Start:Stop-Near Neighbours or Salaried Strangers? A reflection for World Homeless Week

The Return of the Prodigal Son - Rembrandt (c1669)

Start:Stop at St Stephen Walbrook allows busy commuters to start their day by stopping to reflect for ten minutes. Prayers and reflections start every quarter of an hour from 7.45am until 9.00am each Tuesday morning. This is my reflection from Tuesday 8th October 2019.

Good morning and welcome to Start:Stop. This reflection and our prayers will last around ten minutes and you are welcome to come and go as your schedule dictates. Our reading today is the first part of a famous story of homecoming – and a parable that has much to teach us about the nature of love and how we might serve those in need. It is known colloquially as the parable of the Prodigal Son: 

Hypapante (The Meeting of the Lord)

The Thursday lunchtime Choral Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook follows the lectionary for the preceding Sunday, so today we celebrated Candlemas. During his sermon, Reverend Stephen Baxter explained that in the Orthodox church this feast is also known as Hypapante – or The Meeting of the Lord.