Plain Speaking
This sermon was given at our Sunday morning service on 13th February 2022. The Gospel was Luke 6:17-26 . I hope you enjoy reading it. Our Gospel reading this morning is one we rarely hear in church. That might surprise you? It’s one we know well, of course. But actually, prior to this morning, the last time we had this reading was in February 2019, and the time before that, incredibly, was over 15 years ago – 11 th February 2007. So, in 15 years, we’ve only heard this reading twice; once this morning, and once in February three years ago, when the biggest news of the day was Piers Morgan getting all hot under the collar that bakery chain Greggs had released a vegan sausage roll. Do you remember when that was the sort of thing we actually thought was worthy of getting angry about? Since we last heard this reading, the country has been busy to say the least – we’ve left the EU, we’ve seen new leaders of all three of the traditional main political parties in the UK – including a new ...