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

Prayers of Intercession - Christ the King

Christ as Redeemer of Man, William Blake, 1808

Prayers of Intercession written for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 25th November 2021 (Year B, Christ the King) based on readings from Daniel 7.9-10, 13,14 and John 18.33-37

Choral Classics - Christ the King

It was a great pleasure to introduce Choral Classics at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 25th November 2021 with music and readings celebrating ‘Christ the King’. In my script I tried to link the musical pieces with readings and commentary explaining the history and themes that emerge from the feast of Christ the King. You can watch a recording at this link.

Sermon - Listen to my voice

What is truth? Christ and Pilate by Nikolai Ge, 1890

A sermon preached at All Hallows' by the Tower on Sunday 21st November 2021 (Year B, Christ the King) based on readings from Daniel 7.9-10, 13,14; Psalm 93; Revelation 1.4b-8; John 18.33-37. A shorter version of this sermon was given at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 25th November 2021.

You can watch a video recording of the sermon (and the service) at this link.

Prayers of Intercession - Christ the King

Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph, Graham Sutherland, 1962

Prayers of Intercession written for the Eucharist celebrating Christ the King held at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 26th November based on readings from Ephesians 1.15-end and Matthew 25.31-end.

Let us pray to Almighty God, that we might see in ourselves and in others the image of his Son, our Servant King.  

Morning Prayer - Christ the King

Christ in Majesty by John Piper (photo by Patrick Comerford)

It was a great pleasure to lead Morning Prayer today for the online community of St Augustine's College of Theology. Our New Testament lesson tells of the triumphal entry of Jesus through the gates of Jerusalem. I thought I would say Morning Prayer while walking from Admiralty Arch along The Mall to Buckingham Palace. 

You can follow an order of service at this link and join the service by clicking on the video below.

The Holy Spirit

Sunlight glows the incense, rising;

Dust billows out the burial urn.

Rarely glimpsed reminders
of a hidden chord that binds us.