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  • Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Advent 2019

    Sunday, 8th December 2019

    Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Advent 2019: "The things which matter most must never be at the mercy of the things which matter least" [Goethe] Our New Testament lesson.

  • Sermon given at a National Scout and Guide Service 2018

    Saturday, 3rd November 2018

    Do any of you like to sit quietly at home on a Saturday evening? If you do, it seems you are not.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on Ash Wednesday 2024

    Wednesday, 14th February 2024

    ‘What’s love got to do with it?’

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday before Advent 2021

    Sunday, 14th November 2021

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday before Advent 2021: We often fail to get angry about the right things, in the right way. The email arrived whilst I was on.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity 2018

    Sunday, 21st October 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity 2018: How do we experience and understand silence?.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2025

    Friday, 15th August 2025

    For the Mighty One has done great things for me, and Holy is his name.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity 2022

    Sunday, 9th October 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity 2022: What do you want? I would like to begin by asking you a question. My question is this: What.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2018 commemorating the life of Walter Raleigh (c 1554–1618)

    Sunday, 28th October 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2018 commemorating the life of Walter Raleigh (c 1554–1618): Do we see the hidden reality in the life of Sir Walter.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday before Advent 2023

    Sunday, 5th November 2023

    Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday before Advent 2023: Many of us don’t love ourselves nearly enough. The greatest love of all, according to George Benson, later Whitney.

  • Sermon preached at Evensong on the Fifth Sunday after Trinity 2025

    Sunday, 20th July 2025

    What do we make of dreams?

  • Sermon preached at Evensong on the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity 2025

    Sunday, 21st September 2025

    The Installation of Tessa Bosworth

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Christmas 2018

    Sunday, 30th December 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Christmas 2018: There is so much we do not know... Over Christmas, so we are informed, almost half the population of the.

  • Sermon at Evensong on the Seventh Sunday of Easter 2019

    Sunday, 2nd June 2019

    Sermon at Evensong on the Seventh Sunday of Easter 2019: 'He who descended is the same one who ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.' What do.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Ash Wednesday 2023

    Wednesday, 22nd February 2023

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Ash Wednesday 2023: We do not easily use the words provided. Working somewhere else I used to sit next to a thoughtful devout Catholic in.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2021

    Wednesday, 13th October 2021

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2021: Where do you think you belong? I met Simon Jenkins this week, the former.

  • A reflection for Passiontide

    Sunday, 29th March 2020

    At first glance, the site of Auschwitz Birkenau and the Roman Basilica of Santa Maria della Concezione appear to have very little in common.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2021

    Sunday, 19th December 2021

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2021: What is hope, and what do we hope for? Advent is often described as a season of hope. But what is.

  • Sermon at the Installation of Tricia Hillas as Canon of Westminster - Revelation 3:14

    Sunday, 9th May 2021

    The Sermon given by the Dean of Westminster at the installation of Tricia Hillas as Canon of Westminster.

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