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John Davies: Notes from a small vicar

John Davies: Notes from a small vicar

By John Davies

Reflections on life and faith in a changing world.
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Protecting what is loved: the angry Jesus in The Temple

John Davies: Notes from a small vicarFeb 28, 2024

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Protecting what is loved: the angry Jesus in The Temple
Feb 28, 202407:19
In Defence of the Offence of the Cross
Feb 22, 202408:18
In our wilderness, angels minister to us
Feb 15, 202408:30
I am your fan: on Christian Formation
Jan 31, 202408:04
Who will bring consolation to Israel?
Jan 25, 202408:43
Pondering a larger reality
Dec 30, 202307:20
Peace on earth starts within
Dec 19, 202307:05
Among you stands one whom you do not know
Dec 13, 202308:10
“Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God”
Dec 06, 202308:30
Watch and pray with the Prophet of the true way to peace
Nov 23, 202308:08
The parable of the man who liked to dig
Nov 14, 202307:27
In a world of conflict, be prepared for love
Nov 08, 202307:27
May our love not grow cold: being among the peacemakers
Oct 31, 202307:57
To die, like Moses, by the kiss of God
Oct 26, 202305:46
New occasions teach new duties: Give to God the things that are God’s
Oct 19, 202309:12
Is this your God, O Israel?
Oct 11, 202307:48
God loves soil: humility and reverence before the world
Jul 12, 202308:13
Unburdening: life in the divine presence
Jul 05, 202306:20
No sacrifice necessary - The Lord will provide
Jun 26, 202307:19
The Baptised are not a family
Jun 20, 202307:38
‘God has brought laughter for me’
Jun 14, 202307:54
They built their altars to the Lord
Jun 08, 202309:06
Transforming our times of watching and waiting
Jun 01, 202306:49
Pentecost: fellow-travellers reconciled
May 25, 202308:26
Holy hauntology: by the Holy Ghost, our dreams of a better life in Christ re-emerge with real potential
May 18, 202307:32
No more out of sight, out of mind: at the Sheep Gate, saved from Sacrifice

No more out of sight, out of mind: at the Sheep Gate, saved from Sacrifice

Apr 27, 202309:12
Keeping on the Way of Joy
Apr 19, 202306:04
God frees us from death. It is impossible for us to be held in its power
Apr 14, 202307:10
Jesus took a donkey - and stole the people’s hearts
Mar 29, 202305:43
Can these bones live? God’s pregnant promise
Mar 21, 202311:19
There is a line of women
Mar 16, 202305:13
A woman's world: is this the inspiration she is seeking?

A woman's world: is this the inspiration she is seeking?

A talk for The Third Sunday of Lent, 5 March 2023.

Following a conversational reading of the encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well, John 4.5-30,39.

'He told me everything I have ever done!' - finally, a man who had come to know her fully, to understand her entirely, to love her wholly, to accept her as she was. No wonder she was so transformed that day. No wonder that her story made such an impression on those who heard it; because she may have been the most notorious addict for love in the city of Sychar; but everyone else in that place shared that ache to be accepted, that longing to be loved. This is one of the many Bible stories where women are the central characters. Women who discover that in a world where they are usually suppressed by men, God gives them agency. 

Find the text to this and all my talks at bit.ly/johndavies-talks

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How can anyone be born after having grown old?
Mar 01, 202305:01
Who told you that you were naked?
Feb 23, 202308:39
Take yourself up the mountain; be surrounded by the Cloud of God
Feb 16, 202305:56
To rest in the grace of the world: something worth fighting for
Feb 09, 202305:60
The fast that we choose
Feb 01, 202307:20
Seeing the light - a break with business as usual
Jan 19, 202306:27
We are all followers
Jan 12, 202307:09
Holy fools: the joy of journeying on hopefully
Jan 04, 202307:34
New Year’s Day: good news can be terrifying #2
Dec 22, 202207:08
Christmas: good news can be terrifying #1
Dec 22, 202203:43
Weak hands and feeble knees
Dec 06, 202208:10
On Jordan’s bank: crossing over from distrust to understanding
Nov 30, 202208:26
Redeeming the powers: that’s why we call Jesus our King
Nov 16, 202206:29
Living faithfully in a time of conflict
Nov 10, 202207:25
To God all are alive: in the midst of death we are in life
Nov 03, 202208:39
Celebrating those who know their hope, their inheritance among the saints
Oct 29, 202205:06
A Parable about the Pester Power of the Widow who Protested
Oct 13, 202207:42
Being thankful in hard times

Being thankful in hard times

The story of the one healed leper who returned - the foreigner of the group - a story which may encourage even those of us at our lowest ebb that it is nevertheless possible, with thankful hearts, to experience respair, to move from despair towards a place of hope. To make a faith journey forwards with Christ at our side, giving thanks to God.

A talk for The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity, 9 October 2022.

Find the text to this and all my talks at bit.ly/johndavies-talks.

Oct 06, 202208:07