Thought for the Day - A Mighty River

Olafur Eliasson's ‘Waterfall’ at Versailles, 2006

A Thought for the Day given at a lunchtime service of Holy Communion at St Olave Hart Street, City of London on Tuesday 1st April 2025 based on Ezekiel 47.1-9, 12

Sermon - Our Ministry of Bearing

Alice Neel, The Family, 1927, Metropolitan Museum of Art

A sermon given during the Sung Eucharist at St Olave Hart Street, City of London and at Choral Evensong at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Mothering Sunday 30th March 2025 based on the text of 1 Samuel 1.20-end and Luke 2.33-35.

Portraying Christ in Music : Fully Human and Fully Divine

Gauguin as Christ in the Garden, 1889

A script of a joint talk given by Henry Lamprecht (my better half!) and me as part of a series on Music and Spirituality at Holy Sepulchre London (The National Musicians Church) on Wednesday 26th March 2025. We veered off script at several points. We were grateful to our friend Ben Schoeman for playing excerpts from Beethoven’s works on the piano.

Sermon - You'll miss me when I'm gone

Fig Tree by Paul Klee

A sermon given during the Sung Eucharist at St George's Bloomsbury on Sunday 23rd March 2025 (Year C, Lent III) based on readings from Isaiah 55.1-9, 1 Corinthians 10.1-13 and Luke 13.1-9

Thought for the Day - Hitting the Kill Switch

Street art by Muralist Escif

A Thought for the Day given during a lunchtime service of Holy Communion at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Wednesday 19th March 2025 at 1.00pm based on readings from Jeremiah 18.18–20 and Matthew 20.17–28.

Sermon-Flipping Loyalties

The Pancake Bakery, Pieter Aertsen, 1560

A sermon given during a service of Holy Communion at St Olave Hart Street on Tuesday 4th March 2025 at 12.30pm based on passages from James 4.1-10 and Mark 10.29-31

Sermon-Blind Faith

‘Christ Healing the blind" (2010) by Thobias Minzi, Tanzania

A sermon given during Holy Communion (BCP) at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Sunday 2nd March 2025 (Quinquagesima or the Last Sunday before Lent) based on the text of 1 Corinthians 13, Luke 18.31-43 and inspired by the pop history of nearby Denmark Street, as explored in Peter Watts excellent book.

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.

‘Observing a Holy Lent’ through Books, Films, Art and Music!

My contribution to The Pelican, the parish newsletter of St Giles-in-the-Fields, March 2025 offers suggestions for books, films, art, lectures and concerts to enjoy this Lent:

A Grace for the Civic Dinner of the Guild of Investment Managers

Gustav Klimt - Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1903-1907

A grace written for the Civic Dinner of the Guild of Investment Managers on Tuesday 18th February 2025 at The Goldsmiths' Hall. 

Sermon-Like a flourishing tree

The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy), Vincent Van Gogh, 1889

A sermon given during the Sung Eucharist at St George’s Bloomsbury on Sunday 16th February 2025, The Third Sunday before Lent (Proper 3, Year C) based on texts from Jeremiah 17.5-10, Psalm 1, 1 Corinthians 15.12-20, Luke 6.17-26