Tag: St Augustine

  • Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve

    1. My theme today is “Sons of Adam, Daughters of Eve”, so by way of introduction I’m going to read a short passage from the story of the first man and the first woman, Adam and Eve, as it appears in Genesis, the first book in the Bible: ‘The man named his wife Eve because…

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  • THE HOLINESS OF HARVEST

    READING: Psalm 65: 1-2; 9-13 Lammas, which actually falls on 1st August, is the oldest Christian festival, at least in England, which gives thanks for the harvest. It dates from Anglo-Saxon times and was celebrated through the Middle Ages, until it fell out of favour at the Reformation. Although the secular festivities of Harvest Home…

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