February 11, 2007 Blessed are the merciful – Canon David Winter ‘Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy’ Matthew 5:7 Mercy, it’s said, is when we deserve something bad but don’t get it….
January 21, 2007 Blessed are they who mourn – Dr N.T. Wright ‘In some languages,’ said the linguistics lecturer, ‘a double negative means a negative; in some languages a double negative means a positive. But in…
January 14, 2007 Blessed are the poor in spirit – Canon Beau Stevenson Humility – or being Poor in spirit has always been an admirable quality. However, there has always been a double bind associated with it….
November 26, 2006 Epiphany Window – Dr Susan Gillingham You might have been wondering where the stained glass window on the front of your service sheet is from. It’s actually one of our…
October 29, 2006 Soldier of Christ – Rev'd Jonathan Baker There would be a certain delicious cruelty in preaching only tonight on the last verse from our reading from Ecclesiastes: ‘youth and the dawn…
October 22, 2006 Matthew 12:1-21 – The Chaplain Over the last few years a number of comic book superheroes have made the leap from the glossy page to the silver screen. Out…
October 15, 2006 Matthew 11:20-end – Sr. Nora Coughlan This passage from Matthew’s Gospel opens with some stark reproaches to those who had received so much from God. It reminds us of what…
October 8, 2006 Becoming – The Very Rev'd Dr John Moses They were carved to adorn a papal tomb, but they never quite made it. Today – if I remember rightly – they can be…
June 11, 2006 Trinity Sunday – Rev'd Dr Jonathan Arnold Ezekiel 1:4-10, 22-28a; Mark 1:1-13 If two people get married, it is invariably the case that they employ a photographer for their wedding day,…
June 4, 2006 Pentecost – Canon Lucy Winkett Today is one of the most important festivals in Christendom. Pentecost, also known as Whitsun. The day when the story of the Holy Spirit…