Reflection for Sunday 22nd March by Rev Sue McCoan 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Psalm 23 The link between these two readings is David. David the shepherd boy, minding his dad’s sheep; David the musician and songwriter; David who went on to become the celebrated king of Israel. The story of David being chosen as king […]
Sermon given at St. Andrew’s Ealing 1st March 2020 by Revd Sue McCoan Isaiah 43:1-4 Matt 4:1-11 On Friday I went to the new David Hockney exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. I highly recommend it. It is, as you might expect, a series of portraits, but they are not society portraits of famous sitters. […]
Sermon given at St. Andrew’s Ealing 5th January 2012, Revd Sue McCoan Isaiah 60: 1-6 Matthew 2:1-12 Well, here we are. 5th January 2020. The start of a new year; the start of a new decade. I wonder how you are feeling about it. Maybe you made a list of goals to achieve, of resolutions […]
Sermon given at St. Andrew’s Ealing Sunday 15th December 2019 by the Revd Sue McCoan Isaiah 35:1-10 Matthew 11:2-11 So here is John the Baptist, in prison. John, the free spirit from the great outdoors, John, at home in the desert and the wide open spaces, John the preacher who could hold the attention […]
Sermon given at St. Andrew’s Ealing, 6th October 2019 by Revd Sue McCoan 2 Timothy 1:1-14 Luke 17:5-10 The ancients tell a story to illustrate the spiritual life. A young monastic came up on an elder one day, sitting amongst a group of praying, working, meditating people. ‘I have the capacity to walk on water,’ […]
Sermon given at St. Andrew’s Ealing 7th July, 2019 by Revd Sue McCoan 2 Kings 5:1-14 Luke 10:1-11,16-20 I asked a couple of questions before the bible readings: how many people were involved in healing Naaman, and what specifically were the 72 followers of Jesus asked to do. How did you get on? Let’s look […]
Sermon given at St. Andrew’s URC Ealing, Sunday 21st April 2019 by Revd Sue McCoan Luke 24:1-12 We left the women in their grief and loss, keeping the Sabbath in mourning. The sabbath ends at sunset, and they can’t do anything in the dark. But their spices are prepared; they know what they have to […]
Sermon given on Easter Sunday. St. Andrew’s Ealing, 21st April 2019 by Revd Sue McCoan Luke 24:1-12 We left the women in their grief and loss, keeping the Sabbath in mourning. The sabbath ends at sunset, and they can’t do anything in the dark. But their spices are prepared; they know what they have to […]
Introduction to the Easter Sunday service, St. Andrew’s Ealing given by Revd Sue McCoan 21st April 2019 Today is a day of excitement and wonder. For us, it’s a happy day, because we know how the story unfolds, and how it’s now our story. But before we get into the celebrations, I’d like to pause, […]
Sermon given at St. Andrew’s, Ealing, 17th March 2019 by Revd Sue McCoan Philippians 3:17 – 4:1 Luke 13:31-35 Jesus, as you know, spent the bulk of his teaching and healing ministry in the region of Galilee, where he was brought up. Galilee is in the north of the country, and it’s a much greener, […]
