Sermon-"Sexit"?

Handprints, Andy Warhol, 1982

A homily given at Evensong at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Sunday 7th July 2024 based on the text of Romans 14.1-17.

Sermon-The image we all carry

The Son of a Migrant from Syria, Banksy, 2015

A sermon given during the Sung Eucharist at St George’s Bloomsbury on Sunday 7th July 2024 and St Mary Le Bow on Thursday 11th July 2024, the Sixth Sunday after Trinity (Proper 9) based on the text of Mark 6.1-13. 

Thought for the Day - The image of freedom

“The Statue of Liberty Illuminating the World", Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, 1875. The Met, New York 

Thought for the day given at a lunchtime service of Holy Communion (BCP) at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Wednesday 3rd July 2024, based on the text of Amos 5.14-15, 21-24 & Matthew 8.28–end. You can listen to an audio recording of this reflection at this link.

Thought for the Day - Being Fruity

Mr Apple, Norman Rockwell, 1970

Thought for the day given at a lunchtime service of Holy Communion (BCP) at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Wednesday 26th June 2024, based on the text of Matthew 7.15-20

Reflection - Letting go of our desire to hold on

The Artists Hand V, Henry Moore, 1979 - Tate/Henry Moore Foundation

A reflection for the Church of England's National Online Service on Sunday 9th June 2024 - the Second Sunday after Trinity, recorded at St Giles in the Fields, based on the text of Mark 3.20-end

Stand Up and Be Counted

Voting Line, Charly Palmer, 2000

My introduction to the June 2024 edition of The Pelican, the Parish e-Magazine of St Giles-in-the-Fields:

As I write, family and friends in South Africa have been standing in line for over three hours to cast their vote. They are not alone. This month, votes cast by 20% of the world’s population will be counted. The result of India’s three-month long general election will be revealed. The population of Mexico goes to the polls in an historic election widely expected to return the country’s first female President; and voters in the European Union will elect a new parliament.  

Sermon - Blackbirds, Pigeons, Doves & our Wings of Faith

Charles McGhee - One of the St Giles' Blackbirds (1824. Painting by John Dempsey. National Portrait Gallery)

A sermon given during Holy Communion (BCP) at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Sunday 12th May 2024 based on the text of 1 Peter 4.7-11 and John 15.26-16.4. You can listen to an audio recording of this sermon at this link.

Sermon - Wings of Faith

Gin Lane 2016 by Thomas Moore

A sermon given during Evensong at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Sunday 5th May 2024 based on the text of Song of Solomon 4.16-5.2 and Revelation 3.14-end.

Sermon - Grace is not faceless

My Family, by Fateme Hossini, Afghanistan, 2019

A sermon given during Choral Holy Communion at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Sunday 5th May 2024 (Rogation Sunday, BCP) based on the text of James 1.22-end and John 16.23-end. You can listen to an audio recording of this text at this link.

Sermon - Sing that Bittersweet Symphony

Marian Anderson by William H. Johnston, 1945 (Smithsonian Museum)

A sermon given during Holy Communion (BCP) at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Sunday 21st April 2024 (The Third Sunday after Easter) based on the text of 1 Peter 2.11-17 and John 16.16-22. You can listen to an audio recording of this sermon at this link.

Sermon - Eclipse our doubt. Embrace the awe.

Howard Russell Butler, Solar Eclipse, 1918

A sermon given during the Sung Eucharist at St George’s Bloomsbury on Sunday 14th May 2024 – The Third Sunday of Easter (Year B) based on the text of Psalm 4, Acts 3.12-19 and Luke 24.36b-48