The Cranmer Group Podcast
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Episodes
159 episodes
"From Small Beginnings to True Value" (19th July, 2026 - The Seventh Sunday after Trinity)
We continue our journey through Matthews Gospel (on this Sunday, looking at chapter 13, verses 31-33 and 44-46), with Eoin's baptism, and with a bit of help from the World Cup! Tim explores small beginnings in Jesus's parables of the mustard se...
"How Is My Soil?" (12th July, 2026 - The Sixth Sunday after Trinity)
As we welcome little Brontë into God's family at her baptism, Tim asks each one of us (speaking about the Parable of the Sower, in Matthew 13:1-9 and 18-23) how is the quality of our "spiritual soil" into which God sows His word? What spiritual...
"Our Totally Trustworthy God" (5th July, 2026 - The Fifth Sunday after Trinity)
Annie shows us how Jesus reassures John the Baptist in his doubting, and how he reassures us: “I am with you, I will carry your burdens with you and for you, I will NEVER leave you and you WILL find my rest - I promise you.” Jesus continues, “B...
"Christ with Us" (28th June, 2026 - The Fourth Sunday after Trinity)
Tim helps us to reflect on the three short verses of Matthew 10:40-42, showing us how:-Christ goes with us;-We represent Christ; and-Even the smallest acts matter.
"His Beloved Children" (21st June, 2026 - The Third Sunday after Trinity)
Tim helps us navigate through a difficult Gospel passage, Matthew 10:24-39. Jesus challenges all of us who follow him, to place him before everything and everyone else in our lives, with the assurance that - with him alongside us - we have no n...
"A Plentiful Harvest" (14th June, 2026 - The Second Sunday after Trinity)
Tim unpacks Jesus's sending out of his disciples (apostles, as they are referred to here, for the first time, in fact) in Matthew 9:35 - 10:10, finding encouragement for us in all the possibilities to bring the Kingdom of Heaven into people's l...
"Faith in the Faithful One" (7th June, 2026 - The First Sunday after Trinity)
Reflecting on Matthew 9:9-13 & 18-26, and Romans 4:13-25, Bron helps us to see that we are promised that God is, and always will be, faithful to us; as He challenges us and encourages us in our discipleship journey of - and in - faith.<...
"Responding to our Creator" (31st May 2026 - Trinity Sunday)
Reflecting especially on Genesis 1:1 - 2:4, Annie asks us what might be our response to the greatness, complexity and diversity of our God - three persons, yet one God - with His amazing mission and love for us all?
"Opening our hearts; sharing from our hearts" (24th May, 2026 - Pentecost)
In the conclusion of our mini-series on generosity and giving, Tim marvels at the extraordinary Pentecost gift of the Holy Spirit to Christ's first followers, and also to us today (Acts 2:1-21). And then, drawing on the account of Jesus witness...
"Love Changes Everything" (17th May, 2026 - The Sunday after Ascension Day)
In the first of our mini-series on generosity and giving, our Archdeacon of Nottingham, the Ven. Phil Williams, asks us about what and whom we truly love. From that place of love, echoing God's love for us above all in the gift of Jesus, Phil a...
The Vicar's Review of Our Benefice Life, 2025 (10th May, 2026)
Rev. Tim Chambers, in the plenary session of our 2025 Annual Parochial Church Meetings, looks back over all that God has done amongst us in 2025, and looks forward to some important developments in Cranmer Group life, potentially in the pipelin...
"Fruit that Will Last" (10th May, 2026 - The Sixth Sunday of Easter)
In the final Sunday reflecting on our Benefice's ministry 'Areas of Focus', Tim encourages us to consider Jesus's words to his disciples in John 15:1-17, that he is the vine and we are the branches, and that only through abiding in him, and sha...
"The Heartbeat of our Discipleship" (3rd May, 2026 - The Fifth Sunday of Easter)
In the second of our Sundays in which we're reflecting on our Benefice's three ministry 'Areas of Focus', Kevin Deacon shares with us how prayer shapes the way we live - our discipleship! - individually and as God's family (Mark 1:35–39, and Co...
