tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:38:43 +0000My email address is: <a href="mailto:tomkennar@googlemail.com">tomkennar@googlemail.com</a>.http://tomkennar.blogspot.com/tomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)Blogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-8227599704874274463Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:36:00 +00002009-11-03T14:38:43.970ZAll Saintsday of the deadAll SoulsHeaven and HellChangeonline SermonTo read last Sunday's Sermon for All Saints Sunday, please click herehttp://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/11/dead-are-raised.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-2570547324308040563Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:06:00 +00002009-10-24T21:08:51.374+01:00Do you find the Bible a perplexing and difficult read? Do you sometimes feel guilty that you don't pick it up often enough. You are not alone! To think more about this important spiritual subject, please read tomorrow morning's sermon, by clicking here.I hope it helps!http://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/10/blind-receive-their-sight.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-4915056819344482990Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:12:00 +00002009-10-03T14:14:00.879+01:00Please click here to read tomorrow's sermon on the hot topic of divorce. And then comment...please! (For the record, I welcome and enthusiastically engage in debate!)http://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/10/divorce.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-5481291825682345766Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:08:00 +00002009-10-03T09:11:40.674+01:00Last Sunday we held our Harvest Festival service. Here is the sermon I preached - with some reflections about the meaning of Harvest - especially to us city dwellers. (This is a somewhat longer reflection than I actually preached - Due to time constraints, this is the un-edited version!). To read the sermon, please click here.http://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/10/harvest-reflections.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-2630473561991717749Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:03:00 +00002009-10-03T09:04:55.715+01:00Here's a sermon from a couple of weeks ago that I have only just got round to publishing. My apologies to regular readers! To read "Who is the Greatest?", please click here.http://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/10/who-is-greatest.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-142530956757646928Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:32:00 +00002009-09-07T19:33:19.026+01:00To read this week's sermon - called "Children and Dogs", please click herehttp://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/09/children-and-dogs.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-1916384151297912680Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:11:00 +00002009-08-16T18:13:54.622+01:00If you want to read the nub of today's sermon, please click here. It is not precisely what I said - as I departed from the script a little in response to a wonderful gift we received this morning (a new tapestry-hanging). Enjoy!http://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/08/good-samaritan.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-5245185226602948576Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:06:00 +00002009-08-14T13:08:02.925+01:00Last Sunday I preached about the hope of Resurrection that Christians share, following the funeral of Rob Townsend. To read the sermon, please click herehttp://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/08/bread-of-life.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-1254182440327632141Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:13:00 +00002009-08-02T17:15:32.263+01:00After a relaxing holiday in Scotland (over the last couple of weeks) today's sermon focused on some of the differences between the Church of Scotland and the Church of England. To read it, please click here.http://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/08/ecclesiastical-musings.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-8996564786823779241Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:07:00 +00002009-07-15T00:09:43.832+01:00Here's a link to last Sunday's sermon - based on the story of the beheading of John the Baptist. It is called Sex and Seduction! Juicy stuff. Comments very welcome as always!http://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/07/sex-and-seduction.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-3148069527323948359Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:53:00 +00002009-07-05T18:55:40.227+01:00Today, after a wonderful break in Cornwall, I mused on the wedding I was privileged to conduct for a young man who was once a paige-boy at my own wedding to Clare. If you would like to read the sermon, click herehttp://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/07/communal-breathing.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-3719324494667264381Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:11:00 +00002009-06-14T14:13:26.878+01:00Here is today's sermon on the topic of the Mustard Seed, and the Parable of North End. Please click here to read it.http://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/06/seed-and-parable-of-north-end.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-418350492843023438Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:57:00 +00002009-06-06T17:01:59.539+01:00Tomorrow's sermon is an imaginative attempt to compress the history of religion - with a focus on Judeo-Christianity - into a very short timespan. It attempts to explain some of the early human impulse towards the divine - and culminates in the description of God as 'Trinity' (which Christians believe to be the imperfect, but best-yet way of describing God).If you are interested in playing with http://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/06/holy-holy-holy-three-in-one-god.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-1940420899996404128Sat, 30 May 2009 18:04:00 +00002009-06-06T10:56:51.569+01:00If you want to get my take on the rather strange story of Pentecost, then please click here.I suppose I should issue a health warning... this sermon may make smoke come out of the ears of biblical literalists. The rest of my small readership will hopefully be inspired!http://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/05/tongues-of-fire-and-rushing-heavenly.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-60008693277534635Sat, 16 May 2009 10:53:00 +00002009-05-16T11:54:50.236+01:00Where is God in the current banking and political crisis?If you want to think about that, from Biblical perspective, then read tomorrow's sermon by clicking herehttp://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/05/he-has-put-down-mighty-from-their-seats.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-4472190161996887338Sat, 09 May 2009 17:46:00 +00002009-05-09T18:47:05.777+01:00To read this Sunday's sermon on "The Vine", please click herehttp://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/05/living-on-vine.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-7148692733876512419Sat, 02 May 2009 09:59:00 +00002009-05-02T11:00:44.211+01:00Here's a sermon which, I hope, will get your theological juices flowing...Can we really claim that Jesus is the only Way to God? What about other religions?If you want to think more about those questions, please click herehttp://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/05/at-name-of-jesus.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-170495865647782775Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:36:00 +00002009-04-26T08:37:37.374+01:00If you wish to read my remarks to the Parish, made at this morning's Annual Parochial Church Meeting, then please click herehttp://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/04/rectors-report.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-4231967925456141171Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:43:00 +00002009-04-25T18:44:42.917+01:00Here's tomorrow morning's sermon - thinking about the power and reality of Story.Please click here to read it.http://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/04/greatest-story-ever-told.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-4117505816366101832Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:56:00 +00002009-04-11T20:57:51.903+01:00To read my sermon for Easter Sunday morning (which is based on my recent Plain Truth article, see below), please click herehttp://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/04/easter-2009.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-2726095549743493448Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:28:00 +00002009-04-04T13:30:35.973+01:00If you are interested to read an article I recently contributed to 'The Plain Truth' magazine (an Christian, ecumenical magazine affiliated to the Evangelical Alliance), please click herehttp://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/04/contribution-to-plain-truth.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-5397937697959421294Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:26:00 +00002009-04-04T13:28:55.255+01:00Here is a link to my Palm Sunday Sermon: Please click here to read ithttp://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/04/palm-sunday-2009.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-6474756156733239172Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:36:00 +00002009-03-21T13:37:21.254ZTo read my 2009 Mothering Sunday sermon, please Click here.I should probably give you a health warning...it has some pretty radical thoughts about what makes a mother...http://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/03/mothering-sunday.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-2037665744207967786Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:22:00 +00002009-03-07T12:24:33.919ZMark 8: 31-endIf you want to read tomorrow morning's sermon on the theme "Take Up Your Cross", then please click here .Also - please accept my apology for not posting last week's sermon. It would have been hard to do - as we spent 5 minutes in silence, instead of listening to words. Seemed like a good way to start Lent...and was the easiest sermon I've prepared in a long time!http://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/03/take-up-your-cross.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502116.post-1209196443164093424Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:28:00 +00002009-02-14T16:29:53.051ZIf you want to read tomorrow's sermon please Click HereIt's basically some thoughts about what it means to come under God's protection...especially in a time of economic crisis.http://tomkennar.blogspot.com/2009/02/stilling-stormand-shouting-at-tv.htmltomkennar@googlemail.com (Tom Kennar)1