Sermon - Sing that Bittersweet Symphony

Marian Anderson by William H. Johnston, 1945 (Smithsonian Museum)

A sermon given during Holy Communion (BCP) at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Sunday 21st April 2024 (The Third Sunday after Easter) based on the text of 1 Peter 2.11-17 and John 16.16-22. You can listen to an audio recording of this sermon at this link.

Sermon - Eclipse our doubt. Embrace the awe.

Howard Russell Butler, Solar Eclipse, 1918

A sermon given during the Sung Eucharist at St George’s Bloomsbury on Sunday 14th May 2024 – The Third Sunday of Easter (Year B) based on the text of Psalm 4, Acts 3.12-19 and Luke 24.36b-48

Sermon at St Paul's Cathedral - Passion Sunday

A sermon given during Choral Evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday 17th March 2024, ‘Passion Sunday’ - Lent 5 (Year B) based on the text of Romans 5.12-end

Reflection for the National CofE Online Service - Passion Sunday

Patrick Hayman, Christ Carrying the Cross

It was a great pleasure to introduce the Church of England’s National Online Service on Sunday 17th March 2024 – ‘Passion Sunday’ – Lent 5 (Year B). My homily, based on the text of John 12.20-33 is below. You can watch a recording of the service at this link. 

Sermon - Time to kick off our ruby slippers

Paul Sérusier (1864-1927), Le Chemin jaune, Châteauneuf-du-Faou

A sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist at St Anne’s Soho on Sunday 18th February 2024 (Year B) Lent 1. Based on readings from Genesis 9:8-17 and Mark 1:9-15. You can listen to an audio recording of this sermon at this link.

Sermon - A Three Dimensional Lent

Sieger Koder - After the fire came a gentle whisper

A sermon given at Choral Evensong at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Sunday 11th February 2024 based on the first lesson from 1 Kings 19.1-16.

Sermon - Presenting Anna

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, James Whistler, 1871

A homily given at Choral Evensong at St-Giles-in-the-Fields on Sunday 28th February 2024 based on Luke 2.22-40.

Sermon - A race in which the last shall be first

Ernie Barnes, 100m Sprint, Poster for the 1984 Olympic Games

A sermon given during Holy Communion at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Sunday 28th January 2024 (The Sunday called Septuagesima) based on readings from 1 Corinthians 9.24-end and Matthew 20.1-16

Thought for the Day - The Economics of Possibility

Still Life with Zimmerlinde, Lucian Freud, 1950

A “Thought for the Day” given at Mattins at St Giles-in-the-Fields at 1pm on Wednesday 24th January 2024 based on the text of Mark 4.1-20 

Sermon - Jesus' Wedding Sermon to Us

Louis Kahan, The Wedding Feast at Cana, 1949 

A sermon given at the Sung Eucharist at St George’s Bloomsbury on Sunday 21st January 2024 – The Third Sunday of Epiphany (Year B) based on readings from John 2.1-11. You can listen to an audio recording of this sermon in the video clip below:

Thought for the Day - Rooting for the Underdog

David and Goliath by Marc Chagall, 1955-56

A “Thought for the Day” given at Mattins at St Giles-in-the-Fields at 1pm on Wednesday 17th January 2024 based on the text of Mark 3.1-6 and 1 Sam 17.32–33, 37, 40–51