Sermon-Word of the Father now in flesh appearing

A homily given during a service of Holy Communion at St Olave Hart Street on Thursday 25th December 2025 based on the text of Isaiah 52.7–10, John 1.1–14.

Sermon-God has crossed the threshold

The Nativity, Edward Burne Jones, 1888

A homily given at Midnight Mass at St Olave Hart Street on Wednesday 24th December 2025 based on the text of Isaiah 9.2-7, Luke 2.1-20 and drawing on Richard Crashaw’s poem ‘Welcome all wonders’. 

Sermon-This is the record that matters

Leonid Pasternak - The Passion of creation

A sermon preached during Sung Holy Communion (BCP) at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Sunday 21 December 2025, the Fourth Sunday of Advent, based on Philippians 4.4-7 and John 1.19-28.

A Homily for the St Thomas Eve Carol Service-The Living Word

Illumination showing banderoles from Nicolaus de Lyra, Postillae super totam Biblam

A homily given at the St Thomas Eve Carol Service for The Clothworkers' Company at St Olave Hart Street on Wednesday 17th December 2025 at 11.30am. 

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.

Thought for the Day-Lost & Found

The Good Shepherd (The Lost Sheep), 1922, by Henry Ossawa Tanner

A Thought for the Day given at a Lunchtime Service of Holy Communion at St Olave Hart Street on Tuesday 9th December 2025 based on readings from Isaiah 40.1-11 and Matthew 18.12-14.