"Growing and Nurturing" (26th April, 2026 - The Fourth Sunday of Easter)
In the first of our three Sundays in which we focus on our Benefice's ministry 'Areas of Focus', Clare Chambers speaks to us about Children, Youth and Families, drawing on Paul's Second Letter to Timothy (chapter 1, verses 1-7) and Matthew 13:1...
"You Have Nothing to Fear" (19th April, 2026 - The Third Sunday of Easter)
Annie shares with us one of what she describes as three stories with a common, single theme, of 'Jesus and the people on the edge': his encounter with two disciples on the Road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-36, and Psalm 22:1-11)
"Peace be with you!" (12th April, 2026 - The Second Sunday of Easter)
Tim explores how the resurrected Jesus's words first to his disciples, and then to Thomas, of "Peace be with you!" can be prayed by us over ourselves; over those we love; and over God's world. (Acts 2:14a & 22-32; and John 20:19-31)
"Do not be afraid!" (5th April, 2026 - Easter Day)
As we celebrate Easter Day, linking it back into our recent Exodus sermon series, Tim shares with us - in the risen Jesus's words to the women by his tomb - why the resurrection means that we need never be afraid (Exodus 14:21-31 and Matthew 28...
"Choosing the Way of Humility" (29th March, 2026 - Palm Sunday)
Drawing on the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in Matthew 21:1-11, and referring back to Exodus 13:17-22, Tim encourages us to choose "The Way of Humility" modelled by Jesus, a King like no other.
Exodus (vii) - "God dwells amongst us" (22nd March, 2026 - The Fifth Sunday of Lent)
Tim brings together the threads of our journey through Exodus, drawing on Exodus chapter 40, verses 16-38, and John's Gospel, chapter 1, verses 14-18. He shows how God dwelling amongst his people in the Tabernacle, as they journeyed through the...
Exodus (vi) - "Counterfeit gods" (15th March, 2026 - The Fourth Sunday of Lent)
Looking especially at the story of the Golden Calf in Exodus, chapter 32, verses 1-20, and also Jesus's tempting in the wilderness, in Matthew, chapter 4, verses 1-11, Tim explores how each one of us is drawn to worship idols in our lives, and ...
Exodus (v) - "God's blueprint for us" (8th March, 2026 - The Third Sunday of Lent)
Looking at Exodus 20:1-17, & 20; and Matthew 5:17-20, Bron shows us how the Ten Commandments aren't "a list of all the things you're not allowed do to", but instead are God's blueprint for his people to have a wonderful life lived in harmon...
Exodus (iv) - "Jesus - All We Need for the Journey" (1st March, 2026 - The Second Sunday of Lent)
Annie considers how the Exodus story is our story too. For 2000 years Jesus has been leading his children through the wilderness towards God’s eternal Promise. While we travel together we are reminded to trust him each day, and that we will hav...
Exodus (iii) - "How Is Your Heart?" (22nd February, 2026 - The First Sunday of Lent)
Rev. Emily Charkham, Chaplain to the Bishop of Southwell, very kindly blessed us with her wisdom at the start of Lent. Emily shared her reflections on Exodus 12:1-13; 21-23 and 29-32 (the Passover), and John 1:19-34 (John the Baptist witnesses ...
Exodus (ii) - "God Has a Name" (15th February, 2026 - The Last Sunday before Lent)
Annie leads us through the story of Moses and the burning bush (Exodus 3:1-15; and also looking at John 14:1-9). Through this story we discover God’s desire to draw near to each one of his children, as we travel with him through the uncertainti...
Exodus (i) - "The God who Hears" (8th February, 2026 - The Second Sunday before Lent)
We start our new preaching series on how the story of Exodus prefigures the story of Jesus, and our journey of discipleship with him. Reflecting on how God's people were not only oppressed in slavery in Egypt, but also heard by the Lord, ...