And that was so until Father Philip invited me to preach this Sunday, adding in his gentle, subtle way the rider: “I do hope you might be able to link your sermon to the church AGM which is taking place immediately after this service”.

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