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Tracy Niven

The Vision Thing

Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University ChaplainReadings: Deuteronomy 34:1-12; Revelation 21:10, 22 – 22:5 It will become clearer in a while why I chose the title The Vision Thing.  But as I was preparing during…

Love from the depths

Preacher: Revd Dr Lance Stone, retired Church of Scotland and United Reformed Church MinisterReadings: Isaiah 61:1-3; John 21:1-9 John 21:1-19 It seems at first sight to be such an idyllic scene. Just imagine it:…

Costly Love

Preacher: Revd Samantha Ferguson, Assistant ChaplainReadings:  Isaiah 43:16-21; John 12:1-8 Friends. We have made it, almost No, not the fact that we have made it to reading week without completely loosing the plot…

Days of faith and doubt

Preacher: Revd Dr Isabelle Hamley, Principal, Ridley Hall, CambridgeReadings: John 20:19-31; Revelation 1:4-8   Good morning. I wonder what the best, most exciting event of the last decade has been for you and your…

The deep salt sea (St Patrick)

Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University ChaplainReadings: Acts 16:6-10; 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Tomorrow is St Patrick’s Day.  To celebrate the patron saint of Ireland, there will be parades in Dublin, Belfast,…

New Beginnings

Preacher: Bishop Paul Rochester, General Secretary of the Free Churches GroupReadings: Joshua 5:9-12; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 New beginnings are a way of life. In a university setting, this is especially true of students…

Changed from Glory into Glory

Preacher: Bishop John Sherrington, Auxiliary Bishop of WestminsterReadings: Exodus 34: 28-36; Luke 9: 28-36 Hope shines out from the Transfiguration of Jesus, which transforms human reality and joins earth and heaven…

Send me, send you, send us

Preacher: Rt Rev Dr Shaw James Paterson, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of ScotlandReadings: Isaiah 6:1-8; Matthew 25:31-46 I thought I would do some research on St Andrew’s… so I checked that great…

#unfiltered #Jesusfilter

Preacher: Revd Ruth Kennedy, Digital Ministries Advisor for the Church of Scotland Readings: Jeremiah 17:5-10; Luke 6:17-26 In addition to being a Church of Scotland Minister, I volunteer as the sports chaplain to…