Nine Lessons and Carols-Living the Word

A homily given at the conclusion of the sequence of Nine Lessons and Carols at St Olave Hart Street on Tuesday 9th December 2025 at 5.30pm. Thank you to everyone who came to this first service of its kind here for many years. A special thank you to Colin Spinks and the choir and to all our readers, representing some of the many important organisations who call St Olave Hart Street their 'own' church.

Start:Stop-His Fullness

Woodcut by Benjamin Miller, 'John the Baptist in Prison,' 1927

Hello and welcome to this week’s Start:Stop reflection from St Stephen Walbrook, my name is Phillip Dawson. You can listen to an audio recording of this reflection at this link. We begin with a short reading from the first chapter of the Gospel of John.

Start-Stop:Maranatha. Come, Lord Jesus

Hilma af Flint - Paintings for the Temple - Group X, No 3, Altarpiece - 1915

Good morning and welcome to Start:Stop. Our reading today is the beautiful text from the prologue to the Gospel of John.