Performing the Bible

Sermon by the Reverend Trevor Jamison preached at St Columba’s United Reformed Church, March 10th 2019, On the day new church Bibles were received by the congregation (Romans 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13) One Sunday morning in 1997, I sat down in front of the television to watch the final of the Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament: […]

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I’m not Interested

Sermon by the Reverend Trevor Jamison preached at St Columba’s United Reformed Church, February 24th 2019, At the beginning of Fairtrade Fortnight Genesis 9: 12-16; Luke 19 :1-10; James 2 :14-17 I have to tell you, as an autonomous, independent, individual human being … I have absolutely no interest whatsoever in fair trade. As an […]

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Mind the Gap!

Sermon by the Reverend Trevor Jamison preached at St Columba’s United Reformed Church, February 10th 2019 Isaiah 6:1-8; Luke 5:1-11; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Mind the gap! Mind the gap between who and what you are and what God chooses to make of you today. How do you view people in general? Are we generally ok, […]

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God Gets Angry?

Sermon by the Reverend Trevor Jamison preached at St Columba’s United Reformed Church, 3rd February 2019 Jeremiah 1: 4-10; Luke 4: 21-30 When we, the human beings of God’s world, reject God’s messengers, reject God’s will, and reject God, gods-self, what’s God to do? Does God just walk away, muttering something about not getting into […]

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Water, Wine and Belief

Sermon by the Reverend Trevor Jamison, 20/01/2019 John 2: 1-12 John 2: 11: ‘So Jesus performed at Cana-in-Galilee the first of the signs which revealed his glory and led his disciples to believe in him.’ Well you would do, wouldn’t you? If you met someone who could do something like that right before your eyes, […]

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