Sermon - Every seed will flourish

 

Imre Szakács, Mustard Seed, 2009 

Sermon preached during the Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook at 12.45pm on Thursday 17th June 2021 based on the text of Mark 4.26-34 and 2 Corinthians 5.6-10, 14-17

Good News in 100 words
The kingdom Jesus proclaims is described in two consecutive parables as being like a seed. The kingdom is a place where every seed flourishes. We often think that our growth and development – and that of others – is contingent on human agency; our efforts. The good news is that God has provided all we need to flourish. We can celebrate this by working to break down the barriers we have put in the way of doing so.

Prayers of Intercession - Trinity 5

The Sower by Vincent Van Gogh, 1888

Prayers of intercession for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook at 12.45pm on Thursday 16th July 2020 (Trinity 5/Proper 10) based on the Gospel Reading from Matthew 13.1-9, 18-23; The Parable of the Sower and the Parable of the Sower Explained.