Wednesday, 22 January 2025

Thought for the Day-The Perfect Mediator

Khrystyna Kvyk (Ukrainian, 1994–), I Am the Light of the World, 2021

A Thought for the Day given at a lunchtime service of Holy Communion at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Wednesday 22nd January 2025 based on the text of Hebrews 7.1-3, 15-17 and Mark 3.1-6

Sunday, 19 January 2025

Sermon-Images of Unity

Celtic Knot on a Cross

A sermon given during the Sung Eucharist at St George’s Bloomsbury on Sunday 19th January 2025 (Epiphany 2, Year C) based on readings from
Isaiah 62.1-5, Psalm 36.5-10, 1 Corinthians 12.1-11 and John 2.1-11. The sermon was given on the morning of the first day of the proposed ceasefire between Israel and Gaza and at the start of Christian Unity Week.

Sunday, 12 January 2025

Sermon-Why oh why oh why?

The Problem we all live with – Norman Rockwell, 1964

A sermon given at a service of Holy Communion (BCP) at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Sunday 12th January 2025 – the First Sunday after the Epiphany based on readings from
Romans 12.1-5 and Luke 2.41-52 and the Collect appointed for the day.

Tuesday, 7 January 2025

Thought for the Day-A Sermon for a Fractured Church

Woodman (Waldarbeiter) by Georg Baselitz, 1969

A Thought for the Day given at a lunchtime service of Holy Communion at St Olave Hart Street, City of London on Tuesday 7th January 2025 and St Giles-in-the-Fields on Wednesday 8th January 2025 based on the text of 1 John 3.22-4.6. You can listen to an audio recording of the passage and this reflection at this link

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 Tuesda...