Written in December 2021 for Oakham Team Ministry weekly message. Dear friends, We are now into the final month of the year, with Christmas fast approaching. With all the cold weather we have had this past week, it almost feels as though the bleak midwinter has come a little early. In the bleak midwinter is … Continue reading In The Bleak Midwinter
Author: Shakeel Nurmahi
Advent Sermon: On The Lookout For Jesus
Sunday 27th November 2022. Sermon preached at 8am Holy Communion service at All Saints Church, Oakham. Reading: Matthew 24:36-44 Happy Advent everyone. Or is that incorrect? Should I be saying, sombre Advent everyone? When you hear a reading like that your heart does feel strangely saddened, confused and slightly disturbed. It is the pattern of … Continue reading Advent Sermon: On The Lookout For Jesus
There Will Be Bombing On This Christmas Night
25th November 2022 I wrote this poem in 2015 during the height of the war in Syria. The war in Ukraine has been the defining event of this year, and as we draw closer to Christmas, it felt right to share this poem. You can also watch me perform the poem here: There will be … Continue reading There Will Be Bombing On This Christmas Night
O Come O Come Emmanuel
Wednesday 23rd November 2022 Advent greetings, It is that time, my friends. You will hear and will continue to hear the great advent hymn, O Come O Come Emmanuel today and for the next month on constant repeat. It will be so inescapable to your ears and your subconscious that you will find yourself pleading … Continue reading O Come O Come Emmanuel
Remembrance Week
Tuesday 8th November 2022 This week across the country, and many places across the world, we stop to remember. You may have noticed people out and about wearing poppies. Poppies are used as a sign to remember. This season of remembrance builds up to our big day of remembrance this Sunday, which we call Remembrance … Continue reading Remembrance Week
Thought for the Day – Rishi’s First Week
First aired as Sunday Morning Thought on Rutland and Stamford Sound, Sunday 30th October 2022. Tomorrow sees the return of our schools after two weeks off for half-term. Parents listening this morning will probably be hard at work getting uniforms washed and ready, finding missing school bags, and checking the kids haven’t left their homework … Continue reading Thought for the Day – Rishi’s First Week
My first baptisms
28th September 2022, Langham Last Sunday I had the joy of leading my first baptism, followed a couple of hours later by my second baptism. I think of all the new experiences that I have had over the past few years, I think baptising is probably the most significant thing that I have been able … Continue reading My first baptisms
My Puppy Taught Me How To Be A Pastor
10th February 2022, Langham, Rutland Aslan has taught me a lot about how to be a pastor. Not the lion, my puppy, Aslan. My wife and I decided that Aslan would be a fitting name for a yellow Labrador. I’ve just got in from taking Aslan out for a walk, his second of the day. … Continue reading My Puppy Taught Me How To Be A Pastor
Mothering Sunday 2021
My sermon for Mothering Sunday, preached at St Oswald's Church, Durham. 14th March 2021 Readings: Num 21:4-9; Eph 2:1-10; John 3:14-21 Let me start by wishing you all a Happy Mothering Sunday, in what is probably a very unusual Mothering Sunday. I hope and pray that it would still be one filled with love and with blessings. … Continue reading Mothering Sunday 2021
My Hopes for the Archbishops’ Commission on Families and Households
I was invited to the zoom launch of the Archbishops' Commission on Families and Households to share my hopes as a young Anglican. 16th March 2021 Introduction Good afternoon everyone. My name is Shakeel Nurmahi, and I am an ordinand based at Cranmer Hall, Durham. In June I will be undergoing three significant life events. … Continue reading My Hopes for the Archbishops’ Commission on Families and Households
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