Talkin’ ’bout my generation
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University ChaplainReadings: Isaiah 35:3-7, 10; James 2:1-10, 14-17 There is a palpable sense today of different generations. A new generation of students has arrived in St Andrews,…
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13 Theses – or what I’ve noticed since 2011
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University ChaplainReadings: Isaiah 40:3-5, 27-31; Psalm 98; John 15:9-17 Every visiting preacher this year was invited by me to return to this pulpit, some years after their previous…
Waiting on God: Rest and Recreation in an Age of Anxiety
Preacher: Professor Tina Beattie, Professor Emerita of Catholic Studies, University of Roehampton Readings: Genesis 2:1-4; Matthew 6:25-34 It’s Sunday. The day of rest. A day set apart to be holy. A day when even God…
Have a bit of nous! Opening our Spiritual Eyes
Preacher: Revd Dr Christopher Knight Readings: 2 Kings 6:8-17; Ephesians 1:17-23; Luke 11:33-36 It’s not often that people nowadays invoke an ancient Greek philosophical concept but – without knowing that this is what…
Whose side are you on
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan Readings: Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Mark 1:21-28 In the radio programme and podcast The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Simon Armitage, the Poet Laureate, interviews someone in the…
All life begins in darkness: pray for the light
Preacher: Rev’d Dr Ivan P Khovacs, Canterbury Christ Church University Readings: Acts 7:55-60; John 14:1-14 My wife and I live next to Buckingham palace, at the vicarage above the church of St Peter’s Eaton Square,…
Deadlines and Joy
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University Chaplain Readings: Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 28:1-10 Deadlines are central to student life. Almost everything is due in by a certain date and time – lab reports, essays,…
Choices
Preacher: Rt Revd Dr Iain Greenshields, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Readings: Isaiah 55:1-8; John 4:1-14 (Extracts from the Moderators sermon in note form) Why give to a good cause? – to…
Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University Chaplain Readings: Micah 4:1-4; John 14:25-27 When the Armistice which ended the First World War took place on 11 November 1918, people found out in the newspapers. Front…
A Stable Government
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University Chaplain Readings: Isaiah 9:2, 6-7; Luke 1:26-38; Luke 2:1-14; Matthew 2:1-12 The last time we held the University Carol Service here it was the 68th year of the reign of…