Thought for the Day - Who, What and Why

Carmen Lomas Garza, La Curandera, 1989, The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, CA

A Thought for the Day given during the lunchtime Eucharist at St Mary le Bow on Wednesday 2nd April 2025 based on the text of John 5.17-30.

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.

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