Sermon - Stir-Up Sunday

Nativity in the Rubble, Manger Square, Bethlehem, 2023

A sermon given during Holy Communion at St Giles-in-the-Fields on “Stir Up” Sunday 26th November 2023 (The Twenty Fifth Sunday after Trinity) based on readings from Jeremiah 23.5-8 and John 6.5-14

Sermon - What are we doing here?

The Choir Singer, Allan Rohan Crite, 1941

A homily given at Choral Evensong at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Sunday 19th November 2023 based on readings from 1 Corinthians 14.6-19 and Psalm 96.

CofE National Online Service - The Parable of the Talents

Parable of the Talents, Andrey Nikolaevich Mironov, 2013

A reflection written for the Church of England National Online Service for the Second Sunday before Advent (Year A) based on readings from 1 Thessalonians 5.1-11 and Matthew 25.14-30. The recording of the service can be seen at this link.

An introduction to the neighbourhood of St Giles

I was asked to write a short introduction to the chapter on the neighbourhood of St Giles for "Hidden Histories" edited by Dave Hill and published by the Central District Alliance, our local Business Improvement District. The book can be downloaded at this link. My text is below.

Living Remembrance

The temporary cenotaph on the morning of the Peace Procession in 1919 by Sir William Nicholson

Message for the Parish Magazine of St Giles-in-the-Fields, November 2023:

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“Where’s the plague memorial?” A question I’ve been asked more than once since my arrival here, by some of the many visitors who find St Giles through its connections to the plague. They come keen to find out more about the plague pit in the churchyard - reportedly containing over 1,000 bodies – or the first cases of the Great Plague of London (documented by Daniel Defoe), which broke out in the parish. Some visitors seem disappointed when they discover that there is no monument for them to photograph.