Chris Watson

5th February 2025

Listening carefully… blessed are you

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On Sunday 2nd February, Chris introduced our new series: listening carefully to what our Master says. We’ll be working through the Sermon on the Mount, listening afresh to Jesus’ wisdom and praying that we will be surprised by these familiar words. What does it mean for us to respond to Jesus’ challenging, puzzling, revolutionary call to establish God’s kingdom on Earth, ‘where Love has the final word but it’s costly too’? The reading is Matthew 5:1-12. You can listen here or using the player below.

13th April 2024

Resurrection encounters – Thomas

Helen Brocklehurst Sunday Sermon Chris Watson, doubt, Faith, Friendship Matters, John 20, Peace, resurrection, shalom 0 Comments

On Sunday 7th April, Chris spoke about John’s gospel, ch20 v19-31 which tells the story of Jesus’ visits to his disciples, hiding behind locked doors. Thomas misses the first encounter and doubts Jesus until he appears the second time. Jesus breathes his gift of peace (wholeness or ‘shalom’) onto his frightened disciples. God’s shalom is stronger than the fears within us and the adversity we face. Chris encourages us that doubt is an element of faith; the opposite of faith is certainty, and Jesus’ gift of peace empowers us to risk even when we are not certain. You can listen here or using the player below.

The image is Caravaggio’s ‘The incredulity of St Thomas’.

27th January 2024

God’s generous miracles

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Reflecting on the story of the wedding at Cana (John 2 v1-11), Chris speaks about the abundant generosity of God’s miracles. You can listen here or using the player below.

6th November 2023

An invitation to… simplicity

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Continuing our exploration of the kind of life God invites us to live, Chris reflects on simplicity and encourages us to take steps to simplify our own lives. The reading comes from Luke ch12 v22-34. You can download the MP3 file here or listen below. To help us in our response, Chris suggests that we think about our own rule of life, and three steps we could take (things to add or give up) in order to simplify our lives.

The ‘paradoxes of simplicity’ attributed to A.W. Tozer in this talk should be credited to Richard J. Foster.

7th July 2023

Whatever We Do

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On Sunday 2nd July Chris spoke on the theme ‘Whatever We Do’. This was the third of our Frontline Sundays series and the reading was Colossians 3:15–24.

You can download the talk here or listen on the player below.
A note about the audio – the stereo recording drops out on the left side just over half way through. Its not your speakers – it’s our recording!

Before the talk we played this video.

6th March 2023

I am in a Kairos Community the grows my faith.

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On Sunday 19th February Chris Watson spoke on the second of our Journey Statements: I am in a Kairos Community the grows my faith. The reading was Acts 2:42-end. You can download the talk here. Or listen on the player below.