Sermon-I Look Up to Him. I Look Down on Him.

 

Contempt of Hatred (Expressive Head), by Ernest Joseph Bailley, c1792 (Museum of Fine Arts Ghent)

A sermon given during Holy Communion at St Olave Hart Street on Sunday 13th September 2026 (Year A, Proper 19) based on the texts of Romans 14.1-12 and Matthew 18.21-35 and drawing on Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s “Life Together”.

Thought for the Day-Bridle your tongue

Photograph of Albert Einstein by Arthur Sasse/ AFP

A ‘Thought for the Day’ given at a lunchtime service of Holy Communion at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Wednesday 26th February 2025 based on the text of James 1:19-27 and Mark 9.38-40. You can listen to an audio recording of the bible readings and reflection at this link.